Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय २) / 2.19
2.19
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
सशरीरमिदं विश्वं न किञ्चिदिति निश्चितम् ।
शुद्धचिन्मात्र आत्मा च तत् कस्मिन् कल्पनाधुना saśarīram idaṃ viśvaṃ na kiñcid iti niścitam |
śuddhacinmātra ātmā ca tat kasmin kalpanādhunā
The line
It is settled that this world, with the body, is not anything. And the self is pure awareness alone. In what, now, is that imagining?
नेपालीमा
शरीरसहित यो विश्व केही होइन भन्ने निश्चित छ। आत्मा शुद्ध चेतना मात्र हो। अब त्यो कल्पना कसमा छ?
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. The question has no answer inside the verse. It asks where imagining could still sit.
Split: saśarīram (सशरीरम्) + idam (इदम्) + viśvam (विश्वम्) + na (न) + kiñcit (किञ्चित्) + iti (इति) + niścitam (निश्चितम्) + śuddhacinmātraḥ (शुद्धचिन्मात्रः) + ātmā (आत्मा) + ca (च) + tat (तत्) + kasmin (कस्मिन्) + kalpanā (कल्पना) + adhunā (अधुना)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saśarīram (सशरीरम्) | nominative singular, neuter | together with the body. Agrees with viśvam (विश्वम्). |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. Agrees with viśvam (विश्वम्). |
| viśvam (विश्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the world. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| kiñcit (किञ्चित्) | nominative singular, neuter | anything. Recited kiñcid (किञ्चिद्) before iti (इति). |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It marks the conclusion just reached. |
| niścitam (निश्चितम्) | nominative singular, neuter | settled. Agrees with the iti (इति) clause. |
| śuddhacinmātraḥ (शुद्धचिन्मात्रः) | nominative singular, masculine | pure awareness alone. śuddha (शुद्ध) is pure. cit (चित्) is awareness. mātra (मात्र) is alone. The visarga drops before ātmā (आत्मा). |
| ātmā (आत्मा) | nominative singular, masculine | the self. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| tat (तत्) | nominative singular, neuter | that. |
| kasmin (कस्मिन्) | locative singular, neuter | in what. |
| kalpanā (कल्पना) | nominative singular, feminine | imagining. |
| adhunā (अधुना) | indeclinable | now. |
The phrases
The iti (इति) clause, viśvam saśarīram (विश्वम् सशरीरम्) is na kiñcit (न किञ्चित्), is niścitam (निश्चितम्). ātmā (आत्मा) is śuddhacinmātraḥ (शुद्धचिन्मात्रः). The question is kasmin (कस्मिन्) for tat kalpanā (तत् कल्पना), with adhunā (अधुना).
Sanskrit in this line
kiñcit (किञ्चित्) before iti is kiñcid (किञ्चिद्), and the d takes the vowel. śuddhacinmātraḥ (शुद्धचिन्मात्रः) before ātmā (आत्मा) loses the visarga. kalpanā (कल्पना) plus adhunā (अधुना) is kalpanādhunā (कल्पनाधुना).
Say it back
What is settled, and what question remains?