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 18.90

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जानन्नपि न जानाति पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति ।
ब्रुवन्नपि न च ब्रूते कोऽन्यो निर्वासनादृते ॥ ९० ॥

jānannapi na jānāti paśyannapi na paśyati |
bruvannapi na ca brūte ko'nyo nirvāsanādṛte || 90 ||

Who but the upright man without desire knows without knowing, sees without seeing and speaks without speaking?
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 (18.90). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Janat, Api, Pashyat, Kah, Ani, Nirvasana, Rite, Rita, Riti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 18.90). 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: “jānannapi na jānāti paśyannapi na paśyati ”
jānann -
jānat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

√jñā -> jānat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb], [vocative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jānāti -
√jñā (verb class 9)

[present active third single]
paśyann -
paśyat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paśyati -
paśyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

paśyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
Line 2: “bruvannapi na ca brūte ko'nyo nirvāsanādṛte ”
Cannot analyse bruvannapi*na
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
brūte -
√brū (verb class 2)

[present middle third single]
ko' -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ku (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
anyo* -
anī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
nirvāsanād -
nirvāsana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

nirvāsana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ṛte -
ṛte (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ṛte (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ṛta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ṛta (noun, neuter)

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

ṛtā (noun, feminine)

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

ṛti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛti (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]