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 3.3

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विश्वं स्फुरति यत्रेदं तरङ्गा इव सागरे ।
सोऽहमस्मीति विज्ञाय किं दीन इव धावसि ॥ ३ ॥

viśvaṃ sphurati yatredaṃ taraṅgā iva sāgare |
so'hamasmīti vijñāya kiṃ dīna iva dhāvasi || 3 ||

All this wells up like waves in the sea. Recognizing, “I am That”, why run around like someone in need?
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 (3.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vishva, Sphurat, Yatra, Idam, Taranga, Iva, Sagara, Sah, Aha, Asmad, Iti, Vijna, Vijnaya, Kim, Dina,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 3.3). 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: “viśvaṃ sphurati yatredaṃ taraṅgā iva sāgare ”
viśvam -
viśva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

viśva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
sphurati -
sphurat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sphurat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√sphur -> sphurat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √sphur class 6 verb]

√sphur -> sphurat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √sphur class 6 verb]

√sphur (verb class 6)

[present active third single]
yatre -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

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

yatrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
taraṅgā* -
taraṅga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sāgare -
sāgara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sāgara (noun, neuter)

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

sāgarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “so'hamasmīti vijñāya kiṃ dīna iva dhāvasi ”
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
asmī -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vijñāya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vijña (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

vijña (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
dīna* -
dīna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dhāvasi -
√dhāv (verb class 1)

[present active second single]

√dhāv (verb class 1)

[present active second single]