Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय १२) / 12.3
12.3
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
समाध्यासादिविक्षिप्तौ व्यवहारः समाधये ।
एवं विलोक्य नियममेवमेवाहमास्थितः samādhyāsādivikṣiptau vyavahāraḥ samādhaye |
evaṃ vilokya niyamam evam evāham āsthitaḥ
The line
Ordinary dealing is for the sake of meditation, inside the two scatterings that begin with hope of meditation. Having seen the rule thus, I am settled just so.
नेपालीमा
समाधिको आशाबाट सुरु हुने दुई विक्षेपमा व्यवहार समाधिका लागि हुन्छ। यो नियम यसरी देखेर म यसरी नै स्थित छु।
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. The rule he has seen is why the refrain holds.
Split: samādhyāsādivikṣiptau (समाध्यासादिविक्षिप्तौ) + vyavahāraḥ (व्यवहारः) + samādhaye (समाधये) + evam (एवम्) + vilokya (विलोक्य) + niyamam (नियमम्) + evam (एवम्) + eva (एव) + aham (अहम्) + āsthitaḥ (आस्थितः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| samādhyāsādivikṣiptau (समाध्यासादिविक्षिप्तौ) | locative dual, masculine | in the two scatterings that begin with hope of meditation. Read from vikṣiptau (विक्षिप्तौ). |
| vyavahāraḥ (व्यवहारः) | nominative singular, masculine | ordinary dealing. |
| samādhaye (समाधये) | dative singular, masculine | for meditation. |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | thus. Recited evaṃ (एवं) before vilokya (विलोक्य). |
| vilokya (विलोक्य) | absolutive | having seen. From vi (वि) and lok (लोक्). |
| niyamam (नियमम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the rule. Object of vilokya (विलोक्य). Joined to the following evam (एवम्). |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | thus. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | just. |
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I. |
| āsthitaḥ (आस्थितः) | nominative singular, masculine | settled. |
The phrases
vyavahāraḥ (व्यवहारः) is samādhaye (समाधये), and that sits in samādhyāsādivikṣiptau (समाध्यासादिविक्षिप्तौ). vilokya (विलोक्य) takes niyamam (नियमम्), and evam (एवम्) marks how it was seen. The refrain is again aham (अहम्) āsthitaḥ (आस्थितः).
Sanskrit in this line
samādhi (समाधि) plus āsā (आसा) plus ādi (आदि) plus vikṣiptau (विक्षिप्तौ) is samādhyāsādivikṣiptau (समाध्यासादिविक्षिप्तौ). niyamam (नियमम्) plus evam (एवम्) plus eva (एव) plus aham (अहम्) plus āsthitaḥ (आस्थितः) joins each final m (म्) to the next vowel.
Say it back
For whose sake is ordinary dealing, and what has he seen?