Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय २) / 2.6
2.6
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
यथैवेक्षुरसे क्लृप्ता तेन व्याप्तैव शर्करा ।
तथा विश्वं मयि क्लृप्तं मया व्याप्तं निरन्तरम् yathaivekṣurase klṛptā tena vyāptaiva śarkarā |
tathā viśvaṃ mayi klṛptaṃ mayā vyāptaṃ nirantaram
The line
As sugar is fashioned in the juice of cane and is pervaded by that juice, so the world is fashioned in me and pervaded by me without a gap.
नेपालीमा
जसरी उखुको रसमा चिनी बनाइन्छ र त्यही रसबाट व्याप्त हुन्छ, त्यसै गरी विश्व ममा बनाइएको छ र मबाट निरन्तर व्याप्त छ।
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. A third image, sugar in juice, follows cloth and water.
Split: yathā (यथा) + eva (एव) + ikṣurase (इक्षुरसे) + kḷptā (कॢप्ता) + tena (तेन) + vyāptā (व्याप्ता) + eva (एव) + śarkarā (शर्करा) + tathā (तथा) + viśvam (विश्वम्) + mayi (मयि) + kḷptam (कॢप्तम्) + mayā (मया) + vyāptam (व्याप्तम्) + nirantaram (निरन्तरम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | just as. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| ikṣurase (इक्षुरसे) | locative singular, masculine | in the juice of cane. ikṣu (इक्षु) is cane. rasa (रस) is juice. |
| kḷptā (कॢप्ता) | nominative singular, feminine | fashioned. Agrees with śarkarā (शर्करा). The edition writes the vocalic l (ल्) as l (ल्) plus vocalic r (र्). |
| tena (तेन) | instrumental singular, masculine | by that. |
| vyāptā (व्याप्ता) | nominative singular, feminine | pervaded. Agrees with śarkarā (शर्करा). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| śarkarā (शर्करा) | nominative singular, feminine | sugar. |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so. |
| viśvam (विश्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the world. |
| mayi (मयि) | locative singular | in me. |
| kḷptam (कॢप्तम्) | nominative singular, neuter | fashioned. Agrees with viśvam (विश्वम्). |
| mayā (मया) | instrumental singular | by me. |
| vyāptam (व्याप्तम्) | nominative singular, neuter | pervaded. Agrees with viśvam (विश्वम्). |
| nirantaram (निरन्तरम्) | nominative singular, neuter | without a gap. Agrees with viśvam (विश्वम्). |
The phrases
yathā (यथा) and tathā (तथा) again. śarkarā (शर्करा) is kḷptā (कॢप्ता) in ikṣurase (इक्षुरसे) and vyāptā (व्याप्ता) by tena (तेन). viśvam (विश्वम्) is kḷptam (कॢप्तम्) in mayi (मयि) and vyāptam (व्याप्तम्) by mayā (मया).
Sanskrit in this line
yathā (यथा) plus eva plus ikṣu (इक्षु) is yathaivekṣu (यथैवेक्षु). vyāptā (व्याप्ता) plus eva is vyāptaiva (व्याप्तैव). The edition prints klṛptā (क्लृप्ता) for kḷptā (कॢप्ता), consonant l plus vocalic r.
Say it back
Where is the sugar fashioned, and where is the world fashioned?