Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.42
18.42
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
bhāvasya bhāvakaḥ kaścin na kiñcid bhāvakoparaḥ | ubhayābhāvakaḥ kaścid एvam eva nirākulaḥ
The line
Someone is the producer of a state. Another is not the producer of anything. Someone is the producer of neither. Just so, he is untroubled.
नेपालीमा
कोही भावको भावक हुन्छ। अर्को केहीको भावक हुँदैन। कोही दुवैको अभावक हुन्छ। यसरी नै ऊ निराकुल हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. Three kinds of producer are named, and the untroubled one is the third.
Split: bhāvasya (भावस्य) + bhāvakaḥ (भावकः) + kaścit (कश्चित्) + na (न) + kiñcit (किञ्चित्) + bhāvakaḥ (भावकः) + aparaḥ (अपरः) + ubhayābhāvakaḥ (उभयाभावकः) + kaścit (कश्चित्) + evam (एवम्) + eva (एव) + nirākulaḥ (निराकुलः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhāvasya (भावस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of a state. |
| bhāvakaḥ (भावकः) | nominative singular, masculine | a producer. |
| kaścit (कश्चित्) | nominative singular, masculine | someone. Recited kaścin (कश्चिन्) before na (न). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| kiñcit (किञ्चित्) | accusative singular, neuter | anything. Recited kiñcid (किञ्चिद्) before bh (भ्). |
| bhāvakaḥ (भावकः) | nominative singular, masculine | a producer. Printed with aparaḥ (अपरः) as bhāvakoparaḥ (भावकोपरः), with no avagraha. |
| aparaḥ (अपरः) | nominative singular, masculine | another. |
| ubhayābhāvakaḥ (उभयाभावकः) | nominative singular, masculine | one who produces neither of the two. |
| kaścit (कश्चित्) | nominative singular, masculine | someone. Recited kaścid (कश्चिद्) before evam (एवम्). |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | thus. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| nirākulaḥ (निराकुलः) | nominative singular, masculine | untroubled. |
The phrases
Three kaścit (कश्चित्) clauses. The first is bhāvakaḥ (भावकः) of bhāvasya (भावस्य). The second is na kiñcit bhāvakaḥ (न किञ्चित् भावकः), and aparaḥ (अपरः) marks the other person. The third is ubhayābhāvakaḥ (उभयाभावकः). evam eva (एवमेव) carries that last one to nirākulaḥ (निराकुलः).
Sanskrit in this line
kaścit (कश्चित्) plus na is kaścin (कश्चिन्). kiñcit (किञ्चित्) plus bhāvakaḥ (भावकः) is kiñcid (किञ्चिद्). bhāvakaḥ (भावकः) plus aparaḥ (अपरः) is printed bhāvakoparaḥ (भावकोपरः), the short a dropped and no avagraha. The second kaścit (कश्चित्) is printed with a space before evam, so the halant of d stays and eva begins as its own syllable. ubhaya plus abhāvakaḥ (अभावकः) is ubhayābhāvakaḥ (उभयाभावकः).
Say it back
Which of the three is untroubled?