Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १६) / 16.5
16.5
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
इदं कृतमिदं नेति द्वन्द्वैर् मुक्तं यदा मनः ।
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षेषु निरपेक्षं तदा भवेत् idaṃ kṛtam idaṃ neti dvandvair muktaṃ yadā manaḥ |
dharmārthakāmamokṣeṣu nirapekṣaṃ tadā bhavet
The line
When the mind is freed from the pairs this was done and this was not, then it would be without leaning among duty, wealth, desire, and liberation.
नेपालीमा
यो गरियो, यो गरिएन भन्ने द्वन्द्वबाट मन मुक्त हुँदा, धर्म, अर्थ, काम र मोक्षमा त्यो निरपेक्ष हुनेछ।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. Done and not done are the pair the mind is freed from.
Split: idam (इदम्) + kṛtam (कृतम्) + idam (इदम्) + na (न) + iti (इति) + dvandvaiḥ (द्वन्द्वैः) + muktam (मुक्तम्) + yadā (यदा) + manaḥ (मनः) + dharmārthakāmamokṣeṣu (धर्मार्थकाममोक्षेषु) + nirapekṣam (निरपेक्षम्) + tadā (तदा) + bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. |
| kṛtam (कृतम्) | nominative singular, neuter | done. Agrees with idam (इदम्). Joined to the next idam (इदम्). |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. Recited inside neti (नेति). |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. Closes idam (इदम्) kṛtam (कृतम्) and idam (इदम्) na (न). |
| dvandvaiḥ (द्वन्द्वैः) | instrumental plural, neuter | by the pairs. Recited dvandvair (द्वन्द्वैर्) before muktam (मुक्तम्). |
| muktam (मुक्तम्) | nominative singular, neuter | freed. Agrees with manaḥ (मनः). |
| yadā (यदा) | indeclinable | when. |
| manaḥ (मनः) | nominative singular, neuter | the mind. Subject of bhavet (भवेत्), described by muktam (मुक्तम्). |
| dharmārthakāmamokṣeṣu (धर्मार्थकाममोक्षेषु) | locative plural, masculine | among duty, wealth, desire, and liberation. Read from mokṣeṣu (मोक्षेषु). |
| nirapekṣam (निरपेक्षम्) | nominative singular, neuter | without leaning. Agrees with manaḥ (मनः). |
| tadā (तदा) | indeclinable | then. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative third person singular | would be. |
The phrases
yadā (यदा) manaḥ (मनः) is muktam (मुक्तम्) from the dvandvaiḥ (द्वन्द्वैः) of idam (इदम्) kṛtam (कृतम्) and idam (इदम्) na (न), tadā (तदा) it bhavet (भवेत्) nirapekṣam (निरपेक्षम्) in dharmārthakāmamokṣeṣu (धर्मार्थकाममोक्षेषु).
Sanskrit in this line
kṛtam (कृतम्) plus idam (इदम्) joins m (म्) to i (इ). na (न) plus iti (इति) is neti (नेति). dvandvaiḥ (द्वन्द्वैः) before m (म्) is dvandvair (द्वन्द्वैर्). dharma (धर्म) plus artha (अर्थ) plus kāma (काम) plus mokṣeṣu (मोक्षेषु) is dharmārthakāmamokṣeṣu (धर्मार्थकाममोक्षेषु).
Say it back
Freed from what pair would the mind be without leaning, and among what four?