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11.7
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
आब्रह्मस्तम्बपर्यन्तमहमेवेति निश्चयी ।
निर्विकल्पः शुचिः शान्तः प्राप्ताप्राप्तविनिर्वृतः ābrahmastambaparyantam aham eveti niścayī |
nirvikalpaḥ śuciḥ śāntaḥ prāptāprāptavinirvṛtaḥ
The line
One who has settled that I alone am all the way from the creator to a clump of grass is without alternative, clean, quiet, and fully at rest whether a thing is gained or not.
नेपालीमा
ब्रह्मादेखि तृणसम्म म नै हुँ भनी निश्चय गरेको मानिस विकल्परहित, पवित्र, शान्त, पाएको र नपाएको दुवैमा निवृत्त हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. I, just named as awareness, is now the whole range of beings.
Split: ābrahmastambaparyantam (आब्रह्मस्तम्बपर्यन्तम्) + aham (अहम्) + eva (एव) + iti (इति) + niścayī (निश्चयी) + nirvikalpaḥ (निर्विकल्पः) + śuciḥ (शुचिः) + śāntaḥ (शान्तः) + prāptāprāptavinirvṛtaḥ (प्राप्ताप्राप्तविनिर्वृतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ābrahmastambaparyantam (आब्रह्मस्तम्बपर्यन्तम्) | accusative singular, neuter | as far as the limit from brahman (ब्रह्मन्) to a clump of grass. Read from paryantam (पर्यन्तम्). ā (आ) means up to. |
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I. Joined in ahameveti (अहमेवेति). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | alone. |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. |
| niścayī (निश्चयी) | nominative singular, masculine | one who has settled it. |
| nirvikalpaḥ (निर्विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | without an alternative. Agrees with niścayī (निश्चयी). |
| śuciḥ (शुचिः) | nominative singular, masculine | clean. Agrees with niścayī (निश्चयी). |
| śāntaḥ (शान्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | quiet. Agrees with niścayī (निश्चयी). |
| prāptāprāptavinirvṛtaḥ (प्राप्ताप्राप्तविनिर्वृतः) | nominative singular, masculine | fully at rest whether a thing is gained or not gained. Read from vinirvṛtaḥ (विनिर्वृतः). |
The phrases
iti (इति) closes ābrahmastambaparyantam (आब्रह्मस्तम्बपर्यन्तम्) aham (अहम्) eva (एव). niścayī (निश्चयी) is described by nirvikalpaḥ (निर्विकल्पः), śuciḥ (शुचिः), śāntaḥ (शान्तः), and prāptāprāptavinirvṛtaḥ (प्राप्ताप्राप्तविनिर्वृतः).
Sanskrit in this line
aham (अहम्) plus eva (एव) plus iti (इति) is ahameveti (अहमेवेति), final m (म्) taking the following vowels. paryantam (पर्यन्तम्) plus aham (अहम्) likewise joins m (म्) to a (अ).
Say it back
How far does the settled I extend?