Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १७) / 17.17
17.17
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
न मुक्तो विषयद्वेष्टा न वा विषयलोलुपः ।
असंसक्तमना नित्यं प्राप्ताप्राप्तमुपाश्नुते na mukto viṣayadveṣṭā na vā viṣayalolupaḥ |
asaṃsaktamanā nityaṃ prāptāprāptam upāśnute
The line
The free one is not a hater of objects, nor one greedy for objects. Mind unattached, he always partakes of what has come and of what has not.
नेपालीमा
मुक्त मानिस विषयको द्वेषी होइन, विषयको लोभी पनि होइन। अनासक्त मनले ऊ सधैँ पाएको र नपाएको उपभोग गर्छ।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. Hating objects and craving them are both refused.
Split: na (न) + muktaḥ (मुक्तः) + viṣayadveṣṭā (विषयद्वेष्टा) + na (न) + vā (वा) + viṣayalolupaḥ (विषयलोलुपः) + asaṃsaktamanāḥ (असंसक्तमनाः) + nityam (नित्यम्) + prāptāprāptam (प्राप्ताप्राप्तम्) + upāśnute (उपाश्नुते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| muktaḥ (मुक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | the free one. Recited mukto (मुक्तो) before v (व्). |
| viṣayadveṣṭā (विषयद्वेष्टा) | nominative singular, masculine | a hater of objects. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| viṣayalolupaḥ (विषयलोलुपः) | nominative singular, masculine | one greedy for objects. |
| asaṃsaktamanāḥ (असंसक्तमनाः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose mind is unattached. Recited asaṃsaktamanā (असंसक्तमना) before n (न्), visarga dropped. |
| nityam (नित्यम्) | indeclinable | always. |
| prāptāprāptam (प्राप्ताप्राप्तम्) | accusative singular, neuter | what has come and what has not come. |
| upāśnute (उपाश्नुते) | present third person singular | partakes, enjoys. |
The phrases
muktaḥ (मुक्तः) is identified with neither viṣayadveṣṭā (विषयद्वेष्टा) nor viṣayalolupaḥ (विषयलोलुपः). asaṃsaktamanāḥ (असंसक्तमनाः) agrees with muktaḥ (मुक्तः) as the subject of upāśnute (उपाश्नुते). prāptāprāptam (प्राप्ताप्राप्तम्) is the object. nityam marks the time.
Sanskrit in this line
muktaḥ (मुक्तः) before viṣaya (विषय) is mukto. asaṃsaktamanāḥ (असंसक्तमनाः) before nityam drops the visarga. prāpta (प्राप्त) aprāptam (अप्राप्तम्) is prāptāprāptam (प्राप्ताप्राप्तम्).
Say it back
What does the unattached mind partake of?