Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय १४) / 14.3
14.3
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
विज्ञाते साक्षिपुरुषे परमात्मनि चेश्वरे ।
नैराश्ये बन्धमोक्षे च न चिन्ता मुक्तये मम vijñāte sākṣipuruṣe paramātmani ceśvare |
nairāśye bandhamokṣe ca na cintā muktaye mama
The line
When the witness person, the supreme self, and the lord are known, and the ending of expectation, and bondage and release, there is no care of mine for liberation.
नेपालीमा
साक्षी पुरुष, परमात्मा र ईश्वर जानिएपछि, तथा आशाको अन्त्य र बन्धमोक्ष पनि जानिएपछि, मुक्तिका लागि मेरो चिन्ता छैन।
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. Liberation, questioned by its absence of care, follows the melted longing.
Split: vijñāte (विज्ञाते) + sākṣipuruṣe (साक्षिपुरुषे) + paramātmani (परमात्मनि) + ca (च) + īśvare (ईश्वरे) + nairāśye (नैराश्ये) + bandhamokṣe (बन्धमोक्षे) + ca (च) + na (न) + cintā (चिन्ता) + muktaye (मुक्तये) + mama (मम)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vijñāte (विज्ञाते) | locative singular, masculine | when known. Agrees with the locatives that follow. A locative absolute. |
| sākṣipuruṣe (साक्षिपुरुषे) | locative singular, masculine | in the witness person. Read from puruṣe (पुरुषे). Agrees with vijñāte (विज्ञाते). |
| paramātmani (परमात्मनि) | locative singular, masculine | in the supreme self. Read from ātmani (आत्मनि). |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. Recited inside ceśvare (चेश्वरे). |
| īśvare (ईश्वरे) | locative singular, masculine | in the lord. |
| nairāśye (नैराश्ये) | locative singular, neuter | in the ending of expectation. |
| bandhamokṣe (बन्धमोक्षे) | locative singular, masculine | in bondage and release. Read from mokṣe (मोक्षे). |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| cintā (चिन्ता) | nominative singular, feminine | care, anxiety. |
| muktaye (मुक्तये) | dative singular, feminine | for liberation. |
| mama (मम) | genitive singular | of me. With cintā (चिन्ता). |
The phrases
The locatives sākṣipuruṣe (साक्षिपुरुषे), paramātmani (परमात्मनि), īśvare (ईश्वरे), nairāśye (नैराश्ये), and bandhamokṣe (बन्धमोक्षे) are vijñāte (विज्ञाते), a locative absolute. In that case cintā (चिन्ता) mama (मम) for muktaye (मुक्तये) is na (न).
Sanskrit in this line
ca (च) plus īśvare (ईश्वरे) is ceśvare (चेश्वरे). bandha (बन्ध) plus mokṣe (मोक्षे) is bandhamokṣe (बन्धमोक्षे).
Say it back
For what is there no care, once the witness and the lord are known?