Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १०) / 10.4
10.4
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
तृष्णामात्रात्मको बन्धस् तन्नाशो मोक्ष उच्यते ।
भवासंसक्तिमात्रेण प्राप्तितुष्टिर् मुहुर् मुहुः tṛṣṇāmātrātmako bandhas tannāśo mokṣa ucyate |
bhavāsaṃsaktimātreṇa prāptituṣṭir muhur muhuḥ
The line
Bondage is what has the nature of thirst alone. Its destruction is called liberation. Merely by not clinging to becoming, contentment in what has come is there again and again.
नेपालीमा
तृष्णा मात्र स्वरूप भएको बन्धन हो। त्यसको नाशलाई मोक्ष भनिन्छ। भवमा आसक्ति नहुनु मात्रले पाइएकोमा बारम्बार तुष्टि हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. Liberation is named as the destruction of thirst.
Split: tṛṣṇāmātrātmakaḥ (तृष्णामात्रात्मकः) + bandhaḥ (बन्धः) + tannāśaḥ (तन्नाशः) + mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) + ucyate (उच्यते) + bhavāsaṃsaktimātreṇa (भवासंसक्तिमात्रेण) + prāptituṣṭiḥ (प्राप्तितुष्टिः) + muhuḥ (मुहुः) + muhuḥ (मुहुः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tṛṣṇāmātrātmakaḥ (तृष्णामात्रात्मकः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose nature is thirst alone. Recited tṛṣṇāmātrātmako (तृष्णामात्रात्मको) before b (ब्). |
| bandhaḥ (बन्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | bondage. Recited bandhas (बन्ध) before t (त्). |
| tannāśaḥ (तन्नाशः) | nominative singular, masculine | the destruction of that. Recited tannāśo (तन्नाशो) before m (म्). |
| mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | liberation. Recited mokṣa (मोक्ष) before u (उ). |
| ucyate (उच्यते) | passive present third person singular | is called. From vac (वच्). |
| bhavāsaṃsaktimātreṇa (भवासंसक्तिमात्रेण) | instrumental singular, neuter | merely by not clinging to becoming. |
| prāptituṣṭiḥ (प्राप्तितुष्टिः) | nominative singular, feminine | contentment with what has come. Recited prāptituṣṭir (प्राप्तितुष्टिर्) before m (म्). |
| muhuḥ (मुहुः) | indeclinable | again. Recited muhur (मुहुर्) before m (म्). |
| muhuḥ (मुहुः) | indeclinable | and again. |
The phrases
bandhaḥ (बन्धः) is described by tṛṣṇāmātrātmakaḥ (तृष्णामात्रात्मकः). tannāśaḥ (तन्नाशः) is the subject of ucyate, predicate mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः). prāptituṣṭiḥ (प्राप्तितुष्टिः) stands with the instrument bhavāsaṃsaktimātreṇa (भवासंसक्तिमात्रेण), and muhuḥ (मुहुः) muhuḥ (मुहुः) repeats it. The second half prints no finite verb.
Sanskrit in this line
bandhaḥ (बन्धः) before tannāśaḥ (तन्नाशः) is bandhas, and tat plus nāśaḥ (नाशः) doubles the n. The visarga of mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) drops before u. prāptituṣṭiḥ (प्राप्तितुष्टिः) before m is prāptituṣṭir (प्राप्तितुष्टिर्), and the first muhuḥ (मुहुः) before m is muhur.
Say it back
What is called liberation?