Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.24
18.24
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
प्रकृत्या शून्यचित्तस्य कुर्वतोऽस्य यदृच्छया ।
प्राकृतस्येव धीरस्य न मानो नावमानता prakṛtyā śūnyacittasya kurvato 'sya yadṛcchayā |
prākṛtasyeva dhīrasya na māno nāvamānatā
The line
For this empty minded one, empty by nature, doing by what comes of itself, for the steady one as for an ordinary person, there is no honor and no state of being slighted.
नेपालीमा
स्वभावैले शून्य चित्त भएको, जे आइपर्छ त्यही गर्ने यस धीरको सामान्य मानिसको जस्तै मान छैन, अपमान पनि छैन।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. Honor and disgrace are denied together.
Split: prakṛtyā (प्रकृत्या) + śūnyacittasya (शून्यचित्तस्य) + kurvataḥ (कुर्वतः) + asya (अस्य) + yadṛcchayā (यदृच्छया) + prākṛtasya (प्राकृतस्य) + iva (इव) + dhīrasya (धीरस्य) + na (न) + mānaḥ (मानः) + na (न) + avamānatā (अवमानता)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prakṛtyā (प्रकृत्या) | instrumental singular, feminine | by nature. |
| śūnyacittasya (शून्यचित्तस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of the empty minded one. |
| kurvataḥ (कुर्वतः) | genitive singular, masculine | of one who is doing. Recited kurvato (कुर्वतो) before the avagraha. |
| asya (अस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of this one. Agrees with kurvataḥ (कुर्वतः). |
| yadṛcchayā (यदृच्छया) | instrumental singular, feminine | by what comes of itself. |
| prākṛtasya (प्राकृतस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of an ordinary person. With iva (इव) recited prākṛtasyeva (प्राकृतस्येव). |
| iva (इव) | indeclinable | like, as. |
| dhīrasya (धीरस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of the steady one. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| mānaḥ (मानः) | nominative singular, masculine | honor, pride. Recited māno (मानो) before n (न्). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. With avamānatā (अवमानता) recited nāvamānatā (नावमानता). |
| avamānatā (अवमानता) | nominative singular, feminine | the state of being slighted. |
The phrases
mānaḥ (मानः) and avamānatā (अवमानता) are both denied. They belong to dhīrasya (धीरस्य), compared by iva with prākṛtasya (प्राकृतस्य). śūnyacittasya (शून्यचित्तस्य) is qualified by prakṛtyā (प्रकृत्या). kurvataḥ (कुर्वतः) asya is qualified by yadṛcchayā (यदृच्छया). The genitives name one steady one.
Sanskrit in this line
kurvataḥ (कुर्वतः) asya is kurvato 'sya. prākṛtasya (प्राकृतस्य) iva is prākṛtasyeva (प्राकृतस्येव). na avamānatā (अवमानता) is nāvamānatā (नावमानता). mānaḥ (मानः) before na is māno (मानो).
Say it back
What two states are denied of the steady one?