Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.26
18.26
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
अतद्वादीव कुरुते न भवेदपि बालिशः ।
जीवन्मुक्तः सुखी श्रीमान् संसरन्नपि शोभते atadvādīva kurute na bhavedapi bāliśaḥ |
jīvanmuktaḥ sukhī śrīmān saṃsarannapi śobhate
The line
He acts as if he did not speak of That, and even so he would not become a fool. The one freed while living, happy and fortunate, shines even while wandering the world.
नेपालीमा
तत्त्व नबोल्नेझैँ गरे पनि ऊ मूर्ख हुँदैन। जीवनमुक्त, सुखी र श्रीमान् संसार डुल्दा पनि शोभिन्छ।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. No speech heading is printed before this verse. The chapter goes on with the one freed while living.
Split: atadvādī (अतद्वादी) + iva (इव) + kurute (कुरुते) + na (न) + bhavet (भवेत्) + api (अपि) + bāliśaḥ (बालिशः) + jīvanmuktaḥ (जीवन्मुक्तः) + sukhī (सुखी) + śrīmān (श्रीमान्) + saṃsaran (संसरन्) + api (अपि) + śobhate (शोभते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| atadvādī (अतद्वादी) | nominative singular, masculine | one who does not speak of That. a (अ) plus tadvādin (तद्वादिन्). |
| iva (इव) | indeclinable | as if. |
| kurute (कुरुते) | present third person singular | he acts. From kṛ (कृ). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative third person singular | he would become. From bhū (भू). Recited bhaved (भवेद्) before api (अपि). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| bāliśaḥ (बालिशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a fool. |
| jīvanmuktaḥ (जीवन्मुक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | one freed while living. |
| sukhī (सुखी) | nominative singular, masculine | happy. |
| śrīmān (श्रीमान्) | nominative singular, masculine | fortunate. |
| saṃsaran (संसरन्) | nominative singular, masculine | wandering the world. Present participle of saṃsṛ (संसृ). The print doubles n (न्) before api (अपि). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| śobhate (शोभते) | present third person singular | shines. |
The phrases
atadvādī iva (अतद्वादी इव) is the manner of kurute (कुरुते). na bhavet api (न भवेतपि) takes bāliśaḥ (बालिशः). jīvanmuktaḥ (जीवन्मुक्तः), sukhī (सुखी), and śrīmān (श्रीमान्) agree, and saṃsaran api (संसरनपि) goes with śobhate (शोभते).
Sanskrit in this line
atadvādī (अतद्वादी) plus iva is atadvādīva (अतद्वादीव). bhavet plus api is bhavedapi. saṃsaran (संसरन्) plus api doubles the n.
Say it back
Who shines even while wandering the world?