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15.8
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
श्रद्धस्व तात श्रद्धस्व नात्र मोहं कुरुष्व भोः ।
ज्ञानस्वरूपो भगवानात्मा त्वं प्रकृतेः परः śraddhasva tāta śraddhasva nātra mohaṃ kuruṣva bhoḥ |
jñānasvarūpo bhagavān ātmā tvaṃ prakṛteḥ paraḥ
The line
Trust, dear one, trust. Do not make confusion here, O. You are the lord whose own form is knowledge, the self, beyond nature.
नेपालीमा
श्रद्धा गर, हे तात, श्रद्धा गर। यहाँ मोह नगर। तिमी ज्ञान नै स्वरूप भएको भगवान् आत्मा हौ, प्रकृतिभन्दा पर।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. Trust is asked, and the hearer is named beyond nature.
Split: śraddhasva (श्रद्धस्व) + tāta (तात) + śraddhasva (श्रद्धस्व) + na (न) + atra (अत्र) + moham (मोहम्) + kuruṣva (कुरुष्व) + bhoḥ (भोः) + jñānasvarūpaḥ (ज्ञानस्वरूपः) + bhagavān (भगवान्) + ātmā (आत्मा) + tvam (त्वम्) + prakṛteḥ (प्रकृतेः) + paraḥ (परः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śraddhasva (श्रद्धस्व) | imperative second person singular | trust. From śraddhā (श्रद्धा), middle. |
| tāta (तात) | vocative singular, masculine | dear one, child. |
| śraddhasva (श्रद्धस्व) | imperative second person singular | trust. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. Recited inside nātra (नात्र). |
| atra (अत्र) | indeclinable | here. |
| moham (मोहम्) | accusative singular, masculine | confusion. Object of kuruṣva (कुरुष्व). |
| kuruṣva (कुरुष्व) | imperative second person singular | make. From kṛ (कृ), middle. |
| bhoḥ (भोः) | indeclinable | O. |
| jñānasvarūpaḥ (ज्ञानस्वरूपः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose own form is knowledge. Read from svarūpaḥ (स्वरूपः). Recited jñānasvarūpo (ज्ञानस्वरूपो) before bhagavān (भगवान्). |
| bhagavān (भगवान्) | nominative singular, masculine | the lord. Agrees with tvam (त्वम्). |
| ātmā (आत्मा) | nominative singular, masculine | the self. |
| tvam (त्वम्) | nominative singular | you. |
| prakṛteḥ (प्रकृतेः) | ablative singular, feminine | from nature, than nature. |
| paraḥ (परः) | nominative singular, masculine | beyond. Agrees with tvam (त्वम्). prakṛteḥ (प्रकृतेः) is what he is beyond. |
The phrases
The two śraddhasva (श्रद्धस्व) take tāta (तात) and bhoḥ (भोः) as address. na (न) kuruṣva (कुरुष्व) takes moham (मोहम्), atra (अत्र). tvam (त्वम्) is jñānasvarūpaḥ (ज्ञानस्वरूपः), bhagavān (भगवान्), ātmā (आत्मा), and paraḥ (परः) prakṛteḥ (प्रकृतेः).
Sanskrit in this line
na (न) plus atra (अत्र) is nātra (नात्र). jñānasvarūpaḥ (ज्ञानस्वरूपः) before bh (भ्) is jñānasvarūpo (ज्ञानस्वरूपो).
Say it back
What is he told not to make, and beyond what is he?