Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय १३) / 13.7
13.7
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
सुखादिरूपा नियमं भावेष्वालोक्य भूरिशः ।
शुभाशुभे विहायास्मादहमासे यथासुखम् sukhādirūpā niyamaṃ bhāveṣv ālokya bhūriśaḥ |
śubhāśubhe vihāyāsmād aham āse yathāsukham
The line
Having looked many times at the rule in the states, the rule whose form is pleasure and what follows, and having left the auspicious and the inauspicious, therefore I sit at ease.
नेपालीमा
सुख आदि रूप भएको नियमलाई भावहरूमा धेरै पटक हेरेर, शुभ र अशुभ छोडेर, त्यसैले म सुखसँग बस्छु।
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. Chapter 13 closes by leaving good and bad, with the same sitting.
Split: sukhādirūpā (सुखादिरूपा) + niyamam (नियमम्) + bhāveṣu (भावेषु) + ālokya (आलोक्य) + bhūriśaḥ (भूरिशः) + śubhāśubhe (शुभाशुभे) + vihāya (विहाय) + asmāt (अस्मात्) + aham (अहम्) + āse (आसे) + yathā (यथा) + sukham (सुखम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sukhādirūpā (सुखादिरूपा) | nominative singular, feminine | she whose form is pleasure and what follows it. Read from rūpā (रूपा). Stands beside the rule that is seen. |
| niyamam (नियमम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the rule. Object of ālokya (आलोक्य). |
| bhāveṣu (भावेषु) | locative plural, masculine | in the states. Recited bhāveṣv (भावेष्व्) before ālokya (आलोक्य). |
| ālokya (आलोक्य) | absolutive | having looked. From ā (आ) and lok (लोक्). |
| bhūriśaḥ (भूरिशः) | indeclinable | abundantly, many times. |
| śubhāśubhe (शुभाशुभे) | accusative dual, neuter | the auspicious and the inauspicious. Read from aśubhe (अशुभे). Object of vihāya (विहाय). |
| vihāya (विहाय) | absolutive | having left. |
| asmāt (अस्मात्) | ablative singular, neuter | therefore. |
| 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
ālokya (आलोक्य) takes niyamam (नियमम्), located bhāveṣu (भावेषु), with bhūriśaḥ (भूरिशः), and sukhādirūpā (सुखादिरूपा) names the look of that rule. vihāya (विहाय) takes śubhāśubhe (शुभाशुभे). asmāt (अस्मात्) leads to aham (अहम्) āse (आसे).
Sanskrit in this line
bhāveṣu (भावेषु) plus ālokya (आलोक्य) is bhāveṣv (भावेष्व्) ālokya (आलोक्य). śubha (शुभ) plus aśubhe (अशुभे) is śubhāśubhe (शुभाशुभे). vihāya (विहाय) plus asmāt (अस्मात्) plus aham (अहम्) plus āse (आसे) is vihāyāsmād (विहायास्माद्) aham (अहम्) āse (आसे).
Say it back
What pair does he leave after looking at the rule?