Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १७) / 17.12
17.12
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
paśyan śṛṇvan spṛśan jighrannअśnan gṛhṇan vadan vrajan | īhitānīhitair mukto mukta eva mahāśayaḥ
The line
Seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, taking, speaking, and going, freed from what was undertaken and from what was not, the great minded one is simply free.
नेपालीमा
हेर्दै, सुन्दै, छुँदै, सुँघ्दै, खाँदै, लिँदै, बोल्दै, हिँड्दै, आरम्भ गरिएको र नगरिएकोबाट मुक्त महाशय मुक्त नै हो।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. Eight participles name ordinary acts, then the line calls him free.
Split: paśyan (पश्यन्) + śṛṇvan (शृण्वन्) + spṛśan (स्पृशन्) + jighran (जिघ्रन्) + aśnan (अश्नन्) + gṛhṇan (गृह्णन्) + vadan (वदन्) + vrajan (व्रजन्) + īhitānīhitaiḥ (ईहितानीहितैः) + muktaḥ (मुक्तः) + muktaḥ (मुक्तः) + eva (एव) + mahāśayaḥ (महाशयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| paśyan (पश्यन्) | nominative singular, masculine | seeing. |
| śṛṇvan (शृण्वन्) | nominative singular, masculine | hearing. |
| spṛśan (स्पृशन्) | nominative singular, masculine | touching. |
| jighran (जिघ्रन्) | nominative singular, masculine | smelling. The file doubles the halant and writes a full अ. |
| aśnan (अश्नन्) | nominative singular, masculine | eating. |
| gṛhṇan (गृह्णन्) | nominative singular, masculine | taking. |
| vadan (वदन्) | nominative singular, masculine | speaking. |
| vrajan (व्रजन्) | nominative singular, masculine | going. |
| īhitānīhitaiḥ (ईहितानीहितैः) | instrumental plural, neuter | by what was undertaken and what was not. Recited īhitānīhitair (ईहितानीहितैर्) before m (म्). |
| muktaḥ (मुक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | freed. Recited mukto (मुक्तो) before the next muktaḥ (मुक्तः). |
| muktaḥ (मुक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | the free one. Recited mukta (मुक्त) before eva (एव), visarga dropped. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed, simply. |
| mahāśayaḥ (महाशयः) | nominative singular, masculine | the great minded one. |
The phrases
The eight participles agree with mahāśayaḥ (महाशयः). īhitānīhitaiḥ (ईहितानीहितैः) is the instrument of the first muktaḥ (मुक्तः). The second muktaḥ (मुक्तः) eva is the predicate of mahāśayaḥ (महाशयः).
Sanskrit in this line
The file writes जिघ्रन्न्अ again, halant then a full अ. īhita (ईहित) anīhitaiḥ (अनीहितैः) is īhitānīhitair (ईहितानीहितैर्). muktaḥ (मुक्तः) muktaḥ (मुक्तः) eva is mukto mukta eva.
Say it back
From what pair is the great minded one freed?