Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय ११) / 11.3
11.3
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
आपदः सम्पदः काले दैवादेवेति निश्चयी ।
तृप्तः स्वस्थेन्द्रियो नित्यं न वाञ्छति न शोचति āpadaḥ sampadaḥ kāle daivād eveti niścayī |
tṛptaḥ svasthendriyo nityaṃ na vāñchati na śocati
The line
One who has settled that calamities and prosperities come in their time from fate alone, content, his senses resting in the self, never longs and never grieves.
नेपालीमा
आपद् र सम्पद् समयमा दैवबाट नै आउँछन् भनी निश्चय गरेको, तृप्त, इन्द्रियहरू आत्मामा रहेको मानिस सधैँ न त चाहन्छ न त शोक गर्छ।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. The settled one now faces gain and loss.
Split: āpadaḥ (आपदः) + sampadaḥ (सम्पदः) + kāle (काले) + daivāt (दैवात्) + eva (एव) + iti (इति) + niścayī (निश्चयी) + tṛptaḥ (तृप्तः) + svasthendriyaḥ (स्वस्थेन्द्रियः) + nityam (नित्यम्) + na (न) + vāñchati (वाञ्छति) + na (न) + śocati (शोचति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| āpadaḥ (आपदः) | nominative plural, feminine | calamities. |
| sampadaḥ (सम्पदः) | nominative plural, feminine | prosperities. |
| kāle (काले) | locative singular, masculine | in time, in their season. |
| daivāt (दैवात्) | ablative singular, neuter | from fate. Recited daivād (दैवाद्) before eva (एव). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | alone. |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. |
| niścayī (निश्चयी) | nominative singular, masculine | one who has settled it. |
| tṛptaḥ (तृप्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | content. Agrees with niścayī (निश्चयी). |
| svasthendriyaḥ (स्वस्थेन्द्रियः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose senses rest in the self. Read from indriyaḥ (इन्द्रियः). Recited svasthendriyo (स्वस्थेन्द्रियो) before na (न). |
| nityam (नित्यम्) | accusative singular, neuter | always. Adverb with the two verbs. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| vāñchati (वाञ्छति) | present third person singular | longs. From vāñch (वाञ्छ्). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| śocati (शोचति) | present third person singular | grieves. From śuc (शुच्). |
The phrases
āpadaḥ (आपदः) and sampadaḥ (सम्पदः) are what arrive kāle (काले), and daivāt (दैवात्) eva (एव) is their source, closed by iti (इति). niścayī (निश्चयी) is the subject of na (न) vāñchati (वाञ्छति) and na (न) śocati (शोचति). tṛptaḥ (तृप्तः) and svasthendriyaḥ (स्वस्थेन्द्रियः) agree with him. nityam (नित्यम्) marks both verbs.
Sanskrit in this line
daivāt (दैवात्) plus eva (एव) plus iti (इति) is daivādeveti (दैवादेवेति), the final t (त्) becoming d (द्) before the vowel. svasthendriyaḥ (स्वस्थेन्द्रियः) before na (न) is svasthendriyo (स्वस्थेन्द्रियो).
Say it back
From what do calamity and prosperity come, and what two things does he not do?