Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १५) / 15.6
15.6
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि ।
विज्ञाय निरहङ्कारो निर्ममस् त्वं सुखी भव sarvabhūteṣu cātmānaṃ sarvabhūtāni cātmani |
vijñāya nirahaṅkāro nirmamas tvaṃ sukhī bhava
The line
Having known the self in all beings and all beings in the self, you, without the sense of I and without the sense of mine, become happy.
नेपालीमा
सबै भूतमा आत्मालाई र सबै भूतलाई आत्मामा जानेर, अहङ्कार र ममत्व बिना तिमी सुखी होऊ।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. The command is now to become happy, after knowing self and beings together.
Split: sarvabhūteṣu (सर्वभूतेषु) + ca (च) + ātmānam (आत्मानम्) + sarvabhūtāni (सर्वभूतानि) + ca (च) + ātmani (आत्मनि) + vijñāya (विज्ञाय) + nirahaṅkāraḥ (निरहङ्कारः) + nirmamaḥ (निर्ममः) + tvam (त्वम्) + sukhī (सुखी) + bhava (भव)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarvabhūteṣu (सर्वभूतेषु) | locative plural, neuter | in all beings. Read from bhūteṣu (भूतेषु). |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. Recited inside cātmānam (चात्मानम्). |
| ātmānam (आत्मानम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the self. Object of vijñāya (विज्ञाय). |
| sarvabhūtāni (सर्वभूतानि) | accusative plural, neuter | all beings. Second object of vijñāya (विज्ञाय). |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. Recited inside cātmani (चात्मनि). |
| ātmani (आत्मनि) | locative singular, masculine | in the self. |
| vijñāya (विज्ञाय) | absolutive | having known. From vi (वि) and jñā (ज्ञा). |
| nirahaṅkāraḥ (निरहङ्कारः) | nominative singular, masculine | without the sense of I. Read from ahaṅkāraḥ (अहङ्कारः). Recited nirahaṅkāro (निरहङ्कारो) before nirmamaḥ (निर्ममः). |
| nirmamaḥ (निर्ममः) | nominative singular, masculine | without the sense of mine. Recited nirmamas (निर्मम) before tvam (त्वम्). |
| tvam (त्वम्) | nominative singular | you. |
| sukhī (सुखी) | nominative singular, masculine | happy. Agrees with tvam (त्वम्). |
| bhava (भव) | imperative second person singular | become. From bhū (भू). |
The phrases
vijñāya (विज्ञाय) takes ātmānam (आत्मानम्) in sarvabhūteṣu (सर्वभूतेषु) and sarvabhūtāni (सर्वभूतानि) in ātmani (आत्मनि). nirahaṅkāraḥ (निरहङ्कारः) and nirmamaḥ (निर्ममः) agree with tvam (त्वम्), the subject of sukhī (सुखी) bhava (भव).
Sanskrit in this line
ca (च) plus ātmānam (आत्मानम्) is cātmānam (चात्मानम्), and ca (च) plus ātmani (आत्मनि) is cātmani (चात्मनि). nirahaṅkāraḥ (निरहङ्कारः) before n (न्) is nirahaṅkāro (निरहङ्कारो). nirmamaḥ (निर्ममः) before tvam (त्वम्) is nirmamas (निर्मम).
Say it back
Where is the self to be known, and where are all beings?