Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १७) / 17.2
17.2
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
न कदाचिज् जगत्यस्मिन् तत्त्वज्ञो हन्त खिद्यति ।
यत एकेन तेनेदं पूर्णं ब्रह्माण्डमण्डलम् na kadācij jagaty asmin tattvajño hanta khidyati |
yata ekena tenedaṃ pūrṇaṃ brahmāṇḍamaṇḍalam
The line
The knower of reality never grieves in this world, for by that one this whole circle of the world egg is full.
नेपालीमा
तत्त्व जान्ने व्यक्ति यस जगत्मा कहिल्यै खिन्न हुँदैन, किनकि त्यही एकले यो सारा ब्रह्माण्डको मण्डललाई भरेको छ।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. The line gives the reason the knower does not grieve.
Split: na (न) + kadācit (कदाचित्) + jagati (जगति) + asmin (अस्मिन्) + tattvajñaḥ (तत्त्वज्ञः) + hanta (हन्त) + khidyati (खिद्यति) + yataḥ (यतः) + ekena (एकेन) + tena (तेन) + idam (इदम्) + pūrṇam (पूर्णम्) + brahmāṇḍamaṇḍalam (ब्रह्माण्डमण्डलम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| kadācit (कदाचित्) | indeclinable | ever. Before j (ज्) recited kadācij (कदाचिज्). |
| jagati (जगति) | locative singular, neuter | in the world. With asmin (अस्मिन्) recited jagaty asmin (जगत्यस्मिन्). |
| asmin (अस्मिन्) | locative singular, neuter | in this. Agrees with jagati (जगति). |
| tattvajñaḥ (तत्त्वज्ञः) | nominative singular, masculine | the knower of reality. Recited tattvajño (तत्त्वज्ञो) before h (ह्). |
| hanta (हन्त) | indeclinable | ah, surely. |
| khidyati (खिद्यति) | present third person singular | grieves. |
| yataḥ (यतः) | indeclinable | because. Before e (ए) the visarga drops, recited yata (यत). |
| ekena (एकेन) | instrumental singular, masculine | by the one. |
| tena (तेन) | instrumental singular, masculine | by that. With idam (इदम्) recited tenedaṃ (तेनेदं). |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. |
| pūrṇam (पूर्णम्) | nominative singular, neuter | full. Agrees with brahmāṇḍamaṇḍalam (ब्रह्माण्डमण्डलम्). |
| brahmāṇḍamaṇḍalam (ब्रह्माण्डमण्डलम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the circle of the world egg. |
The phrases
tattvajñaḥ (तत्त्वज्ञः) is the subject of na khidyati. jagati asmin locates the grieving that does not happen. yataḥ (यतः) gives the cause. ekena and tena are the same instrument, and pūrṇam (पूर्णम्) agrees with idam brahmāṇḍamaṇḍalam (ब्रह्माण्डमण्डलम्).
Sanskrit in this line
kadācit (कदाचित्) before jagati is kadācij (कदाचिज्) jagaty. tena idam is tenedam. yataḥ (यतः) before ekena is yata, visarga dropped.
Say it back
Why does the knower of reality not grieve?