Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय १२) / 12.5
12.5
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
आश्रमानाश्रमं ध्यानं चित्तस्वीकृतवर्जनम् ।
विकल्पं मम वीक्ष्यैतैरेवमेवाहमास्थितः āśramānāśramaṃ dhyānaṃ cittasvīkṛtavarjanam |
vikalpaṃ mama vīkṣyaitair evam evāham āsthitaḥ
The line
Having seen my fancy by these, a stage of life and no stage, meditation, and the rejection the mind has taken up, I am settled just so.
नेपालीमा
आश्रम र अनाश्रम, ध्यान, र चित्तले स्वीकारेको वर्जन, यीद्वारा मेरो विकल्प देखेर म यसरी नै स्थित छु।
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. The list is what he has seen through, and the refrain follows.
Split: āśramānāśramam (आश्रमानाश्रमम्) + dhyānam (ध्यानम्) + cittasvīkṛtavarjanam (चित्तस्वीकृतवर्जनम्) + vikalpam (विकल्पम्) + mama (मम) + vīkṣya (वीक्ष्य) + etaiḥ (एतैः) + evam (एवम्) + eva (एव) + aham (अहम्) + āsthitaḥ (आस्थितः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| āśramānāśramam (आश्रमानाश्रमम्) | accusative singular, neuter | a stage of life and no stage. Read from anāśramam (अनाश्रमम्). |
| dhyānam (ध्यानम्) | accusative singular, neuter | meditation. |
| cittasvīkṛtavarjanam (चित्तस्वीकृतवर्जनम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the rejection the mind has taken up. Read from varjanam (वर्जनम्). |
| vikalpam (विकल्पम्) | accusative singular, masculine | fancy, mental constructing. Object of vīkṣya (वीक्ष्य). |
| mama (मम) | genitive singular | of me. With vikalpam (विकल्पम्). |
| vīkṣya (वीक्ष्य) | absolutive | having seen. From vi (वि) and īkṣ (ईक्ष्). Recited vīkṣyaitaiḥ (वीक्ष्यैतैः) with etaiḥ (एतैः). |
| etaiḥ (एतैः) | instrumental plural, masculine | by these. The stage, the meditation, and the rejection. Recited etair (एतैर्) before evam (एवम्). |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | thus. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | just. |
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I. |
| āsthitaḥ (आस्थितः) | nominative singular, masculine | settled. |
The phrases
āśramānāśramam (आश्रमानाश्रमम्), dhyānam (ध्यानम्), and cittasvīkṛtavarjanam (चित्तस्वीकृतवर्जनम्) are the etaiḥ (एतैः) by which vikalpam (विकल्पम्) mama (मम) is seen. vīkṣya (वीक्ष्य) is the absolutive. The refrain follows.
Sanskrit in this line
āśrama (आश्रम) plus anāśramam (अनाश्रमम्) is āśramānāśramam (आश्रमानाश्रमम्). vīkṣya (वीक्ष्य) plus etaiḥ (एतैः) is vīkṣyaitaiḥ (वीक्ष्यैतैः), and etaiḥ (एतैः) before evam (एवम्) is etair (एतैर्).
Say it back
By what three has he seen his fancy?