Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय ११) / 11.2
11.2
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
ईश्वरः सर्वनिर्माता नेहान्य इति निश्चयी ।
अन्तर्गलितसर्वाशः शान्तः क्वापि न सज्जते īśvaraḥ sarvanirmātā nehānya iti niścayī |
antargalitasarvāśaḥ śāntaḥ kvāpi na sajjate
The line
One who has settled that the lord is the maker of all and that there is no other here, quiet, with every hope melted within, does not cling anywhere.
नेपालीमा
ईश्वर सबैको निर्माता हो, यहाँ अर्को छैन भनी निश्चय गरेको, भित्र सबै आशा पग्लेको शान्त मानिस कतै पनि अल्झँदैन।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. The settled one is still the subject, now on the lord and on clinging.
Split: īśvaraḥ (ईश्वरः) + sarvanirmātā (सर्वनिर्माता) + na (न) + iha (इह) + anyaḥ (अन्यः) + iti (इति) + niścayī (निश्चयी) + antargalitasarvāśaḥ (अन्तर्गलितसर्वाशः) + śāntaḥ (शान्तः) + kva (क्व) + api (अपि) + na (न) + sajjate (सज्जते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| īśvaraḥ (ईश्वरः) | nominative singular, masculine | the lord. |
| sarvanirmātā (सर्वनिर्माता) | nominative singular, masculine | the maker of all. Read from nirmātā (निर्माता). Agrees with īśvaraḥ (ईश्वरः). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. Recited inside nehānya (नेहान्य). |
| iha (इह) | indeclinable | here. Recited inside nehānya (नेहान्य), a (अ) plus i (इ) becoming e (ए). |
| anyaḥ (अन्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | another. The visarga is dropped before iti (इति). |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. |
| niścayī (निश्चयी) | nominative singular, masculine | one who has settled it. |
| antargalitasarvāśaḥ (अन्तर्गलितसर्वाशः) | nominative singular, masculine | one inside whom every hope has melted. Read from āśaḥ (आशः). |
| śāntaḥ (शान्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | quiet. Agrees with niścayī (निश्चयी). |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where. With api (अपि), anywhere. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. With kva (क्व), recited kvāpi (क्वापि). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| sajjate (सज्जते) | present third person singular | clings. From sañj (सञ्ज्). |
The phrases
iti (इति) closes īśvaraḥ (ईश्वरः) sarvanirmātā (सर्वनिर्माता) na (न) iha (इह) anyaḥ (अन्यः). niścayī (निश्चयी) is the subject of na (न) sajjate (सज्जते), and antargalitasarvāśaḥ (अन्तर्गलितसर्वाशः) and śāntaḥ (शान्तः) agree with it. kva (क्व) api (अपि) is the place denied.
Sanskrit in this line
na (न) plus iha (इह) plus anyaḥ (अन्यः) is nehānya (नेहान्य), and the visarga of anyaḥ (अन्यः) drops before iti (इति). kva (क्व) plus api (अपि) is kvāpi (क्वापि).
Say it back
Who is the maker of all, and where does the settled one not cling?