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 18.29

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यस्यान्तः स्यादहंकारो न करोति करोति सः ।
निरहंकारधीरेण न किञ्चिदकृतं कृतम् ॥ २९ ॥

yasyāntaḥ syādahaṃkāro na karoti karoti saḥ |
nirahaṃkāradhīreṇa na kiñcidakṛtaṃ kṛtam || 29 ||

He who feels responsibility within, acts even when not acting, but there is no sense of done or undone for the wise man who is free from the sense of responsibility.
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 (18.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yasya, Tas, Syat, Sya, Ahankara, Karoti, Sah, Nirahankara, Dhira, Kincid, Kincit, Akrita, Krit, Krita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 18.29). 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: “yasyāntaḥ syādahaṃkāro na karoti karoti saḥ ”
yasyān -
yasya (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[locative single]
taḥ -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
ahaṅkāro* -
ahaṅkāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
karoti -
karoti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

karoti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

karoti (noun, neuter)

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

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present active third single]
karoti -
karoti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

karoti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

karoti (noun, neuter)

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

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present active third single]
saḥ -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “nirahaṃkāradhīreṇa na kiñcidakṛtaṃ kṛtam ”
nirahaṅkāra -
nirahaṅkāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nirahaṅkāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhīreṇa -
dhīra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

dhīra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
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]
akṛtam -
akṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

akṛta (noun, neuter)

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

akṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[aorist active second dual]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second dual], [aorist active second dual]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[aorist active second dual]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[aorist active second dual]
kṛtam -
kṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṛta (noun, neuter)

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

kṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

kṛt (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]