Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय ९) / 9.5
9.5
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
नाना मतं महर्षीणां साधूनां योगिनां तथा ।
दृष्ट्वा निर्वेदमापन्नः को न शाम्यति मानवः nānā mataṃ maharṣīṇāṃ sādhūnāṃ yogināṃ tathā |
dṛṣṭvā nirvedam āpannaḥ ko na śāmyati mānavaḥ
The line
Having seen the various opinions of the great seers, of the good, and of the yogins, and having come to weariness, what human does not grow quiet?
नेपालीमा
महर्षि, साधु, र योगीका नाना मत देखेर निर्वेदमा पुगेको कुन मानिस शान्त हुँदैन?
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. The many opinions are the sight that brings weariness.
Split: nānā (नाना) + matam (मतम्) + maharṣīṇām (महर्षीणाम्) + sādhūnām (साधूनाम्) + yoginām (योगिनाम्) + tathā (तथा) + dṛṣṭvā (दृष्ट्वा) + nirvedam (निर्वेदम्) + āpannaḥ (आपन्नः) + kaḥ (कः) + na (न) + śāmyati (शाम्यति) + mānavaḥ (मानवः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nānā (नाना) | indeclinable | various. |
| matam (मतम्) | accusative singular, neuter | opinion. |
| maharṣīṇām (महर्षीणाम्) | genitive plural, masculine | of the great seers. |
| sādhūnām (साधूनाम्) | genitive plural, masculine | of the good. |
| yoginām (योगिनाम्) | genitive plural, masculine | of the yogins. |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | and so. |
| dṛṣṭvā (दृष्ट्वा) | absolutive | having seen. From dṛś (दृश्). |
| nirvedam (निर्वेदम्) | accusative singular, masculine | weariness. |
| āpannaḥ (आपन्नः) | past participle, nominative singular, masculine | one who has reached. Agrees with mānavaḥ (मानवः). |
| kaḥ (कः) | nominative singular, masculine | who? Recited ko (को) before n (न्). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| śāmyati (शाम्यति) | present third person singular | grows quiet. |
| mānavaḥ (मानवः) | nominative singular, masculine | a human. |
The phrases
dṛṣṭvā (दृष्ट्वा) takes nānā (नाना) matam, and the genitives say whose opinions. āpannaḥ (आपन्नः) agrees with mānavaḥ (मानवः) and takes nirvedam. kaḥ (कः) na śāmyati (शाम्यति) is rhetorical: the subject is that human.
Sanskrit in this line
kaḥ (कः) before na is ko, since the visarga before a voiced consonant becomes o.
Say it back
What has he seen before the quiet?