Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka asks (अध्याय १) / 1.10
1.10
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
यत्र विश्वमिदं भाति कल्पितं रज्जुसर्पवत् ।
आनन्दपरमानन्दः स बोधस् त्वं सुखं भव yatra viśvam idaṃ bhāti kalpitaṃ rajjusarpavat |
ānandaparamānandaḥ sa bodhas tvaṃ sukhaṃ bhava
The line
Where this world appears, imagined like a rope and a snake, that awareness is bliss, the highest bliss. You are that. Be at ease.
नेपालीमा
जहाँ यो विश्व डोरी र सर्प जस्तै कल्पित भएर चम्कन्छ, त्यो बोध आनन्द र परम आनन्द हो। तिमी त्यही हौ। सुखसँग बस।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. The thicket of unknowing is now given its old example, the rope and the snake.
Split: yatra (यत्र) + viśvam (विश्वम्) + idam (इदम्) + bhāti (भाति) + kalpitam (कल्पितम्) + rajjusarpavat (रज्जुसर्पवत्) + ānandaparamānandaḥ (आनन्दपरमानन्दः) + saḥ (सः) + bodhaḥ (बोधः) + tvam (त्वम्) + sukham (सुखम्) + bhava (भव)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yatra (यत्र) | indeclinable | where. |
| viśvam (विश्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the world. |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. Agrees with viśvam (विश्वम्). |
| bhāti (भाति) | present third person singular | appears, shines. From bhā (भा). |
| kalpitam (कल्पितम्) | nominative singular, neuter | imagined. Agrees with viśvam (विश्वम्). |
| rajjusarpavat (रज्जुसर्पवत्) | indeclinable | like a rope and a snake. rajju (रज्जु) is a rope. sarpa (सर्प) is a snake. |
| ānandaparamānandaḥ (आनन्दपरमानन्दः) | nominative singular, masculine | bliss that is the highest bliss. ānanda (आनन्द) is bliss. paramānanda (परमानन्द) is the highest bliss. |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | that one. The visarga is dropped before bodhaḥ (बोधः) in this print. |
| bodhaḥ (बोधः) | nominative singular, masculine | awareness. Recited bodhas before tvam (त्वम्). |
| tvam (त्वम्) | nominative singular | you. |
| sukham (सुखम्) | accusative singular, neuter | at ease. |
| bhava (भव) | imperative second person singular | be. |
The phrases
yatra (यत्र) locates bhāti (भाति). viśvam idam (विश्वमिदम्) is the subject, kalpitam (कल्पितम्) agrees, and rajjusarpavat (रज्जुसर्पवत्) is the manner. saḥ bodhaḥ (सः बोधः) and tvam (त्वम्) are identified, with ānandaparamānandaḥ (आनन्दपरमानन्दः) as predicate. bhava (भव) is the command.
Sanskrit in this line
saḥ (सः) before bodhaḥ (बोधः) is printed sa, with the visarga dropped. bodhaḥ (बोधः) before tvam is bodhas, because visarga before t becomes s.
Say it back
What is the world compared with, and what is you said to be?