Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १५) / 15.17
15.17
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
भ्रान्तिमात्रमिदं विश्वं न किञ्चिदिति निश्चयी ।
निर्वासनः स्फूर्तिमात्रो न किञ्चिदिव शाम्यति bhrāntimātram idaṃ viśvaṃ na kiñcid iti niścayī |
nirvāsanaḥ sphūrtimātro na kiñcid iva śāmyati
The line
One who has settled that this world is nothing but confusion, and is nothing at all, without lingering want, himself only a flashing forth, comes to rest as if he were nothing.
नेपालीमा
यो विश्व भ्रान्ति मात्र हो, केही होइन भनी निश्चय गरेको, वासनारहित, स्फूर्ति मात्र भएको मानिस केही नभएझैँ शान्त हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. The line repeats the close of chapter 11, with confusion in place of wonder.
Split: bhrāntimātram (भ्रान्तिमात्रम्) + idam (इदम्) + viśvam (विश्वम्) + na (न) + kiñcit (किञ्चित्) + iti (इति) + niścayī (निश्चयी) + nirvāsanaḥ (निर्वासनः) + sphūrtimātraḥ (स्फूर्तिमात्रः) + na (न) + kiñcit (किञ्चित्) + iva (इव) + śāmyati (शाम्यति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhrāntimātram (भ्रान्तिमात्रम्) | nominative singular, neuter | confusion and nothing more. Read from mātram (मात्रम्). Joined to idam (इदम्). |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. Agrees with viśvam (विश्वम्). |
| viśvam (विश्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the world. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| kiñcit (किञ्चित्) | nominative singular, neuter | anything. Recited kiñcid (किञ्चिद्) before iti (इति). |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. |
| niścayī (निश्चयी) | nominative singular, masculine | one who has settled it. |
| nirvāsanaḥ (निर्वासनः) | nominative singular, masculine | without lingering want. |
| sphūrtimātraḥ (स्फूर्तिमात्रः) | nominative singular, masculine | a flashing forth and nothing more. Recited sphūrtimātro (स्फूर्तिमात्रो) before na (न). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| kiñcit (किञ्चित्) | nominative singular, neuter | anything. Recited kiñcid (किञ्चिद्) before iva (इव). |
| iva (इव) | indeclinable | as if. |
| śāmyati (शाम्यति) | present third person singular | comes to rest. |
The phrases
The same frame as the close of chapter 11, with bhrāntimātram (भ्रान्तिमात्रम्) in place of the many kinded wonder. idam (इदम्) viśvam (विश्वम्) is bhrāntimātram (भ्रान्तिमात्रम्) and na (न) kiñcit (किञ्चित्). niścayī (निश्चयी) śāmyati (शाम्यति), nirvāsanaḥ (निर्वासनः) and sphūrtimātraḥ (स्फूर्तिमात्रः).
Sanskrit in this line
bhrāntimātram (भ्रान्तिमात्रम्) plus idam (इदम्) joins m (म्) to i (इ). kiñcit (किञ्चित्) before a vowel is kiñcid (किञ्चिद्). sphūrtimātraḥ (स्फूर्तिमात्रः) before na (न) is sphūrtimātro (स्फूर्तिमात्रो).
Say it back
What has the settled one decided this world is?