Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १६) / 16.6
16.6
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
विरक्तो विषयद्वेष्टा रागी विषयलोलुपः ।
ग्रहमोक्षविहीनस् तु न विरक्तो न रागवान् virakto viṣayadveṣṭā rāgī viṣayalolupaḥ |
grahamokṣavihīnas tu na virakto na rāgavān
The line
The dispassionate one hates objects. The passionate one is greedy for objects. But one free of both grasping and release is neither dispassionate nor full of passion.
नेपालीमा
विरक्त विषयलाई द्वेष गर्छ। रागी विषयको लोभी हुन्छ। ग्रहण र मोक्ष दुवैबाट रहित चाहिँ न विरक्त हो न रागवान्।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. Dispassion and passion are both set aside for the one free of grasping and of release.
Split: viraktaḥ (विरक्तः) + viṣayadveṣṭā (विषयद्वेष्टा) + rāgī (रागी) + viṣayalolupaḥ (विषयलोलुपः) + grahamokṣavihīnaḥ (ग्रहमोक्षविहीनः) + tu (तु) + na (न) + viraktaḥ (विरक्तः) + na (न) + rāgavān (रागवान्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| viraktaḥ (विरक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | the dispassionate one. Recited virakto (विरक्तो) before viṣayadveṣṭā (विषयद्वेष्टा). |
| viṣayadveṣṭā (विषयद्वेष्टा) | nominative singular, masculine | a hater of objects. Read from dveṣṭā (द्वेष्टा). Predicate of viraktaḥ (विरक्तः). |
| rāgī (रागी) | nominative singular, masculine | the passionate one. |
| viṣayalolupaḥ (विषयलोलुपः) | nominative singular, masculine | greedy for objects. Read from lolupaḥ (लोलुपः). Predicate of rāgī (रागी). |
| grahamokṣavihīnaḥ (ग्रहमोक्षविहीनः) | nominative singular, masculine | one free of grasping and of release. Read from vihīnaḥ (विहीनः). Recited vihīnas (विहीन) before tu (तु). |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| viraktaḥ (विरक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | dispassionate. Recited virakto (विरक्तो) before na (न). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| rāgavān (रागवान्) | nominative singular, masculine | full of passion. |
The phrases
viraktaḥ (विरक्तः) is viṣayadveṣṭā (विषयद्वेष्टा), and rāgī (रागी) is viṣayalolupaḥ (विषयलोलुपः). grahamokṣavihīnaḥ (ग्रहमोक्षविहीनः) tu (तु) is na (न) viraktaḥ (विरक्तः) and na (न) rāgavān (रागवान्).
Sanskrit in this line
viraktaḥ (विरक्तः) before v (व्) is virakto (विरक्तो), and again before na (न). grahamokṣavihīnaḥ (ग्रहमोक्षविहीनः) before tu (तु) is vihīnas (विहीन).
Say it back
Who is neither dispassionate nor full of passion?