Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.23
18.23
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
कुत्रापि न जिहासास्ति नाशो वापि न कुत्रचित् ।
आत्मारामस्य धीरस्य शीतलाच्छतरात्मनः kutrāpi na jihāsāsti nāśo vāpi na kutracit |
ātmārāmasya dhīrasya śītalācchatarātmanaḥ
The line
Nowhere is there a wish to abandon, and nowhere is there destruction, for the steady one who delights in the self, whose self is cool and clear.
नेपालीमा
आत्मामा रमाउने, शीतल र स्वच्छ आत्मा भएको धीरलाई कतै छाड्ने इच्छा छैन, कतै नाश पनि छैन।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. A wish to abandon and destruction are both denied of the steady one.
Split: kutra (कुत्र) + api (अपि) + na (न) + jihāsā (जिहासा) + asti (अस्ति) + nāśaḥ (नाशः) + vā (वा) + api (अपि) + na (न) + kutracit (कुत्रचित्) + ātmārāmasya (आत्मारामस्य) + dhīrasya (धीरस्य) + śītalācchatarātmanaḥ (शीतलाच्छतरात्मनः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kutra (कुत्र) | indeclinable | where. With api (अपि) recited kutrāpi (कुत्रापि). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | anywhere. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| jihāsā (जिहासा) | nominative singular, feminine | the wish to abandon. With asti (अस्ति) recited jihāsāsti (जिहासास्ति). |
| asti (अस्ति) | present third person singular | is. |
| nāśaḥ (नाशः) | nominative singular, masculine | destruction. Recited nāśo (नाशो) before v (व्). |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. With api (अपि) recited vāpi (वापि). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| kutracit (कुत्रचित्) | indeclinable | anywhere. |
| ātmārāmasya (आत्मारामस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of one who delights in the self. |
| dhīrasya (धीरस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of the steady one. Agrees with ātmārāmasya (आत्मारामस्य). |
| śītalācchatarātmanaḥ (शीतलाच्छतरात्मनः) | genitive singular, masculine | of one whose self is cool and clearer. Agrees with dhīrasya (धीरस्य). |
The phrases
jihāsā (जिहासा) is the subject of na asti, located kutra api. nāśaḥ (नाशः) is a second nominative denied, located na kutracit, joined by vā (वा) api. The three genitives name whose wish and whose destruction are absent.
Sanskrit in this line
kutra api is kutrāpi (कुत्रापि). jihāsā (जिहासा) asti is jihāsāsti (जिहासास्ति). vā (वा) api is vāpi (वापि). śītala (शीतल) acchatara ātmanaḥ (आत्मनः) is one compound.
Say it back
What wish is nowhere?