Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.27
18.27
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
नानाविचारसुश्रान्तो धीरो विश्रान्तिमागतः ।
न कल्पते न जानाति न शृणोति न पश्यति nānāvicārasuśrānto dhīro viśrāntim āgataḥ |
na kalpate na jānāti na śṛṇoti na paśyati
The line
The steady one, thoroughly wearied by many reflections and arrived at rest, does not imagine, does not know, does not hear, and does not see.
नेपालीमा
अनेक विचारले थाकेर विश्राममा पुगेको धीरले कल्पना गर्दैन, जान्दैन, सुन्दैन, हेर्दैन।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. This line sets the steady one who has come to rest against the four acts he does not do.
Split: nānāvicārasuśrāntaḥ (नानाविचारसुश्रान्तः) + dhīraḥ (धीरः) + viśrāntim (विश्रान्तिम्) + āgataḥ (आगतः) + na (न) + kalpate (कल्पते) + na (न) + jānāti (जानाति) + na (न) + śṛṇoti (शृणोति) + na (न) + paśyati (पश्यति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nānāvicārasuśrāntaḥ (नानाविचारसुश्रान्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | thoroughly wearied by many reflections. Recited suśrānto (सुश्रान्तो) before dh (ध्). |
| dhīraḥ (धीरः) | nominative singular, masculine | the steady one. Recited dhīro (धीरो) before v (व्). |
| viśrāntim (विश्रान्तिम्) | accusative singular, feminine | rest. |
| āgataḥ (आगतः) | nominative singular, masculine | having arrived. Agrees with dhīraḥ (धीरः). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| kalpate (कल्पते) | present third person singular | he imagines. From kḷp (कॢप्). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| jānāti (जानाति) | present third person singular | he knows. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| śṛṇoti (शृणोति) | present third person singular | he hears. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| paśyati (पश्यति) | present third person singular | he sees. |
The phrases
nānāvicārasuśrāntaḥ (नानाविचारसुश्रान्तः) and āgataḥ (आगतः) agree with dhīraḥ (धीरः). viśrāntim (विश्रान्तिम्) is what he has reached. Four na (न) verbs share that subject.
Sanskrit in this line
suśrāntaḥ (सुश्रान्तः) before dhīraḥ (धीरः) is suśrānto (सुश्रान्तो). dhīraḥ (धीरः) before viśrāntim (विश्रान्तिम्) is dhīro (धीरो).
Say it back
What four acts does the steady one at rest not do?