Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय ९) / 9.1
9.1
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
कृताकृते च द्वन्द्वानि कदा शान्तानि कस्य वा ।
एवं ज्ञात्वेह निर्वेदाद् भव त्यागपरोऽव्रती kṛtākṛte ca dvandvāni kadā śāntāni kasya vā |
evaṃ jñātveha nirvedād bhava tyāgaparo 'vratī
The line
When are the pairs quieted, in the done and the not done, and for whom? Knowing this, from weariness here, become one whose aim is letting go, one without a vow.
नेपालीमा
कृत र अकृतमा द्वन्द्वहरू कहिले शान्त हुन्छन्, र कसका लागि? यो जानेर यहाँ निर्वेदबाट त्यागलाई लक्ष्य बनाउने बन, व्रत नराख्ने बन।
Where it sits
Astavakra speaks. aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) uvāca (उवाच) is printed before the verse and is not numbered. Chapter 9 opens from weariness.
Split: kṛtākṛte (कृताकृते) + ca (च) + dvandvāni (द्वन्द्वानि) + kadā (कदा) + śāntāni (शान्तानि) + kasya (कस्य) + vā (वा) + evam (एवम्) + jñātvā (ज्ञात्वा) + iha (इह) + nirvedāt (निर्वेदात्) + bhava (भव) + tyāgaparaḥ (त्यागपरः) + avratī (अव्रती)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kṛtākṛte (कृताकृते) | locative singular, neuter | in the done and the not done. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| dvandvāni (द्वन्द्वानि) | nominative plural, neuter | the pairs. |
| kadā (कदा) | indeclinable | when? |
| śāntāni (शान्तानि) | nominative plural, neuter | quieted. Agrees with dvandvāni (द्वन्द्वानि). |
| kasya (कस्य) | genitive singular | of whom? |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | thus. |
| jñātvā (ज्ञात्वा) | absolutive | having known. Joined to iha (इह) as jñātveha (ज्ञात्वेह). |
| iha (इह) | indeclinable | here. |
| nirvedāt (निर्वेदात्) | ablative singular, masculine | from weariness. Recited nirvedād (निर्वेदाद्) before bh (भ्). |
| bhava (भव) | imperative second person singular | become. From bhū (भू). |
| tyāgaparaḥ (त्यागपरः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose aim is letting go. Recited tyāgaparo (त्यागपरो) before the avagraha. |
| avratī (अव्रती) | nominative singular, masculine | one without a vow. |
The phrases
kadā (कदा) asks when dvandvāni (द्वन्द्वानि) are śāntāni (शान्तानि), and the locative kṛtākṛte (कृताकृते) is where. kasya vā (वा) asks whose. jñātvā (ज्ञात्वा) takes that evam. bhava commands two predicates, tyāgaparaḥ (त्यागपरः) and avratī (अव्रती), source nirvedāt (निर्वेदात्), place iha.
Sanskrit in this line
jñātvā (ज्ञात्वा) plus iha is jñātveha (ज्ञात्वेह). nirvedāt (निर्वेदात्) before bhava is voiced to d. tyāgaparaḥ (त्यागपरः) before avratī (अव्रती) is tyāgaparo (त्यागपरो) with the avagraha.
Say it back
What two things should he become?