Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka asks (अध्याय १) / 1.16
1.16
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
त्वया व्याप्तमिदं विश्वं त्वयि प्रोतं यथार्थतः ।
शुद्धबुद्धस्वरूपस् त्वं मा गमः क्षुद्रचित्तताम् tvayā vyāptam idaṃ viśvaṃ tvayi protaṃ yathārthataḥ |
śuddhabuddhasvarūpas tvaṃ mā gamaḥ kṣudracittatām
The line
This world is pervaded by you. In truth it is strung in you. You are one whose own form is pure and awake. Do not go into the state of a small mind.
नेपालीमा
यो विश्व तिमीबाट व्याप्त छ। साँच्चै तिमीमा उनिएको छ। तिमी शुद्ध बुद्ध स्वरूप हौ। सानो चित्तको अवस्थामा नजाऊ।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. The prohibition closes the account of what one already is.
Split: tvayā (त्वया) + vyāptam (व्याप्तम्) + idam (इदम्) + viśvam (विश्वम्) + tvayi (त्वयि) + protam (प्रोतम्) + yathārthataḥ (यथार्थतः) + śuddhabuddhasvarūpaḥ (शुद्धबुद्धस्वरूपः) + tvam (त्वम्) + mā (मा) + gamaḥ (गमः) + kṣudracittatām (क्षुद्रचित्तताम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tvayā (त्वया) | instrumental singular | by you. |
| vyāptam (व्याप्तम्) | nominative singular, neuter | pervaded. Agrees with viśvam (विश्वम्). |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. Agrees with viśvam (विश्वम्). |
| viśvam (विश्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the world. |
| tvayi (त्वयि) | locative singular | in you. |
| protam (प्रोतम्) | nominative singular, neuter | strung, woven through. Agrees with viśvam (विश्वम्). |
| yathārthataḥ (यथार्थतः) | indeclinable | in accordance with the fact, truly. |
| śuddhabuddhasvarūpaḥ (शुद्धबुद्धस्वरूपः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose own form is pure and awake. śuddha (शुद्ध) is pure. buddha (बुद्ध) is awake. svarūpa (स्वरूप) is own form. Recited śuddhabuddhasvarūpas (शुद्धबुद्धस्वरूप) before tvam (त्वम्). |
| tvam (त्वम्) | nominative singular | you. |
| mā (मा) | indeclinable | do not. |
| gamaḥ (गमः) | injunctive second person singular | go. From gam (गम्). With mā (मा), a prohibition. |
| kṣudracittatām (क्षुद्रचित्तताम्) | accusative singular, feminine | the state of a small mind. kṣudra (क्षुद्र) is small. cittatā (चित्तता) is the state of mind. |
The phrases
The first clause has no finite verb: viśvam (विश्वम्) is vyāptam (व्याप्तम्) by tvayā (त्वया) and protam (प्रोतम्) in tvayi (त्वयि). tvam (त्वम्) is śuddhabuddhasvarūpaḥ (शुद्धबुद्धस्वरूपः). mā gamaḥ (मा गमः) prohibits going, and kṣudracittatām (क्षुद्रचित्तताम्) is the place gone to.
Sanskrit in this line
śuddhabuddhasvarūpaḥ (शुद्धबुद्धस्वरूपः) before tvam is śuddhabuddhasvarūpas (शुद्धबुद्धस्वरूप), because visarga before t becomes s. mā (मा) gamaḥ (गमः) is the prohibitive, with the unaugmented form.
Say it back
What is prohibited?