Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.12
18.12
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
क्व धर्मः क्व च वा कामः क्व चार्थः क्व विवेकिता ।
इदं कृतमिदं नेति द्वन्द्वैर् मुक्तस्य योगिनः kva dharmaḥ kva ca vā kāmaḥ kva cārthaḥ kva vivekitā |
idaṃ kṛtam idaṃ neti dvandvair muktasya yoginaḥ
The line
Where is duty, where desire, where wealth, where discrimination, for the yogin freed from the pairs 'this was done, this was not'?
नेपालीमा
यो गरियो, यो गरिएन भन्ने द्वन्द्वबाट मुक्त योगीको लागि धर्म कहाँ, काम कहाँ, अर्थ कहाँ, विवेकिता कहाँ?
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. Four where questions belong to the yogin freed from pairs.
Split: kva (क्व) + dharmaḥ (धर्मः) + kva (क्व) + ca (च) + vā (वा) + kāmaḥ (कामः) + kva (क्व) + ca (च) + arthaḥ (अर्थः) + kva (क्व) + vivekitā (विवेकिता) + idam (इदम्) + kṛtam (कृतम्) + idam (इदम्) + na (न) + iti (इति) + dvandvaiḥ (द्वन्द्वैः) + muktasya (मुक्तस्य) + yoginaḥ (योगिनः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where. |
| dharmaḥ (धर्मः) | nominative singular, masculine | duty. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| kāmaḥ (कामः) | nominative singular, masculine | desire. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. With arthaḥ (अर्थः) recited cārthaḥ (चार्थः). |
| arthaḥ (अर्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | wealth, an aim. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where. |
| vivekitā (विवेकिता) | nominative singular, feminine | the state of discrimination. |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. |
| kṛtam (कृतम्) | nominative singular, neuter | done. Agrees with the first idam (इदम्). |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. With iti (इति) recited neti (नेति). |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. |
| dvandvaiḥ (द्वन्द्वैः) | instrumental plural, neuter | by pairs. Recited dvandvair (द्वन्द्वैर्) before m (म्). |
| muktasya (मुक्तस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of the freed one. |
| yoginaḥ (योगिनः) | genitive singular, masculine | of the yogin. Agrees with muktasya (मुक्तस्य). |
The phrases
Four kva questions ask after dharmaḥ (धर्मः), kāmaḥ (कामः), arthaḥ (अर्थः), and vivekitā (विवेकिता). Those questions belong to muktasya yoginaḥ (योगिनः). dvandvaiḥ (द्वन्द्वैः) is what he is freed from, and iti names the pair idam kṛtam (कृतम्) and idam na.
Sanskrit in this line
ca arthaḥ (अर्थः) is cārthaḥ (चार्थः). na iti is neti. kṛtam (कृतम्) idam keeps m before i. dvandvaiḥ (द्वन्द्वैः) before mukta is dvandvair.
Say it back
From which quoted pair is the yogin freed?