Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १०) / 10.2
10.2
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
स्वप्नेन्द्रजालवत् पश्य दिनानि त्रीणि पञ्च वा ।
मित्रक्षेत्रधनागारदारदायादिसम्पदः svapnendrajālavat paśya dināni trīṇi pañca vā |
mitrakṣetradhanāgāradāradāyādisampadaḥ
The line
See, as a dream or a magic show, a matter of three days or five, the riches of friends, fields, treasuries, wives, heirs, and the rest.
नेपालीमा
मित्र, खेत, खजाना, पत्नी, हकवाला आदिका सम्पत्तिलाई तीन वा पाँच दिनको कुरा जस्तै, स्वप्न र इन्द्रजालझैँ हेर।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. The riches are to be seen as a short dream.
Split: svapnendrajālavat (स्वप्नेन्द्रजालवत्) + paśya (पश्य) + dināni (दिनानि) + trīṇi (त्रीणि) + pañca (पञ्च) + vā (वा) + mitrakṣetradhanāgāradāradāyādisampadaḥ (मित्रक्षेत्रधनागारदारदायादिसम्पदः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svapnendrajālavat (स्वप्नेन्द्रजालवत्) | indeclinable | like a dream or a magic show. |
| paśya (पश्य) | imperative second person singular | see. |
| dināni (दिनानि) | accusative plural, neuter | days. |
| trīṇi (त्रीणि) | accusative plural, neuter | three. Agrees with dināni (दिनानि). |
| pañca (पञ्च) | indeclinable | five. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| mitrakṣetradhanāgāradāradāyādisampadaḥ (मित्रक्षेत्रधनागारदारदायादिसम्पदः) | accusative plural, feminine | the riches of friends, fields, treasuries, wives, heirs, and the rest. |
The phrases
paśya (पश्य) takes both dināni (दिनानि) and the long accusative of riches. trīṇi (त्रीणि) and pañca (पञ्च) vā (वा) count the days. svapnendrajālavat (स्वप्नेन्द्रजालवत्) is the manner of seeing.
Sanskrit in this line
svapnendrajālavat (स्वप्नेन्द्रजालवत्) keeps t before paśya (पश्य), since p is unvoiced. The long compound is one word, read from sampadaḥ (सम्पदः) back through the list.
Say it back
For how long are those riches to be seen?