Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.14
18.14
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
क्व मोहः क्व च वा विश्वं क्व तद् ध्यानं क्व मुक्तता ।
सर्वसङ्कल्पसीमायां विश्रान्तस्य महात्मनः kva mohaḥ kva ca vā viśvaṃ kva tad dhyānaṃ kva muktatā |
sarvasaṅkalpasīmāyāṃ viśrāntasya mahātmanaḥ
The line
Where is delusion, where the world, where meditation on that, where the state of being free, for the great self who has rested at the limit of every resolve?
नेपालीमा
सबै सङ्कल्पको सीमामा विश्राम गरेको महात्माको लागि मोह कहाँ, विश्व कहाँ, त्यसको ध्यान कहाँ, मुक्तता कहाँ?
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. Another four where questions, now about delusion, the world, meditation, and freedom.
Split: kva (क्व) + mohaḥ (मोहः) + kva (क्व) + ca (च) + vā (वा) + viśvam (विश्वम्) + kva (क्व) + tad (तद्) + dhyānam (ध्यानम्) + kva (क्व) + muktatā (मुक्तता) + sarvasaṅkalpasīmāyām (सर्वसङ्कल्पसीमायाम्) + viśrāntasya (विश्रान्तस्य) + mahātmanaḥ (महात्मनः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where. |
| mohaḥ (मोहः) | nominative singular, masculine | delusion. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| viśvam (विश्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the world. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where. |
| tad (तद्) | nominative singular, neuter | that. Agrees with dhyānam (ध्यानम्). Recited tad (तद्) before dh (ध्). |
| dhyānam (ध्यानम्) | nominative singular, neuter | meditation. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where. |
| muktatā (मुक्तता) | nominative singular, feminine | the state of being free. |
| sarvasaṅkalpasīmāyām (सर्वसङ्कल्पसीमायाम्) | locative singular, feminine | at the limit of every resolve. |
| viśrāntasya (विश्रान्तस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of one who has rested. |
| mahātmanaḥ (महात्मनः) | genitive singular, masculine | of the great self. Agrees with viśrāntasya (विश्रान्तस्य). |
The phrases
Four kva questions ask after mohaḥ (मोहः), viśvam (विश्वम्), tad dhyānam (ध्यानम्), and muktatā (मुक्तता). They belong to viśrāntasya (विश्रान्तस्य) mahātmanaḥ (महात्मनः), who is located in sarvasaṅkalpasīmāyām (सर्वसङ्कल्पसीमायाम्). No finite verb is printed.
Sanskrit in this line
tad dhyānam (ध्यानम्) is tad dhyānam (ध्यानम्), t before dh becoming the double in तद्ध्यानम्. The genitives carry no sandhi change.
Say it back
Where has the great self rested?