Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १०) / 10.3
10.3
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
यत्र यत्र भवेत् तृष्णा संसारं विद्धि तत्र वै ।
प्रौढवैराग्यमाश्रित्य वीततृष्णः सुखी भव yatra yatra bhavet tṛṣṇā saṃsāraṃ viddhi tatra vai |
prauḍhavairāgyam āśritya vītatṛṣṇaḥ sukhī bhava
The line
Wherever thirst may be, know the wandering world to be there. Having resorted to mature dispassion, be one whose thirst is gone, and be happy.
नेपालीमा
जहाँसुकै तृष्णा हुन्छ, त्यहाँ संसार हो भनी जान। प्रौढ वैराग्यमा आश्रय लिएर तृष्णारहित भई सुखी बन।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. The world is located wherever thirst is.
Split: yatra (यत्र) + yatra (यत्र) + bhavet (भवेत्) + tṛṣṇā (तृष्णा) + saṃsāram (संसारम्) + viddhi (विद्धि) + tatra (तत्र) + vai (वै) + prauḍhavairāgyam (प्रौढवैराग्यम्) + āśritya (आश्रित्य) + vītatṛṣṇaḥ (वीततृष्णः) + sukhī (सुखी) + bhava (भव)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yatra (यत्र) | indeclinable | where. |
| yatra (यत्र) | indeclinable | where. Repeated. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative third person singular | may be. From bhū (भू). |
| tṛṣṇā (तृष्णा) | nominative singular, feminine | thirst. |
| saṃsāram (संसारम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the wandering world. |
| viddhi (विद्धि) | imperative second person singular | know. From vid (विद्). |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there. Answers yatra (यत्र). |
| vai (वै) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| prauḍhavairāgyam (प्रौढवैराग्यम्) | accusative singular, neuter | mature dispassion. |
| āśritya (आश्रित्य) | absolutive | having resorted. From ā (आ) plus śri (श्रि). |
| vītatṛṣṇaḥ (वीततृष्णः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose thirst has gone. |
| sukhī (सुखी) | nominative singular, masculine | happy. |
| bhava (भव) | imperative second person singular | be. |
The phrases
The doubled yatra is answered by tatra. tṛṣṇā (तृष्णा) is the subject of bhavet. viddhi takes saṃsāram (संसारम्) as what is there. āśritya (आश्रित्य) takes prauḍhavairāgyam (प्रौढवैराग्यम्). bhava has two predicates, vītatṛṣṇaḥ (वीततृष्णः) and sukhī (सुखी).
Sanskrit in this line
bhavet before tṛṣṇā (तृष्णा) keeps both dentals, written together in the file as one run.
Say it back
Where is the wandering world to be known?