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9.8
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
वासना एव संसार इति सर्वा विमुञ्च ताः ।
तत्त्यागो वासनात्यागात् स्थितिरद्य यथा तथा vāsanā eva saṃsāra iti sarvā vimuñca tāḥ |
tattyāgo vāsanātyāgāt sthitir adya yathā tathā
The line
The tendencies alone are the wandering world. Release all of them. Abandonment of that comes from abandoning the tendencies. The state today is as it is.
नेपालीमा
वासना नै संसार हो। ती सबै छोड। त्यसको त्याग वासना त्याग्नाले हुन्छ। आजको स्थिति जस्तो छ त्यस्तै हो।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. Chapter 9 ends on the tendencies and on the state as it already is.
Split: vāsanāḥ (वासनाः) + eva (एव) + saṃsāraḥ (संसारः) + iti (इति) + sarvāḥ (सर्वाः) + vimuñca (विमुञ्च) + tāḥ (ताः) + tattyāgaḥ (तत्त्यागः) + vāsanātyāgāt (वासनात्यागात्) + sthitiḥ (स्थितिः) + adya (अद्य) + yathā (यथा) + tathā (तथा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vāsanāḥ (वासनाः) | nominative plural, feminine | the tendencies. Recited vāsanā (वासना) before e (ए). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | alone. |
| saṃsāraḥ (संसारः) | nominative singular, masculine | the wandering world. Recited saṃsāra (संसार) before i (इ). |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. |
| sarvāḥ (सर्वाः) | accusative plural, feminine | all. Agrees with tāḥ (ताः). Recited sarvā (सर्वा) before v (व्). |
| vimuñca (विमुञ्च) | imperative second person singular | release. |
| tāḥ (ताः) | accusative plural, feminine | those. The tendencies. |
| tattyāgaḥ (तत्त्यागः) | nominative singular, masculine | abandonment of that. Recited tattyāgo (तत्त्यागो) before v (व्). |
| vāsanātyāgāt (वासनात्यागात्) | ablative singular, masculine | from abandonment of the tendencies. |
| sthitiḥ (स्थितिः) | nominative singular, feminine | the state. Recited sthitir (स्थितिर्) before a (अ). |
| adya (अद्य) | indeclinable | today. |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as. |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so. |
The phrases
iti quotes vāsanāḥ (वासनाः) eva as saṃsāraḥ (संसारः). vimuñca (विमुञ्च) takes tāḥ (ताः), and sarvāḥ (सर्वाः) agrees. tattyāgaḥ (तत्त्यागः) comes from vāsanātyāgāt (वासनात्यागात्). sthitiḥ (स्थितिः) adya is yathā (यथा) tathā (तथा).
Sanskrit in this line
The visarga of vāsanāḥ (वासनाः) drops before e, and the visarga of saṃsāraḥ (संसारः) drops before i. tat plus tyāgaḥ (त्यागः) is tattyāgaḥ (तत्त्यागः), recited tattyāgo (तत्त्यागो) before v. sthitiḥ (स्थितिः) before adya is sthitir. vāsanātyāgāt (वासनात्यागात्) before sthitiḥ (स्थितिः) keeps t.
Say it back
What alone is the wandering world?