Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय १३) / 13.3
13.3
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
kṛtaṃ kim api naiva syādइti sañcintya tattvataḥ | yadā yat kartum āyāti tat kṛtvāse yathāsukham
The line
Having considered in truth that nothing whatever would be done, when whatever comes to be done, having done that, I sit at ease.
नेपालीमा
केही पनि गरिएको हुँदैन भनी तत्त्वतः विचार गरेर, जे गर्नुपर्ने आइपर्छ त्यो गरेर म सुखसँग बस्छु।
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. The sitting at ease now includes whatever comes to be done.
Split: kṛtam (कृतम्) + kim (किम्) + api (अपि) + na (न) + eva (एव) + syāt (स्यात्) + iti (इति) + sañcintya (सञ्चिन्त्य) + tattvataḥ (तत्त्वतः) + yadā (यदा) + yat (यत्) + kartum (कर्तुम्) + āyāti (आयाति) + tat (तत्) + kṛtvā (कृत्वा) + āse (आसे) + yathā (यथा) + sukham (सुखम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kṛtam (कृतम्) | nominative singular, neuter | done. |
| kim (किम्) | nominative singular, neuter | anything. With api (अपि). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. With kim (किम्). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. Recited inside naiva (नैव). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | at all. With na (न). |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative third person singular | would be. Recited syād (स्याद्) before iti (इति). |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. |
| sañcintya (सञ्चिन्त्य) | absolutive | having considered fully. From sam (सम्) and cint (चिन्त्). |
| tattvataḥ (तत्त्वतः) | indeclinable | in truth, from reality. |
| yadā (यदा) | indeclinable | when. |
| yat (यत्) | nominative singular, neuter | whatever. Subject of āyāti (आयाति), object in sense of kartum (कर्तुम्). |
| kartum (कर्तुम्) | infinitive | to do. From kṛ (कृ). Joined to āyāti (आयाति). |
| āyāti (आयाति) | present third person singular | comes. From ā (आ) and yā (या). |
| tat (तत्) | accusative singular, neuter | that. Object of kṛtvā (कृत्वा). |
| kṛtvā (कृत्वा) | absolutive | having done. From kṛ (कृ). Recited kṛtvāse (कृत्वासे) with āse (आसे). |
| āse (आसे) | present first person singular | I sit. From ās (आस्). |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | in the way that. |
| sukham (सुखम्) | accusative singular, neuter | ease. |
The phrases
iti (इति) closes kṛtam (कृतम्) kim (किम्) api (अपि) na (न) eva (एव) syāt (स्यात्), and sañcintya (सञ्चिन्त्य) takes that, with tattvataḥ (तत्त्वतः). yadā (यदा) yat (यत्) āyāti (आयाति) kartum (कर्तुम्), tat (तत्) is what kṛtvā (कृत्वा) does, and āse (आसे) is the main verb, manner yathā (यथा) sukham (सुखम्).
Sanskrit in this line
na (न) plus eva (एव) is naiva (नैव). syāt (स्यात्) before iti (इति) is syād (स्याद्), and this edition keeps the virama, so the consonant does not take the vowel of iti (इति). kartum (कर्तुम्) plus āyāti (आयाति) joins m (म्) to ā (आ). kṛtvā (कृत्वा) plus āse (आसे) is kṛtvāse (कृत्वासे).
Say it back
What has he considered would not be, and what does he do with what comes?