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 18.91

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भिक्षुर्वा भूपतिर्वापि यो निष्कामः स शोभते ।
भावेषु गलिता यस्य शोभनाऽशोभना मतिः ॥ ९१ ॥

bhikṣurvā bhūpatirvāpi yo niṣkāmaḥ sa śobhate |
bhāveṣu galitā yasya śobhanā'śobhanā matiḥ || 91 ||

Beggar or king, he excels who is without desire, and whose opinion of things is rid of “good” and “bad”.
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 (18.91). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhikshu, Var, Bhupati, Vapi, Vapin, Yah, Nishkama, Shobhat, Bhava, Galita, Yasya, Yat, Ashobhana, Mati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 18.91). 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: “bhikṣurvā bhūpatirvāpi yo niṣkāmaḥ sa śobhate ”
bhikṣur -
bhikṣu (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]
bhūpatir -
bhūpati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vāpi -
vāpi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

vāpī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

vāpin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vāpin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
yo* -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
niṣkāmaḥ -
niṣkāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śobhate -
√śubh -> śobhat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √śubh class 1 verb]

√śubh -> śobhat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √śubh class 1 verb]

√śubh (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
Line 2: “bhāveṣu galitā yasya śobhanā'śobhanā matiḥ ”
bhāveṣu -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
galitā* -
galita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

galitā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

yasya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yas -> yasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √yas]

ya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√yas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
śobhanā' -
aśobhanā* -
aśobhana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

aśobhanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
matiḥ -
mati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

mati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]