Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १६) / 16.2
16.2
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
भोगं कर्म समाधिं वा कुरु विज्ञ तथापि ते ।
चित्तं निरस्तसर्वाशमत्यर्थं रोचयिष्यति bhogaṃ karma samādhiṃ vā kuru vijña tathāpi te |
cittaṃ nirastasarvāśam atyarthaṃ rocayiṣyati
The line
Do enjoyment, or action, or collectedness, O knowing one. Even so your mind, with every hope cast off, will delight exceedingly.
नेपालीमा
हे विज्ञ, भोग गर, कर्म गर वा समाधि लगाऊ। तथापि सबै आशा फालेको तिम्रो चित्त अत्यन्त रमाउनेछ।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. Enjoyment, action, and collectedness are allowed, and the mind's delight is separate from them.
Split: bhogam (भोगम्) + karma (कर्म) + samādhim (समाधिम्) + vā (वा) + kuru (कुरु) + vijña (विज्ञ) + tathā (तथा) + api (अपि) + te (ते) + cittam (चित्तम्) + nirastasarvāśam (निरस्तसर्वाशम्) + atyartham (अत्यर्थम्) + rocayiṣyati (रोचयिष्यति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhogam (भोगम्) | accusative singular, masculine | enjoyment. Object of kuru (कुरु). |
| karma (कर्म) | accusative singular, neuter | action. Object of kuru (कुरु). |
| samādhim (समाधिम्) | accusative singular, masculine | collectedness. Object of kuru (कुरु). |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| kuru (कुरु) | imperative second person singular | do. |
| vijña (विज्ञ) | vocative singular, masculine | O knowing one. |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| te (ते) | genitive singular | of you. With cittam (चित्तम्). |
| cittam (चित्तम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the mind. Subject of rocayiṣyati (रोचयिष्यति). |
| nirastasarvāśam (निरस्तसर्वाशम्) | nominative singular, neuter | one from whom every hope has been cast off. Read from āśam (आशम्). Agrees with cittam (चित्तम्). Joined to atyartham (अत्यर्थम्). |
| atyartham (अत्यर्थम्) | accusative singular, neuter | exceedingly. Adverb. |
| rocayiṣyati (रोचयिष्यति) | future third person singular | will delight, will find pleasing. Causative of ruc (रुच्). |
The phrases
kuru (कुरु) takes bhogam (भोगम्), karma (कर्म), or samādhim (समाधिम्), addressed vijña (विज्ञ). Even tathā (तथा), te (ते) cittam (चित्तम्), described as nirastasarvāśam (निरस्तसर्वाशम्), is the subject of atyartham (अत्यर्थम्) rocayiṣyati (रोचयिष्यति).
Sanskrit in this line
nirastasarvāśam (निरस्तसर्वाशम्) plus atyartham (अत्यर्थम्) joins m (म्) to a (अ). tathā (तथा) plus api (अपि) is tathāpi (तथापि).
Say it back
What three may he do, and what will the mind still do?