Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १५) / 15.12
15.12
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
तात चिन्मात्ररूपोऽसि न ते भिन्नमिदं जगत् ।
अतः कस्य कथं कुत्र हेयोपादेयकल्पना tāta cinmātrarūpo 'si na te bhinnam idaṃ jagat |
ataḥ kasya kathaṃ kutra heyopādeyakalpanā
The line
Dear one, you are awareness alone. This world is not separate from you. So for whom, how, and where is the imagining of a thing to leave and a thing to take?
नेपालीमा
हे तात, तिमी चेतना मात्र रूप हौ। यो जगत् तिमीबाट भिन्न छैन। त्यसैले हेय र उपादेयको कल्पना कसको, कसरी र कहाँ हुन सक्छ?
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. Because the world is not other, leaving and taking have no owner.
Split: tāta (तात) + cinmātrarūpaḥ (चिन्मात्ररूपः) + asi (असि) + na (न) + te (ते) + bhinnam (भिन्नम्) + idam (इदम्) + jagat (जगत्) + ataḥ (अतः) + kasya (कस्य) + katham (कथम्) + kutra (कुत्र) + heyopādeyakalpanā (हेयोपादेयकल्पना)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tāta (तात) | vocative singular, masculine | dear one. |
| cinmātrarūpaḥ (चिन्मात्ररूपः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose form is awareness alone. Recited cinmātrarūpo (चिन्मात्ररूपो) with avagraha before asi (असि). |
| asi (असि) | present second person singular | you are. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| te (ते) | genitive singular | from you, of you. |
| bhinnam (भिन्नम्) | nominative singular, neuter | separate. Agrees with jagat (जगत्). Joined to idam (इदम्). |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. Agrees with jagat (जगत्). |
| jagat (जगत्) | nominative singular, neuter | the world. |
| ataḥ (अतः) | indeclinable | therefore. |
| kasya (कस्य) | genitive singular | of whom, for whom? |
| katham (कथम्) | indeclinable | how? |
| kutra (कुत्र) | indeclinable | where? |
| heyopādeyakalpanā (हेयोपादेयकल्पना) | nominative singular, feminine | the imagining of a thing to leave and a thing to take. Read from kalpanā (कल्पना). |
The phrases
asi (असि) takes cinmātrarūpaḥ (चिन्मात्ररूपः), addressed tāta (तात). idam (इदम्) jagat (जगत्) is na (न) bhinnam (भिन्नम्) te (ते). ataḥ (अतः) introduces kasya (कस्य) katham (कथम्) kutra (कुत्र) questioning heyopādeyakalpanā (हेयोपादेयकल्पना).
Sanskrit in this line
cinmātrarūpaḥ (चिन्मात्ररूपः) plus asi (असि) is cinmātrarūpo (चिन्मात्ररूपो) 'si (ऽसि). bhinnam (भिन्नम्) plus idam (इदम्) joins m (म्) to i (इ). heya (हेय) plus upādeya (उपादेय) plus kalpanā (कल्पना) is heyopādeyakalpanā (हेयोपादेयकल्पना).
Say it back
Is this world separate from you, and what imagining is then questioned?