Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १५) / 15.7
15.7
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
विश्वं स्फुरति यत्रेदं तरङ्गा इव सागरे ।
तत्त्वमेव न सन्देहश् चिन्मूर्ते विज्वरो भव viśvaṃ sphurati yatredaṃ taraṅgā iva sāgare |
tattvam eva na sandehaś cinmūrte vijvaro bhava
The line
Where this world flashes like waves in the ocean, you are that, and there is no doubt. O form of awareness, become free of fever.
नेपालीमा
जहाँ यो विश्व समुद्रमा लहरझैँ स्फुरिन्छ, तिमी त्यही हौ, सन्देह छैन। हे चिन्मूर्ते, ज्वररहित होऊ।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. The wave image identifies you with the place where the world flashes.
Split: viśvam (विश्वम्) + sphurati (स्फुरति) + yatra (यत्र) + idam (इदम्) + taraṅgāḥ (तरङ्गाः) + iva (इव) + sāgare (सागरे) + tat (तत्) + tvam (त्वम्) + eva (एव) + na (न) + sandehaḥ (सन्देहः) + cinmūrte (चिन्मूर्ते) + vijvaraḥ (विज्वरः) + bhava (भव)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| viśvam (विश्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the world. Subject of sphurati (स्फुरति). |
| sphurati (स्फुरति) | present third person singular | flashes. From sphur (स्फुर्). |
| yatra (यत्र) | indeclinable | where. Recited inside yatredam (यत्रेदम्). |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. Agrees with viśvam (विश्वम्). |
| taraṅgāḥ (तरङ्गाः) | nominative plural, masculine | waves. The visarga is dropped before iva (इव). |
| iva (इव) | indeclinable | like. |
| sāgare (सागरे) | locative singular, masculine | in the ocean. |
| tat (तत्) | nominative singular, neuter | that. Joined with tvam (त्वम्) as tattvam (तत्त्वम्). |
| tvam (त्वम्) | nominative singular | you. Joined to eva (एव). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| sandehaḥ (सन्देहः) | nominative singular, masculine | doubt. Recited sandehaś (सन्देहश्) before cinmūrte (चिन्मूर्ते). |
| cinmūrte (चिन्मूर्ते) | vocative singular, masculine | O you whose form is awareness. Read from mūrte (मूर्ते). |
| vijvaraḥ (विज्वरः) | nominative singular, masculine | free of fever. Recited vijvaro (विज्वरो) before bhava (भव). |
| bhava (भव) | imperative second person singular | become. |
The phrases
yatra (यत्र) locates idam (इदम्) viśvam (विश्वम्) sphurati (स्फुरति), compared to taraṅgāḥ (तरङ्गाः) sāgare (सागरे). tat (तत्) tvam (त्वम्) eva (एव) is the claim, and sandehaḥ (सन्देहः) is na (न). cinmūrte (चिन्मूर्ते) is addressed by vijvaraḥ (विज्वरः) bhava (भव).
Sanskrit in this line
yatra (यत्र) plus idam (इदम्) is yatredam (यत्रेदम्). tat (तत्) plus tvam (त्वम्) plus eva (एव) is tattvam (तत्त्वम्) eva (एव). sandehaḥ (सन्देहः) before c (च्) is sandehaś (सन्देहश्). vijvaraḥ (विज्वरः) before bhava (भव) is vijvaro (विज्वरो). taraṅgāḥ (तरङ्गाः) before iva (इव) drops the visarga.
Say it back
What is the world compared to, and who are you said to be?