Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १५) / 15.19
15.19
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
मा सङ्कल्पविकल्पाभ्यां चित्तं क्षोभय चिन्मय ।
उपशाम्य सुखं तिष्ठ स्वात्मन्यानन्दविग्रहे mā saṅkalpavikalpābhyāṃ cittaṃ kṣobhaya cinmaya |
upaśāmya sukhaṃ tiṣṭha svātmany ānandavigrahe
The line
Do not shake the mind with resolve and with alternative, you who are made of awareness. Grow quiet and abide at ease in your own self, the body of bliss.
नेपालीमा
हे चिन्मय, सङ्कल्प र विकल्पले चित्त नहल्लाऊ। शान्त भएर आफ्नै आत्मामा, आनन्द नै शरीर भएकोमा, सुखसँग बस।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. The command is not to shake the mind, then to abide.
Split: mā (मा) + saṅkalpavikalpābhyām (सङ्कल्पविकल्पाभ्याम्) + cittam (चित्तम्) + kṣobhaya (क्षोभय) + cinmaya (चिन्मय) + upaśāmya (उपशाम्य) + sukham (सुखम्) + tiṣṭha (तिष्ठ) + svātmani (स्वात्मनि) + ānandavigrahe (आनन्दविग्रहे)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mā (मा) | indeclinable | do not. Prohibits kṣobhaya (क्षोभय). |
| saṅkalpavikalpābhyām (सङ्कल्पविकल्पाभ्याम्) | instrumental dual, masculine | by resolve and by alternative. Read from vikalpābhyām (विकल्पाभ्याम्). |
| cittam (चित्तम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the mind. Object of kṣobhaya (क्षोभय). |
| kṣobhaya (क्षोभय) | imperative second person singular | shake. Causative of kṣubh (क्षुभ्). |
| cinmaya (चिन्मय) | vocative singular, masculine | O you made of awareness. |
| upaśāmya (उपशाम्य) | imperative second person singular | grow quiet. From upa (उप) and śam (शम्). |
| sukham (सुखम्) | accusative singular, neuter | at ease. |
| tiṣṭha (तिष्ठ) | imperative second person singular | abide. From sthā (स्था). |
| svātmani (स्वात्मनि) | locative singular, masculine | in your own self. Recited svātmany (स्वात्मन्य्) before ānandavigrahe (आनन्दविग्रहे). |
| ānandavigrahe (आनन्दविग्रहे) | locative singular, masculine | in the body of bliss. Read from vigrahe (विग्रहे). Agrees with svātmani (स्वात्मनि). |
The phrases
mā (मा) kṣobhaya (क्षोभय) takes cittam (चित्तम्), by means of saṅkalpavikalpābhyām (सङ्कल्पविकल्पाभ्याम्), addressed cinmaya (चिन्मय). upaśāmya (उपशाम्य) and tiṣṭha (तिष्ठ) are the positive commands, sukham (सुखम्), located svātmani (स्वात्मनि) ānandavigrahe (आनन्दविग्रहे).
Sanskrit in this line
saṅkalpa (सङ्कल्प) plus vikalpa (विकल्प) plus ābhyām (आभ्याम्) is saṅkalpavikalpābhyām (सङ्कल्पविकल्पाभ्याम्). svātmani (स्वात्मनि) plus ānandavigrahe (आनन्दविग्रहे) is svātmany (स्वात्मन्य्) ānandavigrahe (आनन्दविग्रहे).
Say it back
With what two is the mind not to be shaken, and where is one to abide?