Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय ५) / 5.1
5.1
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
न ते सङ्गोऽस्ति केनापि किं शुद्धस् त्यक्तुमिच्छसि ।
सङ्घातविलयं कुर्वन्नेवमेव लयं व्रज na te saṅgo 'sti kenāpi kiṃ śuddhas tyaktum icchasi |
saṅghātavilayaṃ kurvann evam eva layaṃ vraja
The line
You have no attachment to anything. Pure one, why do you wish to abandon it? Making the aggregate dissolve, go thus, just so, to dissolution.
नेपालीमा
तिमीलाई कुनै कुरामा आसक्ति छैन। हे शुद्ध, तिमी किन त्याग्न चाहन्छौ? सङ्घातलाई लय गर्दै यसरी नै लयमा जाऊ।
Where it sits
Astavakra speaks. aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) uvāca (उवाच) is printed before the verse and is not numbered. Chapter 5 opens with the command to go to dissolution.
Split: na (न) + te (ते) + saṅgaḥ (सङ्गः) + asti (अस्ति) + kena (केन) + api (अपि) + kim (किम्) + śuddhaḥ (शुद्धः) + tyaktum (त्यक्तुम्) + icchasi (इच्छसि) + saṅghātavilayam (सङ्घातविलयम्) + kurvan (कुर्वन्) + evam (एवम्) + eva (एव) + layam (लयम्) + vraja (व्रज)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| te (ते) | genitive singular | of you. |
| saṅgaḥ (सङ्गः) | nominative singular, masculine | attachment. Recited saṅgo (सङ्गो) before the avagraha. |
| asti (अस्ति) | present third person singular | is. |
| kena (केन) | instrumental singular, masculine | with whom. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | at all. |
| kim (किम्) | indeclinable | why? |
| śuddhaḥ (शुद्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | pure. You, the pure one. Recited śuddhas (शुद्ध) before t (त्). |
| tyaktum (त्यक्तुम्) | infinitive | to abandon. From tyaj (त्यज्). |
| icchasi (इच्छसि) | present second person singular | you wish. From iṣ (इष्). |
| saṅghātavilayam (सङ्घातविलयम्) | accusative singular, masculine | dissolution of the aggregate. |
| kurvan (कुर्वन्) | present participle, nominative singular, masculine | making. Recited kurvann (कुर्वन्न्) before e (ए). |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | thus. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| layam (लयम्) | accusative singular, masculine | dissolution. |
| vraja (व्रज) | imperative second person singular | go. From vraj (व्रज्). |
The phrases
na asti denies saṅgaḥ (सङ्गः) for te, instrument kena api. kim questions icchasi, whose complement is tyaktum, subject śuddhaḥ (शुद्धः). kurvan takes saṅghātavilayam (सङ्घातविलयम्) and agrees with the subject of vraja. layam is the object of vraja, manner evam eva.
Sanskrit in this line
saṅgaḥ (सङ्गः) before asti is saṅgo (सङ्गो) with the avagraha. śuddhaḥ (शुद्धः) before tyaktum is śuddhas (शुद्ध). kurvan before evam doubles the n.
Say it back
Why is abandoning unnecessary?