Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.22
18.22
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
असंसारस्य तु क्वापि न हर्षो न विषादता ।
स शीतलमना नित्यं विदेह इव राजये asaṃsārasya tu kvāpi na harṣo na viṣādatā |
sa śītalamanā nityaṃ videha iva rājaye
The line
For the one who is not of the wandering world, delight is nowhere and the state of sinking is nowhere. He, cool in mind, always shines as if without a body.
नेपालीमा
असंसारको कतै हर्ष छैन, विषादता छैन। शीतल मन भएको ऊ सधैँ विदेह जस्तै शोभा पाउँछ।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. Delight and sinking are both absent, then a comparison with one who has no body.
Split: asaṃsārasya (असंसारस्य) + tu (तु) + kva (क्व) + api (अपि) + na (न) + harṣaḥ (हर्षः) + na (न) + viṣādatā (विषादता) + saḥ (सः) + śītalamanāḥ (शीतलमनाः) + nityam (नित्यम्) + videhaḥ (विदेहः) + iva (इव) + rājaye (राजये)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| asaṃsārasya (असंसारस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of one who is not of the wandering world. |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where. With api (अपि) recited kvāpi (क्वापि). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | anywhere. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| harṣaḥ (हर्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | delight. Recited harṣo (हर्षो) before n (न्). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| viṣādatā (विषादता) | nominative singular, feminine | the state of sinking, dejection. |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | he. Recited sa (स) before ś (श्), visarga dropped. |
| śītalamanāḥ (शीतलमनाः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose mind is cool. Recited śītalamanā (शीतलमना) before n (न्), visarga dropped. |
| nityam (नित्यम्) | indeclinable | always. |
| videhaḥ (विदेहः) | nominative singular, masculine | one without a body. Recited videha (विदेह) before iva (इव), visarga dropped. |
| iva (इव) | indeclinable | as if. |
| rājaye (राजये) | printed finite verb | shines. The line prints rājaye (राजये). |
The phrases
harṣaḥ (हर्षः) and viṣādatā (विषादता) are both denied, located kvāpi (क्वापि), and they belong to asaṃsārasya (असंसारस्य). saḥ (सः) śītalamanāḥ (शीतलमनाः) is the subject of the printed verb, with nityam as the time and videhaḥ (विदेहः) iva as the comparison.
Sanskrit in this line
kva api is kvāpi (क्वापि). saḥ (सः) before śītala (शीतल) drops the visarga. The line ends rājaye (राजये), and the table keeps that printed verb.
Say it back
What two states are nowhere for him?