Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय ९) / 9.3
9.3
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
अनित्यं सर्वमेवेदं तापत्रितयदूषितम् ।
असारं निन्दितं हेयमिति निश्चित्य शाम्यति anityaṃ sarvam evedaṃ tāpatritayadūṣitam |
asāraṃ ninditaṃ heyam iti niścitya śāmyati
The line
Having determined that all this is impermanent, stained by the three pains, without essence, blamed, and to be left, one grows quiet.
नेपालीमा
यो सबै अनित्य, तीन तापले दूषित, सारहीन, निन्दित र त्याग्न योग्य हो भनी निश्चय गरेर मानिस शान्त हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. Quiet follows the determination, not a further practice.
Split: anityam (अनित्यम्) + sarvam (सर्वम्) + eva (एव) + idam (इदम्) + tāpatritayadūṣitam (तापत्रितयदूषितम्) + asāram (असारम्) + ninditam (निन्दितम्) + heyam (हेयम्) + iti (इति) + niścitya (निश्चित्य) + śāmyati (शाम्यति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anityam (अनित्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | impermanent. Agrees with idam (इदम्). |
| sarvam (सर्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | all. Agrees with idam (इदम्). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed. Joined toward idam (इदम्) as evedam (एवेदम्). |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. |
| tāpatritayadūṣitam (तापत्रितयदूषितम्) | past participle, nominative singular, neuter | stained by the three pains. Agrees with idam (इदम्). |
| asāram (असारम्) | nominative singular, neuter | without essence. Agrees with idam (इदम्). |
| ninditam (निन्दितम्) | past participle, nominative singular, neuter | blamed. Agrees with idam (इदम्). |
| heyam (हेयम्) | nominative singular, neuter | to be left. Agrees with idam (इदम्). |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. |
| niścitya (निश्चित्य) | absolutive | having determined. From niś (निश्) plus ci (चि). |
| śāmyati (शाम्यति) | present third person singular | grows quiet. From śam (शम्). |
The phrases
iti quotes the predicates of idam: anityam, sarvam, tāpatritayadūṣitam (तापत्रितयदूषितम्), asāram (असारम्), ninditam, heyam. niścitya (निश्चित्य) takes that quotation. The subject of śāmyati (शाम्यति) is the one who has determined it.
Sanskrit in this line
sarvam plus eva plus idam is sarvam evedam. heyam before iti keeps the anusvara.
Say it back
What determination comes before the quiet?