Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १६) / 16.7
16.7
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
हेयोपादेयता तावत् संसारविटपाङ्कुरः ।
स्पृहा जीवति यावद् वै निर्विचारदशास्पदम् heyopādeyatā tāvat saṃsāraviṭapāṅkuraḥ |
spṛhā jīvati yāvad vai nirvicāradaśāspadam
The line
The quality of a thing to leave and a thing to take is the sprout of the world tree just as long as longing lives. The seat of that is the state that does not weigh.
नेपालीमा
हेय र उपादेयको भाव संसाररूपी रुखको अङ्कुर हो, जबसम्म स्पृहा बाँच्छ। त्यसको ठाउँ निर्विचार दशा हो।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking. Leaving and taking last only while longing lives.
Split: heyopādeyatā (हेयोपादेयता) + tāvat (तावत्) + saṃsāraviṭapāṅkuraḥ (संसारविटपाङ्कुरः) + spṛhā (स्पृहा) + jīvati (जीवति) + yāvat (यावत्) + vai (वै) + nirvicāradaśāspadam (निर्विचारदशास्पदम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| heyopādeyatā (हेयोपादेयता) | nominative singular, feminine | the quality of having a thing to leave and a thing to take. Read from tā (ता). |
| tāvat (तावत्) | indeclinable | just so long, to that extent. |
| saṃsāraviṭapāṅkuraḥ (संसारविटपाङ्कुरः) | nominative singular, masculine | the sprout of the tree of the wandering. Read from aṅkuraḥ (अङ्कुरः). |
| spṛhā (स्पृहा) | nominative singular, feminine | longing. Subject of jīvati (जीवति). |
| jīvati (जीवति) | present third person singular | lives. From jīv (जीव्). |
| yāvat (यावत्) | indeclinable | as long as. Correlates with tāvat (तावत्). Recited yāvad (यावद्) before vai (वै). |
| vai (वै) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| nirvicāradaśāspadam (निर्विचारदशास्पदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the seat of the state that does not weigh. Read from aspadam (अस्पदम्). |
The phrases
tāvat (तावत्) and yāvat (यावत्) correlate. heyopādeyatā (हेयोपादेयता) is saṃsāraviṭapāṅkuraḥ (संसारविटपाङ्कुरः) for so long as spṛhā (स्पृहा) jīvati (जीवति). nirvicāradaśāspadam (निर्विचारदशास्पदम्) is the place named beside that.
Sanskrit in this line
heya (हेय) plus upādeyatā (उपादेयता) is heyopādeyatā (हेयोपादेयता). yāvat (यावत्) before vai (वै) is yāvad (यावद्). nirvicāra (निर्विचार) plus daśā (दशा) plus aspadam (अस्पदम्) is nirvicāradaśāspadam (निर्विचारदशास्पदम्).
Say it back
How long is leave and take the sprout of the world tree?