Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १५) / 15.10
15.10
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
देहस् तिष्ठतु कल्पान्तं गच्छत्वद्यैव वा पुनः ।
क्व वृद्धिः क्व च वा हानिस् तव चिन्मात्ररूपिणः dehas tiṣṭhatu kalpāntaṃ gacchatv adyaiva vā punaḥ |
kva vṛddhiḥ kva ca vā hānis tava cinmātrarūpiṇaḥ
The line
Let the body stand until the end of an age, or let it go this very day again. Where is increase, and where is loss, for you whose form is awareness alone?
नेपालीमा
देह कल्पको अन्त्यसम्म उभियोस्, वा आजै फेरि गयोस्। चेतना मात्र रूप भएको तिम्रो वृद्धि कहाँ, हानि कहाँ?
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. The body's staying or going is left open, and gain and loss are questioned.
Split: dehaḥ (देहः) + tiṣṭhatu (तिष्ठतु) + kalpāntam (कल्पान्तम्) + gacchatu (गच्छतु) + adya (अद्य) + eva (एव) + vā (वा) + punaḥ (पुनः) + kva (क्व) + vṛddhiḥ (वृद्धिः) + kva (क्व) + ca (च) + vā (वा) + hāniḥ (हानिः) + tava (तव) + cinmātrarūpiṇaḥ (चिन्मात्ररूपिणः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dehaḥ (देहः) | nominative singular, masculine | the body. Recited dehas (देह) before tiṣṭhatu (तिष्ठतु). Subject of both imperatives. |
| tiṣṭhatu (तिष्ठतु) | imperative third person singular | let it stand. From sthā (स्था). |
| kalpāntam (कल्पान्तम्) | accusative singular, masculine | until the end of an age. Adverb of limit. |
| gacchatu (गच्छतु) | imperative third person singular | let it go. From gam (गम्). Recited gacchatv (गच्छत्व्) before adya (अद्य). |
| adya (अद्य) | indeclinable | today. Recited inside adyaiva (अद्यैव). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | this very. With adya (अद्य). |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| punaḥ (पुनः) | indeclinable | again. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| vṛddhiḥ (वृद्धिः) | nominative singular, feminine | increase. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| hāniḥ (हानिः) | nominative singular, feminine | loss. Recited hānis (हानि) before tava (तव). |
| tava (तव) | genitive singular | of you. With cinmātrarūpiṇaḥ (चिन्मात्ररूपिणः). |
| cinmātrarūpiṇaḥ (चिन्मात्ररूपिणः) | genitive singular, masculine | of one whose form is awareness alone. Read from rūpiṇaḥ (रूपिणः). Agrees with tava (तव). |
The phrases
dehaḥ (देहः) may tiṣṭhatu (तिष्ठतु) kalpāntam (कल्पान्तम्) or gacchatu (गच्छतु) adya (अद्य) eva (एव), with vā (वा) and punaḥ (पुनः). kva (क्व) vṛddhiḥ (वृद्धिः) and kva (क्व) hāniḥ (हानिः) are asked of tava (तव) cinmātrarūpiṇaḥ (चिन्मात्ररूपिणः).
Sanskrit in this line
dehaḥ (देहः) before t (त्) is dehas (देह). gacchatu (गच्छतु) plus adya (अद्य) plus eva (एव) is gacchatv (गच्छत्व्) adyaiva (अद्यैव). hāniḥ (हानिः) before tava (तव) is hānis (हानि).
Say it back
What may the body do, and for whom are increase and loss asked?