Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १५) / 15.11
15.11
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
त्वय्यनन्तमहाम्भोधौ विश्ववीचिः स्वभावतः ।
उदेतु वास्तमायातु न ते वृद्धिर् न वा क्षतिः tvayy anantamahāmbhodhau viśvavīciḥ svabhāvataḥ |
udetu vāstam āyātu na te vṛddhir na vā kṣatiḥ
The line
Let the world wave rise or set, by its own nature, in you, the endless great ocean. You have no increase and no loss.
नेपालीमा
अनन्त महासागररूपी तिमीमा विश्वरूपी लहर स्वभावले उठोस् वा अस्त होस्। तिम्रो वृद्धि छैन, क्षति पनि छैन।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. The ocean image answers the previous question about increase and loss.
Split: tvayi (त्वयि) + anantamahāmbhodhau (अनन्तमहाम्भोधौ) + viśvavīciḥ (विश्ववीचिः) + svabhāvataḥ (स्वभावतः) + udetu (उदेतु) + vā (वा) + astam (अस्तम्) + āyātu (आयातु) + na (न) + te (ते) + vṛddhiḥ (वृद्धिः) + na (न) + vā (वा) + kṣatiḥ (क्षतिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tvayi (त्वयि) | locative singular | in you. Recited tvayy (त्वय्य्) before ananta (अनन्त). |
| anantamahāmbhodhau (अनन्तमहाम्भोधौ) | locative singular, masculine | in the endless great ocean. Read from ambhodhau (अम्भोधौ). Agrees with tvayi (त्वयि). |
| viśvavīciḥ (विश्ववीचिः) | nominative singular, feminine | the wave that is the world. Read from vīciḥ (वीचिः). Subject of the two imperatives. |
| svabhāvataḥ (स्वभावतः) | indeclinable | by its own nature. |
| udetu (उदेतु) | imperative third person singular | let it rise. From ud (उद्) and i (इ). |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. Recited inside vāstam (वास्तम्). |
| astam (अस्तम्) | accusative singular, neuter | setting, home, the west. With āyātu (आयातु), let it set. Joined to āyātu (आयातु). |
| āyātu (आयातु) | imperative third person singular | let it come. From ā (आ) and yā (या). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| te (ते) | genitive singular | of you. |
| vṛddhiḥ (वृद्धिः) | nominative singular, feminine | increase. Recited vṛddhir (वृद्धिर्) before na (न). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| kṣatiḥ (क्षतिः) | nominative singular, feminine | harm, loss. |
The phrases
viśvavīciḥ (विश्ववीचिः) may udetu (उदेतु) or astam (अस्तम्) āyātu (आयातु) in tvayi (त्वयि) anantamahāmbhodhau (अनन्तमहाम्भोधौ), svabhāvataḥ (स्वभावतः). vṛddhiḥ (वृद्धिः) and kṣatiḥ (क्षतिः) are na (न) te (ते).
Sanskrit in this line
tvayi (त्वयि) plus ananta (अनन्त) is tvayy (त्वय्य्) ananta (अनन्त). vā (वा) plus astam (अस्तम्) plus āyātu (आयातु) is vāstam (वास्तम्) āyātu (आयातु). vṛddhiḥ (वृद्धिः) before na (न) is vṛddhir (वृद्धिर्).
Say it back
In whom does the world wave rise or set, and what two things are not yours?