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 20.8

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क्व प्रमाता प्रमाणं वा क्व प्रमेयं क्व च प्रमा ।
क्व किञ्चित्क्व न किञ्चिद्वा सर्वदा विमलस्य मे ॥ ८ ॥

kva pramātā pramāṇaṃ vā kva prameyaṃ kva ca pramā |
kva kiñcitkva na kiñcidvā sarvadā vimalasya me || 8 ||

For I am forever unblemished; there is no judge, no standard, nothing to judge, and no judgement.
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 (20.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kva, Pramatri, Pramana, Prameya, Prama, Kincid, Kincit, Sarvada, Vimala, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 20.8). 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: “kva pramātā pramāṇaṃ vā kva prameyaṃ kva ca pramā ”
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pramātā -
pramātṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

pramātṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pramāṇam -
pramāṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pramāṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

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

[indeclinable]
prameyam -
prameya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prameya (noun, neuter)

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

prameyā (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]
pramā -
pramā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kva kiñcitkva na kiñcidvā sarvadā vimalasya me ”
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kiñcit -
kiñcid (noun, neuter)

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

kiñcit (noun, masculine)

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

kiñcit (noun, feminine)

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

kiñcit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kiñcid -
kiñcid (noun, neuter)

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

kiñcit (noun, masculine)

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

kiñcit (noun, feminine)

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

kiñcit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
sarvadā* -
sarvada (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sarvadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vimalasya -
vimala (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

vimala (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]