Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १०) / 10.7
10.7
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
अलमर्थेन कामेन सुकृतेनापि कर्मणा ।
एभ्यः संसारकान्तारे न विश्रान्तमभून् मनः alam arthena kāmena sukṛtenāpi karmaṇā |
ebhyaḥ saṃsārakāntāre na viśrāntam abhūn manaḥ
The line
Enough of wealth, of desire, and even of action that is well done. From these, in the wilderness of the world, the mind has not come to rest.
नेपालीमा
अर्थले, कामले, राम्ररी गरेको कर्मले पनि पुग्यो। यीबाट संसाररूपी कान्तारमा मनले विश्राम पाएन।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. Even action well done is included in the enough.
Split: alam (अलम्) + arthena (अर्थेन) + kāmena (कामेन) + sukṛtena (सुकृतेन) + api (अपि) + karmaṇā (कर्मणा) + ebhyaḥ (एभ्यः) + saṃsārakāntāre (संसारकान्तारे) + na (न) + viśrāntam (विश्रान्तम्) + abhūt (अभूत्) + manaḥ (मनः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| alam (अलम्) | indeclinable | enough. |
| arthena (अर्थेन) | instrumental singular, masculine | with wealth. |
| kāmena (कामेन) | instrumental singular, masculine | with desire. |
| sukṛtena (सुकृतेन) | instrumental singular, neuter | with what is well done. Agrees with karmaṇā (कर्मणा). Joined to api (अपि) as sukṛtenāpi (सुकृतेनापि). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| karmaṇā (कर्मणा) | instrumental singular, neuter | with action. |
| ebhyaḥ (एभ्यः) | ablative plural | from these. |
| saṃsārakāntāre (संसारकान्तारे) | locative singular, masculine | in the wilderness of the wandering world. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| viśrāntam (विश्रान्तम्) | past participle, nominative singular, neuter | rested. Agrees with manaḥ (मनः). |
| abhūt (अभूत्) | aorist third person singular | was. From bhū (भू). Recited abhūn (अभून्) before m (म्). |
| manaḥ (मनः) | nominative singular, neuter | the mind. |
The phrases
alam takes the three instrumentals. ebhyaḥ (एभ्यः) is those same things. manaḥ (मनः) is the subject of na abhūt (अभूत्) viśrāntam (विश्रान्तम्), place saṃsārakāntāre (संसारकान्तारे).
Sanskrit in this line
sukṛtena (सुकृतेन) plus api is sukṛtenāpi (सुकृतेनापि). abhūt (अभूत्) before manaḥ (मनः) is abhūn (अभून्).
Say it back
What has not come to rest?