Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय ६) / 6.4
6.4
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
अहं वा सर्वभूतेषु सर्वभूतान्यथो मयि ।
इति ज्ञानं तथैतस्य न त्यागो न ग्रहो लयः ahaṃ vā sarvabhūteṣu sarvabhūtāny atho mayi |
iti jñānaṃ tathaitasya na tyāgo na graho layaḥ
The line
I am in all beings, and also all beings are in me. Such is the knowledge. So for this there is no abandonment, no grasping, no dissolution.
नेपालीमा
म सबै भूतमा छु, र सबै भूत ममा छन्। यस्तो ज्ञान हो। यसको त्याग छैन, ग्रहण छैन, लय छैन।
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. Chapter 6 ends by placing the speaker in all beings and all beings in him.
Split: aham (अहम्) + vā (वा) + sarvabhūteṣu (सर्वभूतेषु) + sarvabhūtāni (सर्वभूतानि) + atho (अथो) + mayi (मयि) + iti (इति) + jñānam (ज्ञानम्) + tathā (तथा) + etasya (एतस्य) + na (न) + tyāgaḥ (त्यागः) + na (न) + grahaḥ (ग्रहः) + layaḥ (लयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| sarvabhūteṣu (सर्वभूतेषु) | locative plural, neuter | in all beings. |
| sarvabhūtāni (सर्वभूतानि) | nominative plural, neuter | all beings. Recited sarvabhūtāny (सर्वभूतान्य्) before a (अ). |
| atho (अथो) | indeclinable | and also. atha (अथ) plus u (उ). |
| mayi (मयि) | locative singular | in me. |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. |
| jñānam (ज्ञानम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the knowledge. |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so. |
| etasya (एतस्य) | genitive singular, neuter | of this. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| tyāgaḥ (त्यागः) | nominative singular, masculine | abandonment. Recited tyāgo (त्यागो) before n (न्). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| grahaḥ (ग्रहः) | nominative singular, masculine | grasping. Recited graho (ग्रहो) before l (ल्). |
| layaḥ (लयः) | nominative singular, masculine | dissolution. |
The phrases
vā (वा) offers the first claim, aham in sarvabhūteṣu (सर्वभूतेषु), and atho the second, sarvabhūtāni (सर्वभूतानि) in mayi. iti makes that pair the jñānam (ज्ञानम्). The refrain is the same three denials.
Sanskrit in this line
sarvabhūtāni (सर्वभूतानि) before atho is sarvabhūtāny (सर्वभूतान्य्). atho is atha plus u.
Say it back
Where are all beings, on the second claim?