Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १५) / 15.18
15.18
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
एक एव भवाम्भोधावासीदस्ति भविष्यति ।
न ते बन्धोऽस्ति मोक्षो वा कृतकृत्यः सुखं चर eka eva bhavāmbhodhāv āsīd asti bhaviṣyati |
na te bandho 'sti mokṣo vā kṛtakṛtyaḥ sukhaṃ cara
The line
The one alone was, is, and will be in the ocean of becoming. You have no bondage and no release. You who have done what was to be done, move at ease.
नेपालीमा
भवको महासागरमा एक नै थियो, छ, र हुनेछ। तिम्रो बन्ध छैन, मोक्ष पनि छैन। कृतकृत्य भएर सुखसँग हिँड।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. Bondage and release are denied, and the command to move returns.
Split: ekaḥ (एकः) + eva (एव) + bhavāmbhodhau (भवाम्भोधौ) + āsīt (आसीत्) + asti (अस्ति) + bhaviṣyati (भविष्यति) + na (न) + te (ते) + bandhaḥ (बन्धः) + asti (अस्ति) + mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) + vā (वा) + kṛtakṛtyaḥ (कृतकृत्यः) + sukham (सुखम्) + cara (चर)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekaḥ (एकः) | nominative singular, masculine | the one. The visarga is dropped before eva (एव). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | alone. |
| bhavāmbhodhau (भवाम्भोधौ) | locative singular, masculine | in the ocean of becoming. Read from ambhodhau (अम्भोधौ). Recited bhavāmbhodhāv (भवाम्भोधाव्) before āsīt (आसीत्). |
| āsīt (आसीत्) | imperfect third person singular | was. From as (अस्). Recited āsīd (आसीद्) before asti (अस्ति). |
| asti (अस्ति) | present third person singular | is. |
| bhaviṣyati (भविष्यति) | future third person singular | will be. From bhū (भू). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| te (ते) | genitive singular | of you. |
| bandhaḥ (बन्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | bondage. Recited bandho (बन्धो) with avagraha before asti (अस्ति). |
| asti (अस्ति) | present third person singular | is. |
| mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | liberation. Recited mokṣo (मोक्षो) before vā (वा). |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| kṛtakṛtyaḥ (कृतकृत्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | one who has done what was to be done. Read from kṛtyaḥ (कृत्यः). |
| sukham (सुखम्) | accusative singular, neuter | at ease. |
| cara (चर) | imperative second person singular | move. |
The phrases
ekaḥ (एकः) eva (एव) is the subject of āsīt (आसीत्), asti (अस्ति), and bhaviṣyati (भविष्यति), located bhavāmbhodhau (भवाम्भोधौ). bandhaḥ (बन्धः) and mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) na (न) asti (अस्ति) te (ते). kṛtakṛtyaḥ (कृतकृत्यः) agrees with the subject of sukham (सुखम्) cara (चर).
Sanskrit in this line
bhava (भव) plus ambhodhau (अम्भोधौ) is bhavāmbhodhau (भवाम्भोधौ), and au (औ) plus ā (आ) of āsīt (आसीत्) is āv (आव्). āsīt (आसीत्) before asti (अस्ति) is āsīd (आसीद्). bandhaḥ (बन्धः) plus asti (अस्ति) is bandho (बन्धो) 'sti (ऽस्ति). mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) before vā (वा) is mokṣo (मोक्षो).
Say it back
What three times does the one occupy, and what two are not yours?