Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय ४) / 4.6
4.6
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
आत्मानमद्वयं कश्चिज् जानाति जगदीश्वरम् ।
यद् वेत्ति तत् स कुरुते न भयं तस्य कुत्रचित् ātmānam advayaṃ kaścij jānāti jagadīśvaram |
yad vetti tat sa kurute na bhayaṃ tasya kutracit
The line
Someone knows the self, without a second, as lord of the world. What he knows, that he does. Fear is nowhere for him.
नेपालीमा
कोही अद्वय आत्मालाई जगत्को ईश्वर भनी जान्छ। उसले जे जान्छ, त्यही गर्छ। उसलाई कहीँ डर हुँदैन।
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. Chapter 4 ends on doing what is known, and on the absence of fear.
Split: ātmānam (आत्मानम्) + advayam (अद्वयम्) + kaścit (कश्चित्) + jānāti (जानाति) + jagadīśvaram (जगदीश्वरम्) + yat (यत्) + vetti (वेत्ति) + tat (तत्) + saḥ (सः) + kurute (कुरुते) + na (न) + bhayam (भयम्) + tasya (तस्य) + kutracit (कुत्रचित्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ātmānam (आत्मानम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the self. |
| advayam (अद्वयम्) | accusative singular, masculine | without a second. Agrees with ātmānam (आत्मानम्). |
| kaścit (कश्चित्) | nominative singular, masculine | someone. Recited kaścij (कश्चिज्) before j (ज्). |
| jānāti (जानाति) | present third person singular | knows. From jñā (ज्ञा). |
| jagadīśvaram (जगदीश्वरम्) | accusative singular, masculine | lord of the world. Agrees with ātmānam (आत्मानम्). |
| yat (यत्) | accusative singular, neuter | what. Recited yad (यद्) before v (व्). |
| vetti (वेत्ति) | present third person singular | he knows. From vid (विद्). |
| tat (तत्) | accusative singular, neuter | that. |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | he. Recited sa (स) before k (क्). |
| kurute (कुरुते) | present third person singular | does. From kṛ (कृ). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| bhayam (भयम्) | nominative singular, neuter | fear. |
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of him. |
| kutracit (कुत्रचित्) | indeclinable | anywhere. |
The phrases
kaścit (कश्चित्) is the subject of jānāti (जानाति), which takes ātmānam (आत्मानम्), and advayam and jagadīśvaram (जगदीश्वरम्) agree. yat is the object of vetti, tat of kurute, saḥ (सः) the subject. bhayam is denied for tasya, place kutracit.
Sanskrit in this line
kaścit (कश्चित्) before jānāti (जानाति) is kaścij (कश्चिज्), with the consonant doubled. yat before vetti is yad. saḥ (सः) before k loses the visarga.
Say it back
What is nowhere for him?