Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.11
18.11
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
स्वाराज्ये भैक्षवृत्तौ च लाभालाभे जने वने ।
निर्विकल्पस्वभावस्य न विशेषोऽस्ति योगिनः svārājye bhaikṣavṛttau ca lābhālābhe jane vane |
nirvikalpasvabhāvasya na viśeṣo 'sti yoginaḥ
The line
In his own rule or in the alms round, in gain and loss, among people or in the forest, there is no difference for the yogin whose nature is without alternatives.
नेपालीमा
स्वराज्यमा होस् वा भिक्षावृत्तिमा, लाभ र अलाभमा, जनमा र वनमा निर्विकल्प स्वभाव भएको योगीको भेद छैन।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. Opposite circumstances are listed, then a denial of difference.
Split: svārājye (स्वाराज्ये) + bhaikṣavṛttau (भैक्षवृत्तौ) + ca (च) + lābhālābhe (लाभालाभे) + jane (जने) + vane (वने) + nirvikalpasvabhāvasya (निर्विकल्पस्वभावस्य) + na (न) + viśeṣaḥ (विशेषः) + asti (अस्ति) + yoginaḥ (योगिनः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svārājye (स्वाराज्ये) | locative singular, neuter | in one's own rule. |
| bhaikṣavṛttau (भैक्षवृत्तौ) | locative singular, feminine | in the conduct of alms. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| lābhālābhe (लाभालाभे) | locative singular, masculine | in gain and loss. |
| jane (जने) | locative singular, masculine | among people. |
| vane (वने) | locative singular, neuter | in the forest. |
| nirvikalpasvabhāvasya (निर्विकल्पस्वभावस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of one whose nature is without alternatives. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| viśeṣaḥ (विशेषः) | nominative singular, masculine | a difference. Recited viśeṣo (विशेषो) before the avagraha. |
| asti (अस्ति) | present third person singular | is. |
| yoginaḥ (योगिनः) | genitive singular, masculine | of the yogin. Agrees with nirvikalpasvabhāvasya (निर्विकल्पस्वभावस्य). |
The phrases
na viśeṣaḥ (विशेषः) asti is the claim. It belongs to nirvikalpasvabhāvasya (निर्विकल्पस्वभावस्य) yoginaḥ (योगिनः). The locatives list the pairs of circumstance where the difference is absent.
Sanskrit in this line
lābha (लाभ) alābhe (अलाभे) is lābhālābhe (लाभालाभे). viśeṣaḥ (विशेषः) asti is viśeṣo (विशेषो) 'sti.
Say it back
Where, in this line, is there no difference?