Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय १३) / 13.5
13.5
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
अर्थानर्थौ न मे स्थित्या गत्या न शयनेन वा ।
तिष्ठन् गच्छन् स्वपन् तस्मादहमासे यथासुखम् arthānarthau na me sthityā gatyā na śayanena vā |
tiṣṭhan gacchan svapan tasmād aham āse yathāsukham
The line
Gain and loss are not mine by standing, nor by going, nor by lying down. Therefore, standing, going, or sleeping, I sit at ease.
नेपालीमा
अर्थ र अनर्थ मेरा उभिनाले होइनन्, हिँड्नाले होइनन्, सुत्नाले पनि होइनन्। त्यसैले उभिँदै, हिँड्दै, सुत्दै म सुखसँग बस्छु।
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. Standing, going, and lying are named only as words in the claim, then the refrain of sitting.
Split: arthānarthau (अर्थानर्थौ) + na (न) + me (मे) + sthityā (स्थित्या) + gatyā (गत्या) + na (न) + śayanena (शयनेन) + vā (वा) + tiṣṭhan (तिष्ठन्) + gacchan (गच्छन्) + svapan (स्वपन्) + tasmāt (तस्मात्) + aham (अहम्) + āse (आसे) + yathā (यथा) + sukham (सुखम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| arthānarthau (अर्थानर्थौ) | nominative dual, masculine | gain and loss. Read from anarthau (अनर्थौ). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| me (मे) | genitive singular | of me. arthānarthau (अर्थानर्थौ) are not mine. |
| sthityā (स्थित्या) | instrumental singular, feminine | by standing. |
| gatyā (गत्या) | instrumental singular, feminine | by going. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. Carries me (मे) and arthānarthau (अर्थानर्थौ) again. |
| śayanena (शयनेन) | instrumental singular, neuter | by lying down. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| tiṣṭhan (तिष्ठन्) | nominative singular, masculine | standing. Present participle of sthā (स्था). |
| gacchan (गच्छन्) | nominative singular, masculine | going. Present participle of gam (गम्). |
| svapan (स्वपन्) | nominative singular, masculine | sleeping. Present participle of svap (स्वप्). |
| tasmāt (तस्मात्) | ablative singular, neuter | therefore. Recited tasmād (तस्माद्) before aham (अहम्). |
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I. |
| āse (आसे) | present first person singular | I sit. |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | in the way that. |
| sukham (सुखम्) | accusative singular, neuter | ease. |
The phrases
arthānarthau (अर्थानर्थौ) are na (न) me (मे), not by sthityā (स्थित्या), not by gatyā (गत्या), not by śayanena (शयनेन). tiṣṭhan (तिष्ठन्), gacchan (गच्छन्), and svapan (स्वपन्) agree with aham (अहम्), and tasmāt (तस्मात्) leads to āse (आसे).
Sanskrit in this line
artha (अर्थ) plus anarthau (अनर्थौ) is arthānarthau (अर्थानर्थौ). tasmāt (तस्मात्) before aham (अहम्) is tasmād (तस्माद्), the consonant taking the vowel, and aham (अहम्) plus āse (आसे) joins m (म्) to ā (आ).
Say it back
By which three postures are gain and loss not his?