Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय ३) / 3.10
3.10
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
चेष्टमानं शरीरं स्वं पश्यत्यन्यशरीरवत् ।
संस्तवे चापि निन्दायां कथं क्षुभ्येत् महाशयः ceṣṭamānaṃ śarīraṃ svaṃ paśyaty anyaśarīravat |
saṃstave cāpi nindāyāṃ kathaṃ kṣubhyet mahāśayaḥ
The line
The great minded one sees his own acting body as if it were another body. In praise, and even in blame, how would he be shaken?
नेपालीमा
महाशय आफ्नो चेष्टा गर्ने शरीरलाई अरूको शरीरझैँ हेर्छ। स्तुतिमा र निन्दामा पनि ऊ कसरी विचलित हुन्छ?
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. The great minded one is set beside praise and blame.
Split: ceṣṭamānam (चेष्टमानम्) + śarīram (शरीरम्) + svam (स्वम्) + paśyati (पश्यति) + anyaśarīravat (अन्यशरीरवत्) + saṃstave (संस्तवे) + ca (च) + api (अपि) + nindāyām (निन्दायाम्) + katham (कथम्) + kṣubhyet (क्षुभ्येत्) + mahāśayaḥ (महाशयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ceṣṭamānam (चेष्टमानम्) | present participle, accusative singular, neuter | acting. Agrees with śarīram (शरीरम्). |
| śarīram (शरीरम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the body. |
| svam (स्वम्) | accusative singular, neuter | his own. Agrees with śarīram (शरीरम्). |
| paśyati (पश्यति) | present third person singular | sees. From dṛś (दृश्). Recited paśyaty (पश्यत्य्) before a (अ). |
| anyaśarīravat (अन्यशरीरवत्) | indeclinable | like another body. |
| saṃstave (संस्तवे) | locative singular, masculine | in praise. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| nindāyām (निन्दायाम्) | locative singular, feminine | in blame. |
| katham (कथम्) | indeclinable | how? |
| kṣubhyet (क्षुभ्येत्) | optative third person singular | would he be shaken. From kṣubh (क्षुभ्). |
| mahāśayaḥ (महाशयः) | nominative singular, masculine | the great minded one. |
The phrases
mahāśayaḥ (महाशयः) is the subject of paśyati (पश्यति) and of kṣubhyet (क्षुभ्येत्). paśyati (पश्यति) takes śarīram (शरीरम्), and ceṣṭamānam (चेष्टमानम्) and svam agree with it. anyaśarīravat (अन्यशरीरवत्) is the manner. katham questions kṣubhyet (क्षुभ्येत्) in the two locatives.
Sanskrit in this line
paśyati (पश्यति) before anya is paśyaty (पश्यत्य्). ca before api is cā (चा). anyaśarīravat (अन्यशरीरवत्) keeps t at the pause.
Say it back
In what two settings is the shaking asked about?