Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय ९) / 9.2
9.2
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
कस्यापि तात धन्यस्य लोकचेष्टावलोकनात् ।
जीवितेच्छा बुभुक्षा च बुभुत्सोपशमं गताः kasyāpi tāta dhanyasya lokaceṣṭāvalokanāt |
jīvitecchā bubhukṣā ca bubhutsopaśamaṃ gatāḥ
The line
O dear, for some fortunate one, from watching what people do, the wish to live, hunger, and the wish to know have gone to quiet.
नेपालीमा
हे तात, कुनै धन्य व्यक्तिको मानिसहरूका चेष्टा हेरेर बाँच्ने इच्छा, भोक र जान्ने इच्छा शान्त भएका छन्।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. He addresses the hearer as dear, and names a fortunate one.
Split: kasya (कस्य) + api (अपि) + tāta (तात) + dhanyasya (धन्यस्य) + lokaceṣṭāvalokanāt (लोकचेष्टावलोकनात्) + jīvitecchā (जीवितेच्छा) + bubhukṣā (बुभुक्षा) + ca (च) + bubhutsā (बुभुत्सा) + upaśamam (उपशमम्) + gatāḥ (गताः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kasya (कस्य) | genitive singular | of whom, of some. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | some one. |
| tāta (तात) | vocative singular, masculine | O dear. |
| dhanyasya (धन्यस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of the fortunate one. Agrees with kasya (कस्य). |
| lokaceṣṭāvalokanāt (लोकचेष्टावलोकनात्) | ablative singular, neuter | from watching the doings of people. |
| jīvitecchā (जीवितेच्छा) | nominative singular, feminine | the wish to live. |
| bubhukṣā (बुभुक्षा) | nominative singular, feminine | hunger. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| bubhutsā (बुभुत्सा) | nominative singular, feminine | the wish to know. Joined to upaśamam (उपशमम्) as bubhutso (बुभुत्सो). |
| upaśamam (उपशमम्) | accusative singular, masculine | quiet. |
| gatāḥ (गताः) | past participle, nominative plural, feminine | gone. Agrees with the three subjects. |
The phrases
kasya api dhanyasya is whose, and tāta (तात) is the address. The ablative is the source. Three feminine nominatives are the subject of gatāḥ (गताः), and upaśamam (उपशमम्) is the goal.
Sanskrit in this line
kasya plus api is kasyāpi (कस्यापि). bubhutsā (बुभुत्सा) joined to upaśamam (उपशमम्) is bubhutsopaśamam (बुभुत्सोपशमम्), ā (आ) plus u becoming o.
Say it back
What three things have gone to quiet?