Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १०) / 10.1
10.1
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
विहाय वैरिणं काममर्थं चानर्थसङ्कुलम् ।
धर्ममप्येतयोर् हेतुं सर्वत्रानादरं कुरु vihāya vairiṇaṃ kāmam arthaṃ cānarthasaṅkulam |
dharmam apy etayor hetuṃ sarvatrānādaraṃ kuru
The line
Having left desire, the enemy, and wealth crowded with harm, and duty too as the cause of those two, make disregard everywhere.
नेपालीमा
शत्रु कामलाई, अनर्थले भरिएको अर्थलाई, र यी दुवैको हेतु धर्मलाई पनि छोडेर सबैतिर उपेक्षा देखाऊ।
Where it sits
Astavakra speaks. aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) uvāca (उवाच) is printed before the verse and is not numbered. Chapter 10 opens by setting desire, wealth, and duty aside.
Split: vihāya (विहाय) + vairiṇam (वैरिणम्) + kāmam (कामम्) + artham (अर्थम्) + ca (च) + anarthasaṅkulam (अनर्थसङ्कुलम्) + dharmam (धर्मम्) + api (अपि) + etayoḥ (एतयोः) + hetum (हेतुम्) + sarvatra (सर्वत्र) + anādaram (अनादरम्) + kuru (कुरु)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vihāya (विहाय) | absolutive | having left. From vi (वि) plus hā (हा). |
| vairiṇam (वैरिणम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the enemy. Agrees with kāmam (कामम्). |
| kāmam (कामम्) | accusative singular, masculine | desire. |
| artham (अर्थम्) | accusative singular, masculine | wealth. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. Joined to anartha (अनर्थ) as cānartha (चानर्थ). |
| anarthasaṅkulam (अनर्थसङ्कुलम्) | accusative singular, masculine | crowded with harm. Agrees with artham (अर्थम्). |
| dharmam (धर्मम्) | accusative singular, masculine | duty. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also. Recited apy (अप्य्) before e (ए). |
| etayoḥ (एतयोः) | genitive dual | of these two. |
| hetum (हेतुम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the cause. Agrees with dharmam (धर्मम्). |
| sarvatra (सर्वत्र) | indeclinable | everywhere. Joined to anādaram (अनादरम्) as sarvatrānādaram (सर्वत्रानादरम्). |
| anādaram (अनादरम्) | accusative singular, masculine | disregard. |
| kuru (कुरु) | imperative second person singular | make. From kṛ (कृ). |
The phrases
vihāya (विहाय) takes kāmam (कामम्), artham, and dharmam. vairiṇam (वैरिणम्) agrees with kāmam (कामम्), anarthasaṅkulam (अनर्थसङ्कुलम्) with artham, and hetum with dharmam, etayoḥ (एतयोः) naming desire and wealth. kuru takes anādaram (अनादरम्), place sarvatra.
Sanskrit in this line
ca plus anartha is cānartha (चानर्थ). api before etayoḥ (एतयोः) is apy. sarvatra plus anādaram (अनादरम्) is sarvatrānādaram (सर्वत्रानादरम्).
Say it back
What is called the cause of desire and wealth?