Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय ७) / 7.4
7.4
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
नात्मा भावेषु नो भावस् तत्रानन्ते निरञ्जने ।
इत्यसक्तोऽस्पृहः शान्त एतदेवाहमास्थितः nātmā bhāveṣu no bhāvas tatrānante nirañjane |
ity asakto 'spṛhaḥ śānta etad evāham āsthitaḥ
The line
The self is not in the states, and a state is not in that endless stainless one. Thus unattached, without longing, quiet: this alone is the stand I have taken.
नेपालीमा
आत्मा भावहरूमा छैन, र त्यस अनन्त निरञ्जनमा भाव पनि छैन। यसरी आसक्तिरहित, स्पृहारहित र शान्त भएर म यही अवस्थामा स्थित छु।
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. He repeats the stand, now from the denial that the self is in the states.
Split: na (न) + ātmā (आत्मा) + bhāveṣu (भावेषु) + no (नो) + bhāvaḥ (भावः) + tatra (तत्र) + anante (अनन्ते) + nirañjane (निरञ्जने) + iti (इति) + asaktaḥ (असक्तः) + aspṛhaḥ (अस्पृहः) + śāntaḥ (शान्तः) + etat (एतत्) + eva (एव) + aham (अहम्) + āsthitaḥ (आस्थितः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. Joined to ātmā (आत्मा) as nātmā (नात्मा). |
| ātmā (आत्मा) | nominative singular, masculine | the self. |
| bhāveṣu (भावेषु) | locative plural, masculine | in the states. |
| no (नो) | indeclinable | and not. na (न) plus u (उ). |
| bhāvaḥ (भावः) | nominative singular, masculine | a state. Recited bhāvas (भाव) before t (त्). |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there. Joined to anante (अनन्ते) as tatrānante (तत्रानन्ते). |
| anante (अनन्ते) | locative singular, masculine | in the endless. |
| nirañjane (निरञ्जने) | locative singular, masculine | in the stainless. Agrees with anante (अनन्ते). |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. Recited ity (इत्य्) before a (अ). |
| asaktaḥ (असक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | unattached. Recited asakto (असक्तो) before the avagraha. |
| aspṛhaḥ (अस्पृहः) | nominative singular, masculine | without longing. |
| śāntaḥ (शान्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | quiet. Recited śānta (शान्त) before e (ए). |
| etat (एतत्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | alone. |
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I. |
| āsthitaḥ (आस्थितः) | past participle, nominative singular, masculine | have taken my stand. |
The phrases
na denies ātmā (आत्मा) in bhāveṣu (भावेषु). no denies bhāvaḥ (भावः) in tatra anante nirañjane (निरञ्जने). iti closes that pair. asaktaḥ (असक्तः), aspṛhaḥ (अस्पृहः), and śāntaḥ (शान्तः) agree with aham āsthitaḥ (आस्थितः), and etat eva is again the stand.
Sanskrit in this line
na plus ātmā (आत्मा) is nātmā (नात्मा). bhāvaḥ (भावः) before tatra is bhāvas (भाव), and tatra plus anante is tatrānante (तत्रानन्ते). asaktaḥ (असक्तः) before aspṛhaḥ (अस्पृहः) is asakto with the avagraha. The visarga of śāntaḥ (शान्तः) drops before e.
Say it back
Where is the self said not to be?