Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय १३) / 13.6
13.6
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
स्वपतो नास्ति मे हानिः सिद्धिर् यत्नवतो न वा ।
नाशोल्लासौ विहायास्मादहमासे यथासुखम् svapato nāsti me hāniḥ siddhir yatnavato na vā |
nāśollāsau vihāyāsmād aham āse yathāsukham
The line
There is no loss for me asleep, nor success for me exerting. Having left perishing and surging up, therefore I sit at ease.
नेपालीमा
सुत्दा मलाई हानि छैन, प्रयत्न गर्दा सिद्धि पनि छैन। त्यसैले नाश र उल्लास छोडेर म सुखसँग बस्छु।
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. Sleep and effort are denied their usual fruits, then the refrain.
Split: svapataḥ (स्वपतः) + na (न) + asti (अस्ति) + me (मे) + hāniḥ (हानिः) + siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः) + yatnavataḥ (यत्नवतः) + na (न) + vā (वा) + nāśollāsau (नाशोल्लासौ) + vihāya (विहाय) + asmāt (अस्मात्) + aham (अहम्) + āse (आसे) + yathā (यथा) + sukham (सुखम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svapataḥ (स्वपतः) | genitive singular, masculine | of one who sleeps. Recited svapato (स्वपतो) before na (न). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. Recited inside nāsti (नास्ति). |
| asti (अस्ति) | present third person singular | is. From as (अस्). |
| me (मे) | genitive singular | of me. With svapataḥ (स्वपतः). |
| hāniḥ (हानिः) | nominative singular, feminine | loss. Subject of asti (अस्ति). |
| siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः) | nominative singular, feminine | success. Recited siddhir (सिद्धिर्) before yatnavataḥ (यत्नवतः). |
| yatnavataḥ (यत्नवतः) | genitive singular, masculine | of one who exerts. Recited yatnavato (यत्नवतो) before na (न). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| nāśollāsau (नाशोल्लासौ) | accusative dual, masculine | perishing and surging up. Read from ullāsau (उल्लासौ). Object of vihāya (विहाय). |
| vihāya (विहाय) | absolutive | having left. |
| asmāt (अस्मात्) | ablative singular, neuter | therefore. Recited asmād (अस्माद्) 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
hāniḥ (हानिः) na (न) asti (अस्ति) for me (मे) svapataḥ (स्वपतः), and siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः) na (न) for yatnavataḥ (यत्नवतः), linked by vā (वा). vihāya (विहाय) takes nāśollāsau (नाशोल्लासौ), and asmāt (अस्मात्) leads to aham (अहम्) āse (आसे).
Sanskrit in this line
svapataḥ (स्वपतः) before na (न) is svapato (स्वपतो), and na (न) plus asti (अस्ति) is nāsti (नास्ति). siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः) before y (य्) is siddhir (सिद्धिर्). yatnavataḥ (यत्नवतः) before na (न) is yatnavato (यत्नवतो). nāśa (नाश) plus ullāsau (उल्लासौ) is nāśollāsau (नाशोल्लासौ). vihāya (विहाय) plus asmāt (अस्मात्) is vihāyāsmāt (विहायास्मात्).
Say it back
What is absent in sleep, and what is absent in effort?