Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय १२) / 12.2
12.2
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
प्रीत्यभावेन शब्दादेरदृश्यत्वेन चात्मनः ।
विक्षेपैकाग्रहृदय एवमेवाहमास्थितः prītyabhāvena śabdāder adṛśyatvena cātmanaḥ |
vikṣepaikāgrahṛdaya evam evāham āsthitaḥ
The line
By the absence of fondness for sound and what follows it, and by the self not being a thing that is seen, I, whose heart is single amid the scattering, am settled just so.
नेपालीमा
शब्द आदिमा प्रीतिको अभावले र आत्मा नदेखिने हुनाले, विक्षेपमा पनि एकाग्र हृदय भएको म यसरी नै स्थित छु।
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. The refrain is still I am settled just so.
Split: prītyabhāvena (प्रीत्यभावेन) + śabdādeḥ (शब्दादेः) + adṛśyatvena (अदृश्यत्वेन) + ca (च) + ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) + vikṣepaikāgrahṛdayaḥ (विक्षेपैकाग्रहृदयः) + evam (एवम्) + eva (एव) + aham (अहम्) + āsthitaḥ (आस्थितः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prītyabhāvena (प्रीत्यभावेन) | instrumental singular, masculine | by the absence of fondness. Read from abhāvena (अभावेन). |
| śabdādeḥ (शब्दादेः) | ablative singular, masculine | from sound and what follows it. Read from ādeḥ (आदेः). Recited śabdāder (शब्दादेर्) before adṛśyatvena (अदृश्यत्वेन). |
| adṛśyatvena (अदृश्यत्वेन) | instrumental singular, neuter | by the state of not being seen. Read from tvena (त्वेन). |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. Recited inside cātmanaḥ (चात्मनः). |
| ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) | genitive singular, masculine | of the self. |
| vikṣepaikāgrahṛdayaḥ (विक्षेपैकाग्रहृदयः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose heart is single amid the scattering. Read from hṛdayaḥ (हृदयः). The visarga is dropped before evam (एवम्). |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | thus. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | just. |
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I. |
| āsthitaḥ (आस्थितः) | nominative singular, masculine | settled. |
The phrases
prītyabhāvena (प्रीत्यभावेन) takes śabdādeḥ (शब्दादेः). adṛśyatvena (अदृश्यत्वेन) takes ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः), linked by ca (च). vikṣepaikāgrahṛdayaḥ (विक्षेपैकाग्रहृदयः) agrees with aham (अहम्), the subject of āsthitaḥ (आस्थितः).
Sanskrit in this line
prīti (प्रीति) plus abhāvena (अभावेन) is prītyabhāvena (प्रीत्यभावेन). śabdādeḥ (शब्दादेः) before a vowel is śabdāder (शब्दादेर्). ca (च) plus ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) is cātmanaḥ (चात्मनः). hṛdayaḥ (हृदयः) before e (ए) drops the visarga and the vowels stay apart, recited hṛdaya (हृदय) evam (एवम्).
Say it back
Fondness for what is absent, and what about the self is the second ground?