Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.35
18.35
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
शुद्धं बुद्धं प्रियं पूर्णं निष्प्रपञ्चं निरामयम् ।
आत्मानं तं न जानन्ति तत्राभ्यासपरा जनाः śuddhaṃ buddhaṃ priyaṃ pūrṇaṃ niṣprapañcaṃ nirāmayam |
ātmānaṃ taṃ na jānanti tatrābhyāsaparā janāḥ
The line
People given over to practice do not know that self there, the one that is pure, awake, dear, full, free of the unfolded display, and free of illness.
नेपालीमा
शुद्ध, बुद्ध, प्रिय, पूर्ण, प्रपञ्चरहित र रोगरहित त्यो आत्मालाई अभ्यासमा परेका मानिसहरूले चिन्दैनन्।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. The people given over to practice are the ones who miss the self named here.
Split: śuddham (शुद्धम्) + buddham (बुद्धम्) + priyam (प्रियम्) + pūrṇam (पूर्णम्) + niṣprapañcam (निष्प्रपञ्चम्) + nirāmayam (निरामयम्) + ātmānam (आत्मानम्) + tam (तम्) + na (न) + jānanti (जानन्ति) + tatra (तत्र) + abhyāsaparāḥ (अभ्यासपराः) + janāḥ (जनाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śuddham (शुद्धम्) | accusative singular, masculine | pure. Agrees with ātmānam (आत्मानम्). |
| buddham (बुद्धम्) | accusative singular, masculine | awake. Agrees with ātmānam (आत्मानम्). |
| priyam (प्रियम्) | accusative singular, masculine | dear. Agrees with ātmānam (आत्मानम्). |
| pūrṇam (पूर्णम्) | accusative singular, masculine | full. Agrees with ātmānam (आत्मानम्). |
| niṣprapañcam (निष्प्रपञ्चम्) | accusative singular, masculine | free of the unfolded display. Agrees with ātmānam (आत्मानम्). |
| nirāmayam (निरामयम्) | accusative singular, masculine | free of illness. Agrees with ātmānam (आत्मानम्). |
| ātmānam (आत्मानम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the self. |
| tam (तम्) | accusative singular, masculine | that. Agrees with ātmānam (आत्मानम्). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| jānanti (जानन्ति) | present third person plural | they know. |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there. Joined with the next word as tatrā (तत्रा). |
| abhyāsaparāḥ (अभ्यासपराः) | nominative plural, masculine | people given over to practice. Recited parā (परा) before janāḥ (जनाः). |
| janāḥ (जनाः) | nominative plural, masculine | people. |
The phrases
Six accusatives plus tam (तम्) agree with ātmānam (आत्मानम्), the object of na jānanti (न जानन्ति). abhyāsaparāḥ janāḥ (अभ्यासपराः जनाः) is the subject. tatra (तत्र) is the place of that not knowing.
Sanskrit in this line
tatra plus abhyāsaparāḥ (अभ्यासपराः) is tatrābhyāsaparā (तत्राभ्यासपरा). The visarga of parāḥ (पराः) is lost before janāḥ (जनाः).
Say it back
Who does not know that self?