Shloka 90

Aṣṭāvakra–Strī-saṃvāda: Dhṛti, hospitality, and a dispute on autonomy

Devanagari script

विषयेष्वनभिशज्ञो5हं धर्मार्थ किल संतति: । एवं लोकान्‌ गमिष्यामि पुत्रैरिति न संशय:

Transliteration

viṣayeṣv anabhiśajño 'haṃ dharmārtha kila santatiḥ | evaṃ lokān gamiṣyāmi putrair iti na saṃśayaḥ ||

Translation

Aṣṭāvakra said: “I am not one who is skilled in, or entangled with, sense-objects; rather, my ‘offspring’ is said to be dharma and artha. Thus I shall attain the higher worlds—through ‘sons’ of this kind—of this there is no doubt.”

Word by Word

• विषयेषु: in objects of sense / in pleasures
• विषयेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• अनभिशज्ञः: unskilled / not knowledgeable
• अनभिशज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनभिशज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मार्थ: O Dharmārtha (name/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• किल: indeed / as is said
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल

• संततिः: progeny / lineage
• संततिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संतति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एवम्: thus / in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• लोकान्: worlds
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गमिष्यामि: I shall go / attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular

• पुत्रैः: with sons
• पुत्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अष्टावक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṣṭāvakra