Ashtavakra Gita [sanskrit]

by John Richards | 1994 | 2,996 words

Ashtavakra Gita is a Sanskrit text belonging to the Advaita Vedanta school of orthodox Indian philosophy, instructing the reader in some of the core concepts. Traditionally believed to be authored by sage Ashtavakra, it is presented in the form of a dialogue between him and Janaka, king of Mithila. Alternative titles: अष्टावक्रगीता, Aṣṭāvakragītā, Astavakragita, अष्टावक्र-गीता, Aṣṭāvakra-gītā.

Verse 18.11

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स्वाराज्ये भैक्ष्यवृत्तौ च लाभालाभे जने वने ।
निर्विकल्पस्वभावस्य न विशेषोऽस्ति योगिनः ॥ ११ ॥

svārājye bhaikṣyavṛttau ca lābhālābhe jane vane |
nirvikalpasvabhāvasya na viśeṣo'sti yoginaḥ || 11 ||

The dominion of heaven or beggary, gain or loss, life among men or in the forest, these make no difference to a yogi whose nature it is to be free from distinctions.
English translation by John Richards (1994) Read online

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (18.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svarajya, Bhaikshi, Avritta, Avritti, Labhalabha, Jana, Jani, Vana, Vani, Nirvikalpa, Svabhava, Vishesha, Asti, Yogin, Yogi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 18.11). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “svārājye bhaikṣyavṛttau ca lābhālābhe jane vane ”
svārājye -
svārājya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

svārājya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

svārājyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
bhaikṣya -
bhaikṣī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
avṛttau -
avṛtta (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

avṛtti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

avṛtti (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lābhālābhe -
lābhālābha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
jane -
jana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jana (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

janā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

jani (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√jan (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]

√jan (verb class 2)

[present middle first single]
vane -
vana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vana (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

vanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

vani (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

vani (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
Line 2: “nirvikalpasvabhāvasya na viśeṣo'sti yoginaḥ ”
nirvikalpa -
nirvikalpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nirvikalpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
svabhāvasya -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
viśeṣo' -
viśeṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asti -
asti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

astī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
yoginaḥ -
yogin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

yogin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yogī (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]