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 20.1

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जनक उवाच ।
क्व भूतानि क्व देहो वा क्वेन्द्रियाणि क्व वा मनः ।
क्व शून्यं क्व च नैराश्यं मत्स्वरूपे निरञ्जने ॥ १ ॥

janaka uvāca |
kva bhūtāni kva deho vā kvendriyāṇi kva vā manaḥ |
kva śūnyaṃ kva ca nairāśyaṃ matsvarūpe nirañjane || 1 ||

Janaka: In my unblemished nature there are no elements, no body, no faculties, no mind. There is no void and no anguish.
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 (20.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Janaka, Kva, Bhuta, Bhutani, Deha, Indriya, Indriyani, Var, Mana, Manas, Shunya, Nairashya, Math, Arupa, Arupi, Niranjana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 20.1). 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: “janaka uvāca ”
janaka* -
janaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “kva bhūtāni kva deho vā kvendriyāṇi kva vā manaḥ ”
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bhūtāni -
bhūtāni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhūtāni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhūtāni (noun, neuter)

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

bhūta (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
deho* -
deha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kve -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ku (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
indriyāṇi -
indriyāṇi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

indriyāṇi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

indriyāṇi (noun, neuter)

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

indriya (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

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

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
manaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “kva śūnyaṃ kva ca nairāśyaṃ matsvarūpe nirañjane ”
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śūnyam -
śūnya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śūnya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śūnyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nairāśyam -
nairāśya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
matsva -
math (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

math (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
arūpe -
arūpa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

arūpa (noun, neuter)

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

arūpā (noun, feminine)

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

arūpi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

arūpi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
nirañjane -
nirañjana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

nirañjana (noun, neuter)

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

nirañjanā (noun, feminine)

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