Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.1
18.1
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
यस्य बोधोदये तावत् स्वप्नवद् भवति भ्रमः ।
तस्मै सुखैकरूपाय नमः शान्ताय तेजसे yasya bodhodaye tāvat svapnavad bhavati bhramaḥ |
tasmai sukhaikarūpāya namaḥ śāntāya tejase
The line
For the one at whose rising of knowing error becomes like a dream, homage to that peaceful splendor whose one form is ease.
नेपालीमा
जसको बोध उदाउँदा भ्रम स्वप्न जस्तो हुन्छ, सुख नै जसको एक रूप हो, त्यस शान्त तेजलाई नमस्कार।
Where it sits
Astavakra speaks. aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) uvāca (उवाच) is printed before the verse and is not numbered. Chapter 18 opens with homage.
Split: yasya (यस्य) + bodhodaye (बोधोदये) + tāvat (तावत्) + svapnavat (स्वप्नवत्) + bhavati (भवति) + bhramaḥ (भ्रमः) + tasmai (तस्मै) + sukhaikarūpāya (सुखैकरूपाय) + namaḥ (नमः) + śāntāya (शान्ताय) + tejase (तेजसे)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yasya (यस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of whom. |
| bodhodaye (बोधोदये) | locative singular, masculine | at the rising of knowing. |
| tāvat (तावत्) | indeclinable | to that extent, then. |
| svapnavat (स्वप्नवत्) | indeclinable | like a dream. Recited svapnavad (स्वप्नवद्) before b (ब्). |
| bhavati (भवति) | present third person singular | becomes. |
| bhramaḥ (भ्रमः) | nominative singular, masculine | error, wandering. |
| tasmai (तस्मै) | dative singular, masculine | to that one. Correlates with yasya (यस्य). |
| sukhaikarūpāya (सुखैकरूपाय) | dative singular, masculine | whose one form is ease. Agrees with tasmai (तस्मै). |
| namaḥ (नमः) | indeclinable | homage. |
| śāntāya (शान्ताय) | dative singular, masculine | to the peaceful. Agrees with tasmai (तस्मै). |
| tejase (तेजसे) | dative singular, neuter | to the splendor. Agrees in case with tasmai (तस्मै). |
The phrases
yasya correlates with tasmai. bhramaḥ (भ्रमः) is the subject of bhavati, and svapnavat is the predicate manner. bodhodaye locates the change. namaḥ (नमः) is offered to tasmai, and the three other datives agree with it.
Sanskrit in this line
bodha udaye is bodhodaye. svapnavat before bhavati is svapnavad. tāvat (तावत्) keeps t before sv.
Say it back
To whom is the homage offered?