Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १५) / 15.20
15.20
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
त्यजैव ध्यानं सर्वत्र मा किञ्चिद् हृदि धारय ।
आत्मा त्वं मुक्त एवासि किं विमृश्य करिष्यसि tyajaiva dhyānaṃ sarvatra mā kiñcid hṛdi dhāraya |
ātmā tvaṃ mukta evāsi kiṃ vimṛśya kariṣyasi
The line
Drop meditation itself, everywhere. Do not hold anything in the heart. You are the self, already free. What will you do after pondering?
नेपालीमा
ध्यान नै सबैतिर त्याग। हृदयमा केही नराख। तिमी आत्मा हौ, मुक्त नै हौ। विचार गरेर के गर्नेछौ?
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. Chapter 15 closes by setting meditation aside and asking what pondering would accomplish.
Split: tyaja (त्यज) + eva (एव) + dhyānam (ध्यानम्) + sarvatra (सर्वत्र) + mā (मा) + kiñcit (किञ्चित्) + hṛdi (हृदि) + dhāraya (धारय) + ātmā (आत्मा) + tvam (त्वम्) + muktaḥ (मुक्तः) + eva (एव) + asi (असि) + kim (किम्) + vimṛśya (विमृश्य) + kariṣyasi (करिष्यसि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tyaja (त्यज) | imperative second person singular | leave. From tyaj (त्यज्). Recited inside tyajaiva (त्यजैव). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | itself. With dhyānam (ध्यानम्). |
| dhyānam (ध्यानम्) | accusative singular, neuter | meditation. Object of tyaja (त्यज). |
| sarvatra (सर्वत्र) | indeclinable | everywhere. |
| mā (मा) | indeclinable | do not. Prohibits dhāraya (धारय). |
| kiñcit (किञ्चित्) | accusative singular, neuter | anything. Recited kiñcid (किञ्चिद्) before hṛdi (हृदि). |
| hṛdi (हृदि) | locative singular, neuter | in the heart. |
| dhāraya (धारय) | imperative second person singular | hold. Causative of dhṛ (धृ). |
| ātmā (आत्मा) | nominative singular, masculine | the self. |
| tvam (त्वम्) | nominative singular | you. |
| muktaḥ (मुक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | free. The visarga is dropped before eva (एव). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | already. Recited inside evāsi (एवासि). |
| asi (असि) | present second person singular | you are. |
| kim (किम्) | accusative singular, neuter | what. Object of kariṣyasi (करिष्यसि). |
| vimṛśya (विमृश्य) | absolutive | having pondered. From vi (वि) and mṛś (मृश्). |
| kariṣyasi (करिष्यसि) | future second person singular | will you do. From kṛ (कृ). |
The phrases
tyaja (त्यज) takes dhyānam (ध्यानम्) eva (एव), sarvatra (सर्वत्र). mā (मा) dhāraya (धारय) takes kiñcit (किञ्चित्), located hṛdi (हृदि). tvam (त्वम्) asi (असि) ātmā (आत्मा) muktaḥ (मुक्तः) eva (एव). kim (किम्) is the object of kariṣyasi (करिष्यसि) after vimṛśya (विमृश्य).
Sanskrit in this line
tyaja (त्यज) plus eva (एव) is tyajaiva (त्यजैव). kiñcit (किञ्चित्) before hṛdi (हृदि) is kiñcid (किञ्चिद्), and the file keeps d (द्) with virama before h (ह्), not a single aspirate. muktaḥ (मुक्तः) plus eva (एव) plus asi (असि) is mukta (मुक्त) evāsi (एवासि), the visarga dropped and the vowels of eva (एव) and asi (असि) joined.
Say it back
What is to be dropped, and what is already true of you?