Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १५) / 15.14
15.14
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
यत् त्वं पश्यसि तत्रैकस् त्वमेव प्रतिभाससे ।
किं पृथक् भासते स्वर्णात् कटकाङ्गदनूपुरम् yat tvaṃ paśyasi tatraikas tvam eva pratibhāsase |
kiṃ pṛthak bhāsate svarṇāt kaṭakāṅgadanūpuram
The line
Whatever you see, there you alone appear as the one. Does a bracelet, an armlet, and an anklet shine as separate from the gold?
नेपालीमा
तिमी जे देख्छौ, त्यहाँ एक तिमी नै देखिन्छौ। सुनबाट बनेका बाला, बाजुबन्द र पाउजु सुनभन्दा अलग चम्किन्छन् र?
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. The ornament and the gold are the picture of you and what you see.
Split: yat (यत्) + tvam (त्वम्) + paśyasi (पश्यसि) + tatra (तत्र) + ekaḥ (एकः) + tvam (त्वम्) + eva (एव) + pratibhāsase (प्रतिभाससे) + kim (किम्) + pṛthak (पृथक्) + bhāsate (भासते) + svarṇāt (स्वर्णात्) + kaṭakāṅgadanūpuram (कटकाङ्गदनूपुरम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yat (यत्) | accusative singular, neuter | whatever. Object of paśyasi (पश्यसि). |
| tvam (त्वम्) | nominative singular | you. Subject of paśyasi (पश्यसि). |
| paśyasi (पश्यसि) | present second person singular | you see. From dṛś (दृश्). |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there. Recited inside tatraikaḥ (तत्रैकः). |
| ekaḥ (एकः) | nominative singular, masculine | the one. Recited ekas (एक) before tvam (त्वम्). |
| tvam (त्वम्) | nominative singular | you. Subject of pratibhāsase (प्रतिभाससे). Joined to eva (एव). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | alone. |
| pratibhāsase (प्रतिभाससे) | present second person singular | you appear. From prati (प्रति) and bhās (भास्). |
| kim (किम्) | indeclinable | how, is it that? |
| pṛthak (पृथक्) | indeclinable | separately. |
| bhāsate (भासते) | present third person singular | shines. From bhās (भास्). |
| svarṇāt (स्वर्णात्) | ablative singular, neuter | from gold. |
| kaṭakāṅgadanūpuram (कटकाङ्गदनूपुरम्) | nominative singular, neuter | bracelet, armlet, and anklet. Read from nūpuram (नूपुरम्). Subject of bhāsate (भासते). |
The phrases
yat (यत्) tvam (त्वम्) paśyasi (पश्यसि), tatra (तत्र) tvam (त्वम्) eva (एव) pratibhāsase (प्रतिभाससे) as ekaḥ (एकः). kim (किम्) asks whether kaṭakāṅgadanūpuram (कटकाङ्गदनूपुरम्) bhāsate (भासते) pṛthak (पृथक्) from svarṇāt (स्वर्णात्).
Sanskrit in this line
yat (यत्) plus tvam (त्वम्) stays yat (यत्) tvam (त्वम्), t (त्) before t (त्). tatra (तत्र) plus ekaḥ (एकः) is tatraikaḥ (तत्रैकः), and ekaḥ (एकः) before tvam (त्वम्) is ekas (एक). tvam (त्वम्) plus eva (एव) joins m (म्) to e (ए). kaṭaka (कटक) plus aṅgada (अङ्गद) plus nūpuram (नूपुरम्) is kaṭakāṅgadanūpuram (कटकाङ्गदनूपुरम्).
Say it back
Who appears wherever you see, and from what would the ornaments have to shine apart?