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9.4
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
कोऽसौ कालो वयः किं वा यत्र द्वन्द्वानि नो नृणाम् ।
तान्युपेक्ष्य यथाप्राप्तवर्ती सिद्धिमवाप्नुयात् ko 'sau kālo vayaḥ kiṃ vā yatra dvandvāni no nṛṇām |
tāny upekṣya yathāprāptavartī siddhim avāpnuyāt
The line
What is that time, or what age, where the pairs are not for men? Disregarding them, one who lives by what comes may reach accomplishment.
नेपालीमा
त्यो कुन काल हो वा कुन उमेर हो, जहाँ मानिसका द्वन्द्व हुँदैनन्? तिनलाई उपेक्षा गरेर जस्तो पाइन्छ त्यस्तै बस्नेले सिद्धि पाओस्।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. The pairs are to be disregarded rather than waited out.
Split: kaḥ (कः) + asau (असौ) + kālaḥ (कालः) + vayaḥ (वयः) + kim (किम्) + vā (वा) + yatra (यत्र) + dvandvāni (द्वन्द्वानि) + no (नो) + nṛṇām (नृणाम्) + tāni (तानि) + upekṣya (उपेक्ष्य) + yathāprāptavartī (यथाप्राप्तवर्ती) + siddhim (सिद्धिम्) + avāpnuyāt (अवाप्नुयात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kaḥ (कः) | nominative singular, masculine | what, who. Recited ko (को) before the avagraha. |
| asau (असौ) | nominative singular, masculine | that. |
| kālaḥ (कालः) | nominative singular, masculine | time. Recited kālo (कालो) before v (व्). |
| vayaḥ (वयः) | nominative singular, neuter | age. |
| kim (किम्) | nominative singular, neuter | what? |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| yatra (यत्र) | indeclinable | where. |
| dvandvāni (द्वन्द्वानि) | nominative plural, neuter | the pairs. |
| no (नो) | indeclinable | are not. na (न) plus u (उ). |
| nṛṇām (नृणाम्) | genitive plural, masculine | of men. |
| tāni (तानि) | accusative plural, neuter | those. The pairs. Recited tāny (तान्य्) before u (उ). |
| upekṣya (उपेक्ष्य) | absolutive | having disregarded. From upa (उप) plus īkṣ (ईक्ष्). |
| yathāprāptavartī (यथाप्राप्तवर्ती) | nominative singular, masculine | one who lives by what has come. |
| siddhim (सिद्धिम्) | accusative singular, feminine | accomplishment. |
| avāpnuyāt (अवाप्नुयात्) | optative third person singular | he may reach. From ava (अव) plus āp (आप्). |
The phrases
kaḥ (कः) asau kālaḥ (कालः) and kim vā (वा) vayaḥ (वयः) ask for a time where dvandvāni (द्वन्द्वानि) no for nṛṇām (नृणाम्). upekṣya (उपेक्ष्य) takes tāni (तानि). yathāprāptavartī (यथाप्राप्तवर्ती) is the subject of avāpnuyāt (अवाप्नुयात्), and siddhim is the object.
Sanskrit in this line
kaḥ (कः) before asau is ko with the avagraha. kālaḥ (कालः) before vayaḥ (वयः) is kālo (कालो). tāni (तानि) before upekṣya (उपेक्ष्य) is tāny (तान्य्).
Say it back
What does he disregard?