Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय २) / 2.3
2.3
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
saśarīram aho viśvaṃ parityajya mayādhunā | kutaścit kauśalādएva paramātmā vilokyate
The line
Ah, the world together with the body having been abandoned by me now, the supreme self is seen, from some skill alone.
नेपालीमा
अहो, शरीरसहितको विश्व अहिले मैले त्याग्दा, कुनै कौशलबाट नै परमात्मा देखिन्छ।
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. Seeing replaces the illumining of the previous line.
Split: saśarīram (सशरीरम्) + aho (अहो) + viśvam (विश्वम्) + parityajya (परित्यज्य) + mayā (मया) + adhunā (अधुना) + kutaḥ (कुतः) + cit (चित्) + kauśalāt (कौशलात्) + eva (एव) + paramātmā (परमात्मा) + vilokyate (विलोक्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saśarīram (सशरीरम्) | accusative singular, neuter | together with the body. sa (स) means with. Agrees with viśvam (विश्वम्). |
| aho (अहो) | indeclinable | ah. |
| viśvam (विश्वम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the world. |
| parityajya (परित्यज्य) | absolutive | having abandoned. pari (परि) plus tyaj (त्यज्). |
| mayā (मया) | instrumental singular | by me. |
| adhunā (अधुना) | indeclinable | now. |
| kutaḥ (कुतः) | indeclinable | from where. With cit (चित्), from somewhere. |
| cit (चित्) | indeclinable | some. With kutaḥ (कुतः), somehow, from some quarter. |
| kauśalāt (कौशलात्) | ablative singular, neuter | from skill. Recited kauśalād (कौशलाद्) before eva (एव). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed, alone. |
| paramātmā (परमात्मा) | nominative singular, masculine | the supreme self. parama (परम) is supreme. ātman (आत्मन्) is the self. |
| vilokyate (विलोक्यते) | passive present third person singular | is seen. From vi (वि) plus lok (लोक्). |
The phrases
parityajya (परित्यज्य) takes viśvam saśarīram (विश्वम् सशरीरम्), and its agent is mayā (मया), the same agent as the passive vilokyate (विलोक्यते). paramātmā (परमात्मा) is the subject seen. kutaḥ cit kauśalāt (कुतः चित् कौशलात्) is the source of the seeing.
Sanskrit in this line
mayā (मया) plus adhunā (अधुना) is mayādhunā (मयाधुना). kauśalāt (कौशलात्) before eva is kauśalād (कौशलाद्), and this edition keeps the virama: the final consonant does not take the vowel of eva.
Say it back
What has been abandoned, and what is seen?