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11.8
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
नानाश्चर्यमिदं विश्वं न किञ्चिदिति निश्चयी ।
निर्वासनः स्फूर्तिमात्रो न किञ्चिदिव शाम्यति nānāścaryam idaṃ viśvaṃ na kiñcid iti niścayī |
nirvāsanaḥ sphūrtimātro na kiñcid iva śāmyati
The line
One who has settled that this world is a wonder of many kinds and is nothing at all, without lingering want, himself only a flashing forth, comes to rest as if he were nothing.
नेपालीमा
यो विश्व अनेक आश्चर्य हो र केही पनि होइन भनी निश्चय गरेको, वासनारहित, स्फूर्ति मात्र भएको मानिस केही नभएझैँ शान्त हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. Chapter 11 closes on the world as nothing, and on rest.
Split: nānāścaryam (नानाश्चर्यम्) + idam (इदम्) + viśvam (विश्वम्) + na (न) + kiñcit (किञ्चित्) + iti (इति) + niścayī (निश्चयी) + nirvāsanaḥ (निर्वासनः) + sphūrtimātraḥ (स्फूर्तिमात्रः) + na (न) + kiñcit (किञ्चित्) + iva (इव) + śāmyati (शाम्यति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nānāścaryam (नानाश्चर्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | a wonder of many kinds. Read from āścaryam (आश्चर्यम्). nānā (नाना) is manifold. |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. Agrees with viśvam (विश्वम्). Joined after nānāścaryam (नानाश्चर्यम्). |
| viśvam (विश्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the world. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| kiñcit (किञ्चित्) | nominative singular, neuter | anything. Recited kiñcid (किञ्चिद्) before iti (इति). |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. |
| niścayī (निश्चयी) | nominative singular, masculine | one who has settled it. |
| nirvāsanaḥ (निर्वासनः) | nominative singular, masculine | without lingering want. Agrees with niścayī (निश्चयी). |
| sphūrtimātraḥ (स्फूर्तिमात्रः) | nominative singular, masculine | a flashing forth and nothing more. Read from mātraḥ (मात्रः). Recited sphūrtimātro (स्फूर्तिमात्रो) before na (न). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| kiñcit (किञ्चित्) | nominative singular, neuter | anything. Recited kiñcid (किञ्चिद्) before iva (इव). |
| iva (इव) | indeclinable | as if. |
| śāmyati (शाम्यति) | present third person singular | comes to rest. From śam (शम्). |
The phrases
idam (इदम्) viśvam (विश्वम्) is nānāścaryam (नानाश्चर्यम्) and also na (न) kiñcit (किञ्चित्), closed by iti (इति). niścayī (निश्चयी) is the subject of śāmyati (शाम्यति), described by nirvāsanaḥ (निर्वासनः) and sphūrtimātraḥ (स्फूर्तिमात्रः). na (न) kiñcit (किञ्चित्) iva (इव) is the manner of the rest.
Sanskrit in this line
nānā (नाना) plus āścaryam (आश्चर्यम्) plus idam (इदम्) is nānāścaryam (नानाश्चर्यम्) idam (इदम्), final m (म्) taking i (इ). kiñcit (किञ्चित्) before a vowel is kiñcid (किञ्चिद्). sphūrtimātraḥ (स्फूर्तिमात्रः) before na (न) is sphūrtimātro (स्फूर्तिमात्रो).
Say it back
What two things has he settled about this world?