Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय ५) / 5.2
5.2
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
उदेति भवतो विश्वं वारिधेरिव बुद्बुदः ।
इति ज्ञात्वैकमात्मानमेवमेव लयं व्रज udeti bhavato viśvaṃ vāridher iva budbudaḥ |
iti jñātvaikam ātmānam evam eva layaṃ vraja
The line
The world rises from you like a bubble from the ocean. Having known the one self thus, go thus, just so, to dissolution.
नेपालीमा
तिमीबाट विश्व उठ्छ, समुद्रबाट बुलबुलाझैं। एक आत्मालाई यसरी जानेर यसरी नै लयमा जाऊ।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. The same command closes the line, after the bubble.
Split: udeti (उदेति) + bhavataḥ (भवतः) + viśvam (विश्वम्) + vāridheḥ (वारिधेः) + iva (इव) + budbudaḥ (बुद्बुदः) + iti (इति) + jñātvā (ज्ञात्वा) + ekam (एकम्) + ātmānam (आत्मानम्) + evam (एवम्) + eva (एव) + layam (लयम्) + vraja (व्रज)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| udeti (उदेति) | present third person singular | rises. From ud (उद्) plus i (इ). |
| bhavataḥ (भवतः) | ablative singular, masculine | from you. Recited bhavato (भवतो) before v (व्). |
| viśvam (विश्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the world. |
| vāridheḥ (वारिधेः) | ablative singular, masculine | from the ocean. Recited vāridher (वारिधेर्) before i (इ). |
| iva (इव) | indeclinable | like. |
| budbudaḥ (बुद्बुदः) | nominative singular, masculine | a bubble. |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. |
| jñātvā (ज्ञात्वा) | absolutive | having known. From jñā (ज्ञा). |
| ekam (एकम्) | accusative singular, masculine | one. Agrees with ātmānam (आत्मानम्). |
| ātmānam (आत्मानम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the self. |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | thus. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| layam (लयम्) | accusative singular, masculine | dissolution. |
| vraja (व्रज) | imperative second person singular | go. |
The phrases
viśvam (विश्वम्) udeti from bhavataḥ (भवतः), likened to budbudaḥ (बुद्बुदः) from vāridheḥ (वारिधेः). iti closes that claim. jñātvā (ज्ञात्वा) takes ekam ātmānam (आत्मानम्). The command evam eva layam vraja is the same imperative as the line before.
Sanskrit in this line
bhavataḥ (भवतः) before v is bhavato. vāridheḥ (वारिधेः) before iva is vāridher (वारिधेर्). jñātvā (ज्ञात्वा) joined to ekam is jñātvaikam (ज्ञात्वैकम्).
Say it back
From where does the world rise?