Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय २) / 2.23
2.23
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
अहो भुवनकल्लोलैर् विचित्रैर् द्राक् समुत्थितम् ।
मय्यनन्तमहाम्भोधौ चित्तवाते समुद्यते aho bhuvanakallolair vicitrair drāk samutthitam |
mayy anantamahāmbhodhau cittavāte samudyate
The line
Ah, it has risen at once by the variegated billows of the worlds, in me, the endless great ocean, when the wind of the mind rises.
नेपालीमा
अहो, अनन्त महासागररूपी ममा चित्तको वायु उठ्दा, भुवनका विचित्र लहर एकैछिनमा उठे।
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. The ocean image begins, and the next verse will quiet the same wind.
Split: aho (अहो) + bhuvanakallolaiḥ (भुवनकल्लोलैः) + vicitraiḥ (विचित्रैः) + drāk (द्राक्) + samutthitam (समुत्थितम्) + mayi (मयि) + anantamahāmbhodhau (अनन्तमहाम्भोधौ) + cittavāte (चित्तवाते) + samudyate (समुद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aho (अहो) | indeclinable | ah. |
| bhuvanakallolaiḥ (भुवनकल्लोलैः) | instrumental plural, masculine | by the billows of the worlds. bhuvana (भुवन) is a world. kallola (कल्लोल) is a billow. Recited bhuvanakallolair (भुवनकल्लोलैर्) before vicitraiḥ (विचित्रैः). |
| vicitraiḥ (विचित्रैः) | instrumental plural, masculine | variegated. Agrees with bhuvanakallolaiḥ (भुवनकल्लोलैः). Recited vicitrair (विचित्रैर्) before drāk (द्राक्). |
| drāk (द्राक्) | indeclinable | at once. |
| samutthitam (समुत्थितम्) | nominative singular, neuter | risen up. No noun is named beside it. |
| mayi (मयि) | locative singular | in me. |
| anantamahāmbhodhau (अनन्तमहाम्भोधौ) | locative singular, masculine | in the endless great ocean. ananta (अनन्त) is endless. mahā (महा) is great. ambhodhi (अम्भोधि) is the ocean. Agrees with the place that is mayi (मयि). |
| cittavāte (चित्तवाते) | locative singular, masculine | when the wind of the mind. citta (चित्त) is mind. vāta (वात) is wind. |
| samudyate (समुद्यते) | present third person singular | rises. sam (सम्) plus ud (उद्) plus i (इ). |
The phrases
samutthitam (समुत्थितम्) is the risen thing, by means of bhuvanakallolaiḥ vicitraiḥ (भुवनकल्लोलैः विचित्रैः), and drāk (द्राक्) is the speed. The place is mayi (मयि), called anantamahāmbhodhau (अनन्तमहाम्भोधौ). cittavāte samudyate (चित्तवाते समुद्यते) is the condition, a locative with its verb.
Sanskrit in this line
The visarga of bhuvanakallolaiḥ (भुवनकल्लोलैः) before v is r, and vicitraiḥ (विचित्रैः) before drāk (द्राक्) is r. mayi plus ananta is mayy ananta.
Say it back
What rises in him, and when?