Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.6
18.6
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
व्यामोहमात्रविरतौ स्वरूपादानमात्रतः ।
वीतशोका विराजन्ते निरावरणदृष्टयः vyāmohamātraviratau svarūpādānamātrataḥ |
vītaśokā virājante nirāvaraṇadṛṣṭayaḥ
The line
When bewilderment merely ceases, merely from taking up one's own form, those whose sorrow has gone and whose seeing has no cover shine.
नेपालीमा
व्यामोह मेटिँदा मात्र, आफ्नो स्वरूप लिँदा मात्र, शोक गएका र आवरणरहित दृष्टि भएकाहरू शोभा पाउँछन्।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. Shining is tied to the mere end of bewilderment.
Split: vyāmohamātraviratau (व्यामोहमात्रविरतौ) + svarūpādānamātrataḥ (स्वरूपादानमात्रतः) + vītaśokāḥ (वीतशोकाः) + virājante (विराजन्ते) + nirāvaraṇadṛṣṭayaḥ (निरावरणदृष्टयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyāmohamātraviratau (व्यामोहमात्रविरतौ) | locative singular, feminine | in the mere cessation of bewilderment. |
| svarūpādānamātrataḥ (स्वरूपादानमात्रतः) | indeclinable | merely from taking up one's own form. |
| vītaśokāḥ (वीतशोकाः) | nominative plural, masculine | those whose sorrow has gone. Recited vītaśokā (वीतशोका) before v (व्), visarga dropped. |
| virājante (विराजन्ते) | present third person plural | they shine. |
| nirāvaraṇadṛṣṭayaḥ (निरावरणदृष्टयः) | nominative plural, masculine | those whose seeing has no cover. Agrees with vītaśokāḥ (वीतशोकाः). |
The phrases
vītaśokāḥ (वीतशोकाः) and nirāvaraṇadṛṣṭayaḥ (निरावरणदृष्टयः) are the subject of virājante (विराजन्ते). vyāmohamātraviratau (व्यामोहमात्रविरतौ) locates the shining. svarūpādānamātrataḥ (स्वरूपादानमात्रतः) gives the mere means.
Sanskrit in this line
svarūpa (स्वरूप) ādāna (आदान) is svarūpādāna (स्वरूपादान). vītaśokāḥ (वीतशोकाः) before virājante (विराजन्ते) drops the visarga.
Say it back
From what mere act do they shine?