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15.5
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
रागद्वेषौ मनोधर्मौ न मनस् ते कदाचन ।
निर्विकल्पोऽसि बोधात्मा निर्विकारः सुखं चर rāgadveṣau manodharmau na manas te kadācana |
nirvikalpo 'si bodhātmā nirvikāraḥ sukhaṃ cara
The line
Liking and disliking are the two properties of the mind. The mind is never yours. You are without alternative, the self that is awareness, without alteration. Move at ease.
नेपालीमा
राग र द्वेष मनका धर्म हुन्। मन कहिल्यै तिम्रो होइन। तिमी निर्विकल्प, बोध आत्मा, निर्विकार हौ। सुखसँग हिँड।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. The witness of the previous line is now distinguished from the mind.
Split: rāgadveṣau (रागद्वेषौ) + manodharmau (मनोधर्मौ) + na (न) + manaḥ (मनः) + te (ते) + kadācana (कदाचन) + nirvikalpaḥ (निर्विकल्पः) + asi (असि) + bodhātmā (बोधात्मा) + nirvikāraḥ (निर्विकारः) + sukham (सुखम्) + cara (चर)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| rāgadveṣau (रागद्वेषौ) | nominative dual, masculine | liking and disliking. Read from dveṣau (द्वेषौ). |
| manodharmau (मनोधर्मौ) | nominative dual, masculine | the two properties of the mind. Read from dharmau (धर्मौ). Predicate of rāgadveṣau (रागद्वेषौ). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| manaḥ (मनः) | nominative singular, neuter | the mind. Recited manas before te (ते). |
| te (ते) | genitive singular | of you. |
| kadācana (कदाचन) | indeclinable | at any time. kadā (कदा) plus cana (चन). |
| nirvikalpaḥ (निर्विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | without an alternative. Recited nirvikalpo (निर्विकल्पो) with avagraha before asi (असि). |
| asi (असि) | present second person singular | you are. |
| bodhātmā (बोधात्मा) | nominative singular, masculine | the self that is awareness. Read from ātmā (आत्मा). Agrees with the subject of asi (असि). |
| nirvikāraḥ (निर्विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | without alteration. Agrees with the subject of asi (असि). |
| sukham (सुखम्) | accusative singular, neuter | at ease. |
| cara (चर) | imperative second person singular | move. |
The phrases
rāgadveṣau (रागद्वेषौ) are manodharmau (मनोधर्मौ). manaḥ (मनः) is na (न) te (ते), kadācana (कदाचन). asi (असि) takes nirvikalpaḥ (निर्विकल्पः), bodhātmā (बोधात्मा), and nirvikāraḥ (निर्विकारः). sukham (सुखम्) cara (चर) repeats the command.
Sanskrit in this line
manaḥ (मनः) before te (ते) is manas, visarga becoming s (स्) before t (त्). nirvikalpaḥ (निर्विकल्पः) plus asi (असि) is nirvikalpo (निर्विकल्पो) 'si (ऽसि).
Say it back
Whose properties are liking and disliking, and is the mind yours?