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 20.13

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क्वोपदेशः क्व वा शास्त्रं क्व शिष्यः क्व च वा गुरुः ।
क्व चास्ति पुरुषार्थो वा निरुपाधेः शिवस्य मे ॥ १३ ॥

kvopadeśaḥ kva vā śāstraṃ kva śiṣyaḥ kva ca vā guruḥ |
kva cāsti puruṣārtho vā nirupādheḥ śivasya me || 13 ||

For I am blessed and without limitation; there is no initiation or scripture, no disciple or teacher and no goal of human existence.
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 (20.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kva, Upadesha, Shastra, Shishya, Var, Guru, Asti, Purushartha, Nirupadhi, Shiva, 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 20.13). 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: “kvopadeśaḥ kva vā śāstraṃ kva śiṣyaḥ kva ca vā guruḥ ”
kvo -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ku (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
upadeśaḥ -
upadeśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
śāstram -
śāstra (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]
śiṣyaḥ -
śiṣya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śās -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śās class 2 verb]

√śiṣ -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śiṣ class 10 verb]
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
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]
guruḥ -
guru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kva cāsti puruṣārtho vā nirupādheḥ śivasya me ”
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[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]
puruṣārtho* -
puruṣārtha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
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]
nirupādheḥ -
nirupādhi (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

nirupādhi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
śivasya -
śiva (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

śiva (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]