Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka asks (अध्याय १) / 1.13
1.13
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
कूटस्थं बोधमद्वैतमात्मानं परिभावय ।
आभासोऽहं भ्रमं मुक्त्वा भावं बाह्यमथान्तरम् kūṭasthaṃ bodham advaitam ātmānaṃ paribhāvaya |
ābhāso 'haṃ bhramaṃ muktvā bhāvaṃ bāhyam athāntaram
The line
Contemplate the self as unchanging awareness, without a second. Having let go of the error that I am an appearance, let go of the outer state and the inner.
नेपालीमा
कूटस्थ, बोध, अद्वैत आत्मालाई भावना गर। म आभास हुँ भन्ने भ्रम छोड, अनि बाहिरी र भित्री भाव पनि छोड।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. Contemplation is aimed at the self just described.
Split: kūṭastham (कूटस्थम्) + bodham (बोधम्) + advaitam (अद्वैतम्) + ātmānam (आत्मानम्) + paribhāvaya (परिभावय) + ābhāsaḥ (आभासः) + aham (अहम्) + bhramam (भ्रमम्) + muktvā (मुक्त्वा) + bhāvam (भावम्) + bāhyam (बाह्यम्) + atha (अथ) + antaram (अन्तरम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kūṭastham (कूटस्थम्) | accusative singular, masculine | standing on the peak, unchanging. kūṭa (कूट) is a peak. stha (स्थ) is standing. Agrees with ātmānam (आत्मानम्). |
| bodham (बोधम्) | accusative singular, masculine | awareness. Agrees with ātmānam (आत्मानम्). |
| advaitam (अद्वैतम्) | accusative singular, masculine | without a second. Agrees with ātmānam (आत्मानम्). |
| ātmānam (आत्मानम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the self. |
| paribhāvaya (परिभावय) | imperative second person singular | contemplate. Causative of pari (परि) plus bhū (भू). |
| ābhāsaḥ (आभासः) | nominative singular, masculine | an appearance, a semblance. Recited ābhāso (आभासो) before aham (अहम्). |
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I. |
| bhramam (भ्रमम्) | accusative singular, masculine | error. |
| muktvā (मुक्त्वा) | absolutive | having released. From muc (मुच्). |
| bhāvam (भावम्) | accusative singular, masculine | a state. |
| bāhyam (बाह्यम्) | accusative singular, masculine | outer. Agrees with bhāvam (भावम्). |
| atha (अथ) | indeclinable | and, then. |
| antaram (अन्तरम्) | accusative singular, masculine | inner. |
The phrases
paribhāvaya (परिभावय) takes ātmānam (आत्मानम्), and the three adjectives agree. muktvā (मुक्त्वा) takes bhramam (भ्रमम्) and bhāvam (भावम्). aham (अहम्) with ābhāsaḥ (आभासः) is the content of that error. bāhyam (बाह्यम्) and antaram (अन्तरम्) both describe states to be released.
Sanskrit in this line
ābhāsaḥ (आभासः) plus aham is ābhāso (आभासो) 'ham. atha plus antaram is athāntaram (अथान्तरम्). bodham plus advaitam joins m to the vowel.
Say it back
What is to be contemplated, and what error is to be released?