Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.13
18.13
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
कृत्यं किमपि नैवास्ति न कापि हृदि रञ्जना ।
यथा जीवनमेवेह जीवन्मुक्तस्य योगिनः kṛtyaṃ kim api naivāsti na kāpi hṛdi rañjanā |
yathā jīvanam eveha jīvanmuktasya yoginaḥ
The line
For the yogin freed while living there is nothing at all that must be done, and no coloring in the heart. Here there is simply life as it is.
नेपालीमा
जीवन्मुक्त योगीको केही कृत्य छैन हृदयमा कुनै रञ्जना छैन। यहाँ जीवन जस्तो छ त्यस्तै हो।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. Duty and heart coloring are both denied of the one freed while living.
Split: kṛtyam (कृत्यम्) + kim (किम्) + api (अपि) + na (न) + eva (एव) + asti (अस्ति) + na (न) + kā (का) + api (अपि) + hṛdi (हृदि) + rañjanā (रञ्जना) + yathā (यथा) + jīvanam (जीवनम्) + eva (एव) + iha (इह) + jīvanmuktasya (जीवन्मुक्तस्य) + yoginaḥ (योगिनः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kṛtyam (कृत्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | a thing that ought to be done. |
| kim (किम्) | nominative singular, neuter | any, what. Agrees with kṛtyam (कृत्यम्). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | at all. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. With eva (एव) and asti (अस्ति) recited naivāsti (नैवास्ति). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| asti (अस्ति) | present third person singular | is. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| kā (का) | nominative singular, feminine | any. With api (अपि) recited kāpi (कापि). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | at all. |
| hṛdi (हृदि) | locative singular, neuter | in the heart. |
| rañjanā (रञ्जना) | nominative singular, feminine | coloring, a stain of delight. Agrees with kā (का). |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as, just as it is. |
| jīvanam (जीवनम्) | nominative singular, neuter | living. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | simply. With iha (इह) recited eveha (एवेह). |
| iha (इह) | indeclinable | here. |
| jīvanmuktasya (जीवन्मुक्तस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of one freed while living. |
| yoginaḥ (योगिनः) | genitive singular, masculine | of the yogin. Agrees with jīvanmuktasya (जीवन्मुक्तस्य). |
The phrases
kṛtyam (कृत्यम्) kim api is the subject of na eva asti. rañjanā (रञ्जना) kā (का) api is a second subject denied, located hṛdi (हृदि). Both belong to jīvanmuktasya (जीवन्मुक्तस्य) yoginaḥ (योगिनः). yathā (यथा) jīvanam (जीवनम्) eva iha is the remaining claim about that same yogin.
Sanskrit in this line
na eva asti is naivāsti (नैवास्ति). kā (का) api is kāpi (कापि). eva iha is eveha. jīvanam (जीवनम्) before that keeps m.
Say it back
What two things are said not to be there?