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 18.63

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भावनाऽभावनासक्ता दृष्टिर्मूढस्य सर्वदा ।
भाव्यभावनया सा तु स्वस्थस्यादृष्टिरूपिणी ॥ ६३ ॥

bhāvanā'bhāvanāsaktā dṛṣṭirmūḍhasya sarvadā |
bhāvyabhāvanayā sā tu svasthasyādṛṣṭirūpiṇī || 63 ||

The mind of the fool is always caught in an opinion about becoming or avoiding something, but the wise man's nature is to have no opinions about becoming and avoiding.
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 (18.63). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Abhavana, Asakta, Drishti, Mudha, Sarvada, Bhavin, Bhavya, Bhavi, Svastha, Rupin, Rupini,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 18.63). 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: “bhāvanā'bhāvanāsaktā dṛṣṭirmūḍhasya sarvadā ”
bhāvanā' -
abhāvanā -
abhāvana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

abhāvana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

abhāvanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asaktā* -
asakta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

asaktā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dṛṣṭir -
dṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
mūḍhasya -
mūḍha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

mūḍha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√muh -> mūḍha (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √muh class 4 verb]

√muh -> mūḍha (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √muh class 4 verb]
sarvadā -
sarvadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sarvadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “bhāvyabhāvanayā sā tu svasthasyādṛṣṭirūpiṇī ”
bhāvya -
bhāvin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

bhāvin (noun, neuter)

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

bhāvya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhāvya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhū -> bhāvya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √bhū]

√bhū -> bhāvya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √bhū]

√bhū -> bhāvya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhū]

bhāvī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhāvī (noun, feminine)

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

bhāvī (noun, neuter)

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

√bhū -> bhāvya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √bhū]

√bhū -> bhāvya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √bhū]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[injunctive middle third single]
abhāvanayā -
abhāvanā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
svasthasyā -
svastha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

svastha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ādṛṣṭi -
ādṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
rūpiṇī -
rūpiṇī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

rūpiṇī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

rūpin (noun, neuter)

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