Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १५) / 15.2
15.2
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
मोक्षो विषयवैरस्यं बन्धो वैषयिको रसः ।
एतावदेव विज्ञानं यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु mokṣo viṣayavairasyaṃ bandho vaiṣayiko rasaḥ |
etāvad eva vijñānaṃ yathecchasi tathā kuru
The line
Liberation is distaste for objects. Bondage is relish that belongs to objects. Knowledge is just this much. As you wish, so do.
नेपालीमा
मोक्ष विषयप्रति वैराग्य हो। बन्ध विषयको रस हो। ज्ञान यति नै हो। जसरी चाहन्छौ त्यसरी गर।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. The whole of knowledge is put in one pair, then left to the hearer.
Split: mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) + viṣayavairasyam (विषयवैरस्यम्) + bandhaḥ (बन्धः) + vaiṣayikaḥ (वैषयिकः) + rasaḥ (रसः) + etāvat (एतावत्) + eva (एव) + vijñānam (विज्ञानम्) + yathā (यथा) + icchasi (इच्छसि) + tathā (तथा) + kuru (कुरु)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | liberation. Recited mokṣo (मोक्षो) before viṣayavairasyam (विषयवैरस्यम्). |
| viṣayavairasyam (विषयवैरस्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | distaste for objects. Read from vairasyam (वैरस्यम्). |
| bandhaḥ (बन्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | bondage. Recited bandho (बन्धो) before vaiṣayikaḥ (वैषयिकः). |
| vaiṣayikaḥ (वैषयिकः) | nominative singular, masculine | belonging to objects. Agrees with rasaḥ (रसः). Recited vaiṣayiko (वैषयिको) before rasaḥ (रसः). |
| rasaḥ (रसः) | nominative singular, masculine | relish, taste. |
| etāvat (एतावत्) | nominative singular, neuter | this much. Agrees with vijñānam (विज्ञानम्). Recited etāvad (एतावद्) before eva (एव). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | alone, indeed. |
| vijñānam (विज्ञानम्) | nominative singular, neuter | knowledge. |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as. Recited inside yathecchasi (यथेच्छसि). |
| icchasi (इच्छसि) | present second person singular | you wish. From iṣ (इष्). |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so. |
| kuru (कुरु) | imperative second person singular | do. From kṛ (कृ). |
The phrases
mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) is identified with viṣayavairasyam (विषयवैरस्यम्), and bandhaḥ (बन्धः) with vaiṣayikaḥ (वैषयिकः) rasaḥ (रसः). etāvat (एतावत्) eva (एव) agrees with vijñānam (विज्ञानम्). yathā (यथा) icchasi (इच्छसि) tathā (तथा) governs kuru (कुरु).
Sanskrit in this line
mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) before v (व्) is mokṣo (मोक्षो), and bandhaḥ (बन्धः) before v (व्) is bandho (बन्धो). vaiṣayikaḥ (वैषयिकः) before r (र्) is vaiṣayiko (वैषयिको). etāvat (एतावत्) plus eva (एव) is etāvad (एतावद्) eva (एव). yathā (यथा) plus icchasi (इच्छसि) is yathecchasi (यथेच्छसि).
Say it back
What is liberation, and what is bondage?