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 17.8

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कृतार्थोऽनेन ज्ञानेनेत्येवं गलितधीः कृती ।
पश्यञ्छृण्वन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्नास्ते यथासुखम् ॥ ८ ॥

kṛtārtho'nena jñānenetyevaṃ galitadhīḥ kṛtī |
paśyañchṛṇvanspṛśañjighrannaśnannāste yathāsukham || 8 ||

Thus fulfilled through this knowledge, contented and with the thinking mind emptied, he lives happily just seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling and tasting.
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 (17.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kritartha, Ana, Anena, Idam, Jnana, Iti, Itya, Evam, Eva, Galita, Dhi, Krit, Kriti, Kritin, Yathasukha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 17.8). 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: “kṛtārtho'nena jñānenetyevaṃ galitadhīḥ kṛtī ”
kṛtārtho' -
kṛtārtha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
anena -
anena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anena (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
jñānene -
jñāna (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
itye -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

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

itya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

itya (noun, neuter)

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

ityā (noun, feminine)

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

√i -> itya (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> itya (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb], [locative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> ityā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb]
evam -
evam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

evam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

evā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
galita -
galita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

galita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhīḥ -
dhī (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
kṛtī -
kṛtī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

kṛtī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

kṛt (noun, neuter)

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

kṛti (noun, feminine)

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

kṛti (noun, masculine)

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

kṛtin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “paśyañchṛṇvanspṛśañjighrannaśnannāste yathāsukham ”
Cannot analyse paśyañchṛṇvanspṛśañjighrannaśnannāste*ya
yathāsukham -
yathāsukha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]