Ashtavakra Gita · Verse 1.5 · Ashtavakra speaks
You do not belong to the Brahmana or any other caste, nor to any Ashrama, nor are you perceived by the senses. Unattached and formless, you are the witness of all. Be happy.
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विप्रादिको
viprādikaḥ
Brahmana and so forth
compound noun (vipra + ādi + ka), masculine, nominative singular
वर्णः
varṇaḥ
caste, social class
noun, masculine, nominative singular
आश्रमी
āśramī
one belonging to an āśrama (stage of life)
noun/adjective, masculine, nominative singular
The four stages of a Hindu's life: Brahmacharya (student), Gārhasthya (householder), Vānaprastha (forest-dweller), Sannyāsa (renunciate). The Self transcends all such designations.
अक्षगोचरः
akṣagocaraḥ
perceptible to the senses, within range of the sense-organs
compound adjective (akṣa + gocara), masculine, nominative singular
असङ्गः
asaṅgaḥ
unattached, without contact
adjective, masculine, nominative singular
निराकारः
nirākāraḥ
formless, without shape
adjective, masculine, nominative singular
विश्वसाक्षी
viśvasākṣī
witness of all, witness of the universe
compound noun (viśva + sākṣin), masculine, nominative singular
Viśvasākṣī: the Self as universal Witness. It is never an object of sense-knowledge but always the pure subject before which all phenomena appear.
सुखी
sukhī
happy, blissful
adjective, masculine, nominative singular
भव
bhava
be!
verb, imperative 2nd person singular, bhū