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11.6
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
नाहं देहो न मे देहो बोधोऽहमिति निश्चयी ।
कैवल्यमिव सम्प्राप्तो न स्मरत्यकृतं कृतम् nāhaṃ deho na me deho bodho 'ham iti niścayī |
kaivalyam iva samprāpto na smaraty akṛtaṃ kṛtam
The line
One who has settled that I am not the body, the body is not mine, and I am awareness, as if aloneness had been reached, does not remember what was not done or what was done.
नेपालीमा
म देह होइन, देह मेरो होइन, म बोध हुँ भनी निश्चय गरेको मानिस कैवल्य पाएझैँ न त नगरेको सम्झन्छ न त गरेको।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. The settled claim turns from fate to I and the body.
Split: na (न) + aham (अहम्) + dehaḥ (देहः) + na (न) + me (मे) + dehaḥ (देहः) + bodhaḥ (बोधः) + aham (अहम्) + iti (इति) + niścayī (निश्चयी) + kaivalyam (कैवल्यम्) + iva (इव) + samprāptaḥ (सम्प्राप्तः) + na (न) + smarati (स्मरति) + akṛtam (अकृतम्) + kṛtam (कृतम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. Recited inside nāham (नाहम्). |
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I. |
| dehaḥ (देहः) | nominative singular, masculine | the body. Recited deho (देहो) before na (न). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| me (मे) | genitive singular | of me. |
| dehaḥ (देहः) | nominative singular, masculine | the body. Recited deho (देहो) before bodhaḥ (बोधः). |
| bodhaḥ (बोधः) | nominative singular, masculine | awareness. Recited bodho (बोधो) with the avagraha before aham (अहम्). |
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I. |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. |
| niścayī (निश्चयी) | nominative singular, masculine | one who has settled it. |
| kaivalyam (कैवल्यम्) | accusative singular, neuter | aloneness. With iva (इव), as if that had been reached. |
| iva (इव) | indeclinable | as if. |
| samprāptaḥ (सम्प्राप्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | fully reached. Agrees with niścayī (निश्चयी). Recited samprāpto (सम्प्राप्तो) before na (न). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| smarati (स्मरति) | present third person singular | remembers. From smṛ (स्मृ). Recited smaraty (स्मरत्य्) before akṛtam (अकृतम्). |
| akṛtam (अकृतम्) | accusative singular, neuter | what was not done. |
| kṛtam (कृतम्) | accusative singular, neuter | what was done. |
The phrases
na (न) aham (अहम्) dehaḥ (देहः) and na (न) me (मे) dehaḥ (देहः) and bodhaḥ (बोधः) aham (अहम्) are the three claims closed by iti (इति). niścayī (निश्चयी) is the subject of na (न) smarati (स्मरति), described as samprāptaḥ (सम्प्राप्तः) with kaivalyam (कैवल्यम्) iva (इव). akṛtam (अकृतम्) and kṛtam (कृतम्) are the two objects.
Sanskrit in this line
na (न) plus aham (अहम्) is nāham (नाहम्). dehaḥ (देहः) before na (न) and before bodhaḥ (बोधः) is deho (देहो). bodhaḥ (बोधः) plus aham (अहम्) is bodho (बोधो) 'ham (ऽहम्), with avagraha. smarati (स्मरति) plus akṛtam (अकृतम्) is smaraty (स्मरत्य्) akṛtam (अकृतम्).
Say it back
What three things has he settled about I and the body?