Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय ७) / 7.1
7.1
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
मय्यनन्तमहाम्भोधौ विश्वपोत इतस् ततः ।
भ्रमति स्वान्तवातेन न ममास्त्यसहिष्णुता mayy anantamahāmbhodhau viśvapota itas tataḥ |
bhramati svāntavātena na mamāsty asahiṣṇutā
The line
In me, the endless great ocean, the ship of the world wanders here and there by the wind of its own mind. I have no inability to bear it.
नेपालीमा
अनन्त महासागररूपी ममा विश्वरूपी डुङ्गा आफ्नै मनको हावाले यताउता भौँतारिन्छ। ममा असहिष्णुता छैन।
Where it sits
Janaka speaks. janaka uvāca (उवाच) is printed before the verse and is not numbered. Chapter 7 opens with the ocean.
Split: mayi (मयि) + anantamahāmbhodhau (अनन्तमहाम्भोधौ) + viśvapotaḥ (विश्वपोतः) + itaḥ (इतः) + tataḥ (ततः) + bhramati (भ्रमति) + svāntavātena (स्वान्तवातेन) + na (न) + mama (मम) + asti (अस्ति) + asahiṣṇutā (असहिष्णुता)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mayi (मयि) | locative singular | in me. Recited mayy (मय्य्) before a (अ). |
| anantamahāmbhodhau (अनन्तमहाम्भोधौ) | locative singular, masculine | in the endless great ocean. Agrees with mayi (मयि). |
| viśvapotaḥ (विश्वपोतः) | nominative singular, masculine | the ship of the world. Recited viśvapota (विश्वपोत) before i (इ). |
| itaḥ (इतः) | indeclinable | from here. Recited itas (इत) before t (त्). |
| tataḥ (ततः) | indeclinable | from there. |
| bhramati (भ्रमति) | present third person singular | wanders. From bhram (भ्रम्). |
| svāntavātena (स्वान्तवातेन) | instrumental singular, masculine | by the wind of its own mind. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| mama (मम) | genitive singular | of me. Joined to asti (अस्ति) as mamāsti (ममास्ति). |
| asti (अस्ति) | present third person singular | is. Recited asty (अस्त्य्) before a (अ). |
| asahiṣṇutā (असहिष्णुता) | nominative singular, feminine | inability to bear it. |
The phrases
mayi anantamahāmbhodhau (अनन्तमहाम्भोधौ) is the place. viśvapotaḥ (विश्वपोतः) is the subject of bhramati, ranging itaḥ (इतः) tataḥ (ततः), instrument svāntavātena (स्वान्तवातेन). na asti denies asahiṣṇutā (असहिष्णुता) for mama.
Sanskrit in this line
mayi before ananta is mayy. The visarga of viśvapotaḥ (विश्वपोतः) drops before i. itaḥ (इतः) before tataḥ (ततः) is itas. mama plus asti is mamāsti (ममास्ति), and before a it is mamāsty (ममास्त्य्).
Say it back
What wanders, and by what wind?