Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १७) / 17.10
17.10
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
न जागर्ति न निद्राति नोन्मीलति न मीलति ।
अहो परदशा क्वापि वर्तते मुक्तचेतसः na jāgarti na nidrāti nonmīlati na mīlati |
aho paradaśā kvāpi vartate muktacetasaḥ
The line
He does not wake, does not sleep, does not open the eyes, does not close them. Ah, the supreme state of the freed mind goes on somewhere.
नेपालीमा
ऊ जाग्दैन, सुत्दैन, आँखा खोल्दैन, आँखा चिम्लँदैन। अहो, मुक्त चित्तको परदशा कतै चलेको छ।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. Four ordinary acts of the eyes and of waking are denied.
Split: na (न) + jāgarti (जागर्ति) + na (न) + nidrāti (निद्राति) + na (न) + unmīlati (उन्मीलति) + na (न) + mīlati (मीलति) + aho (अहो) + paradaśā (परदशा) + kva (क्व) + api (अपि) + vartate (वर्तते) + muktacetasaḥ (मुक्तचेतसः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| jāgarti (जागर्ति) | present third person singular | wakes. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| nidrāti (निद्राति) | present third person singular | sleeps. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. With unmīlati (उन्मीलति) recited nonmīlati (नोन्मीलति). |
| unmīlati (उन्मीलति) | present third person singular | opens the eyes. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| mīlati (मीलति) | present third person singular | closes the eyes. |
| aho (अहो) | indeclinable | ah. |
| paradaśā (परदशा) | nominative singular, feminine | the supreme state. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where. With api (अपि) recited kvāpi (क्वापि). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | some, at all. |
| vartate (वर्तते) | present third person singular | goes on, is found. |
| muktacetasaḥ (मुक्तचेतसः) | genitive singular, masculine | of the one whose mind is free. |
The phrases
Four na clauses deny jāgarti (जागर्ति), nidrāti (निद्राति), unmīlati (उन्मीलति), and mīlati (मीलति). The subject is carried from the free one of the chapter. paradaśā (परदशा) is the subject of vartate, and muktacetasaḥ (मुक्तचेतसः) says whose state it is. kva api leaves the place unfixed.
Sanskrit in this line
na unmīlati (उन्मीलति) is nonmīlati (नोन्मीलति). kva api is kvāpi (क्वापि).
Say it back
Whose supreme state is said to go on somewhere?