Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १७) / 17.1
17.1
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
तेन ज्ञानफलं प्राप्तं योगाभ्यासफलं तथा ।
तृप्तः स्वच्छेन्द्रियो नित्यमेकाकी रमते तु यः tena jñānaphalaṃ prāptaṃ yogābhyāsaphalaṃ tathā |
tṛptaḥ svacchendriyo nityamekākī ramate tu yaḥ
The line
By that one the fruit of knowledge is gained, and the fruit of yoga practice as well. He is the one who, content, senses clear, always delights alone.
नेपालीमा
उसले ज्ञानको फल पाएको छ र योगाभ्यासको फल पनि पाएको छ। जो तृप्त छ र जसका इन्द्रिय स्वच्छ छन्, ऊ सधैँ एक्लै रमाउँछ।
Where it sits
Astavakra speaks. aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) uvāca (उवाच) is printed before the verse and is not numbered. The chapter opens on the one who delights alone.
Split: tena (तेन) + jñānaphalam (ज्ञानफलम्) + prāptam (प्राप्तम्) + yogābhyāsaphalam (योगाभ्यासफलम्) + tathā (तथा) + tṛptaḥ (तृप्तः) + svacchendriyaḥ (स्वच्छेन्द्रियः) + nityam (नित्यम्) + ekākī (एकाकी) + ramate (रमते) + tu (तु) + yaḥ (यः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tena (तेन) | instrumental singular, masculine | by that one. Correlates with yaḥ (यः). |
| jñānaphalam (ज्ञानफलम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the fruit of knowledge. |
| prāptam (प्राप्तम्) | nominative singular, neuter | gained. Agrees with jñānaphalam (ज्ञानफलम्). |
| yogābhyāsaphalam (योगाभ्यासफलम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the fruit of yoga practice. tathā (तथा) carries prāptam (प्राप्तम्) over to it. |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | likewise. |
| tṛptaḥ (तृप्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | content. Agrees with yaḥ (यः). |
| svacchendriyaḥ (स्वच्छेन्द्रियः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose senses are clear. Recited svacchendriyo (स्वच्छेन्द्रियो) before n (न्). |
| nityam (नित्यम्) | indeclinable | always. Before the vowel of ekākī (एकाकी) the line says nityamekākī (नित्यमेकाकी), with m (म्). |
| ekākī (एकाकी) | nominative singular, masculine | alone, solitary. |
| ramate (रमते) | present third person singular | delights. From ram (रम्). |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| yaḥ (यः) | nominative singular, masculine | who. |
The phrases
yaḥ (यः) is the subject of ramate. tṛptaḥ (तृप्तः), svacchendriyaḥ (स्वच्छेन्द्रियः), and ekākī (एकाकी) agree with yaḥ (यः). tena points back to that same one, and prāptam (प्राप्तम्) agrees with jñānaphalam (ज्ञानफलम्). tathā (तथा) lets prāptam (प्राप्तम्) cover yogābhyāsaphalam (योगाभ्यासफलम्) too.
Sanskrit in this line
svacchendriyaḥ (स्वच्छेन्द्रियः) before n is svacchendriyo. nityam before ekākī (एकाकी) is one run, nityamekākī (नित्यमेकाकी).
Say it back
Who is said to have gained both fruits?