Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.47
18.47
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
न मुक्तिकारिकां धत्ते निःशङ्को युक्तमानसः ।
पश्यन् शृण्वन् स्पृशन् जिघ्रन्नश्नन्नास्ते यथासुखम् na muktikārikāṃ dhatte niḥśaṅko yuktamānasaḥ |
paśyan śṛṇvan spṛśan jighrann aśnann āste yathāsukham
The line
The one whose mind is composed, free of doubt, does not hold a verse that makes liberation. Seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and eating, he sits as is pleasant.
नेपालीमा
शङ्का नभएको, शान्त मन भएको व्यक्ति मुक्तिको कारिका बोक्दैन। हेर्दै, सुन्दै, छुँदै, सुँघ्दै, खाँदै सुखपूर्वक बस्छ।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. The verse that makes liberation is what this composed one does not hold.
Split: na (न) + muktikārikām (मुक्तिकारिकाम्) + dhatte (धत्ते) + niḥśaṅkaḥ (निःशङ्कः) + yuktamānasaḥ (युक्तमानसः) + paśyan (पश्यन्) + śṛṇvan (शृण्वन्) + spṛśan (स्पृशन्) + jighran (जिघ्रन्) + aśnan (अश्नन्) + āste (आस्ते) + yathāsukham (यथासुखम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| muktikārikām (मुक्तिकारिकाम्) | accusative singular, feminine | a verse that makes liberation. |
| dhatte (धत्ते) | present third person singular | he holds. From dhā (धा). |
| niḥśaṅkaḥ (निःशङ्कः) | nominative singular, masculine | free of doubt. Recited niḥśaṅko (निःशङ्को) before y (य्). |
| yuktamānasaḥ (युक्तमानसः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose mind is composed. |
| paśyan (पश्यन्) | nominative singular, masculine | seeing. |
| śṛṇvan (शृण्वन्) | nominative singular, masculine | hearing. |
| spṛśan (स्पृशन्) | nominative singular, masculine | touching. |
| jighran (जिघ्रन्) | nominative singular, masculine | smelling. The print doubles n (न्) before aśnan (अश्नन्). |
| aśnan (अश्नन्) | nominative singular, masculine | eating. The print doubles n (न्) before āste (आस्ते). |
| āste (आस्ते) | present third person singular | he sits. |
| yathāsukham (यथासुखम्) | indeclinable | as is pleasant. |
The phrases
niḥśaṅkaḥ yuktamānasaḥ (निःशङ्कः युक्तमानसः) is the subject of na dhatte (न धत्ते) and of āste (आस्ते). muktikārikām (मुक्तिकारिकाम्) is the object. The five participles agree with him. yathāsukham (यथासुखम्) is the manner of āste (आस्ते).
Sanskrit in this line
niḥśaṅkaḥ (निःशङ्कः) plus yuktamānasaḥ (युक्तमानसः) is niḥśaṅko (निःशङ्को). jighran plus aśnan (अश्नन्) doubles n. aśnan (अश्नन्) plus āste (आस्ते) doubles n.
Say it back
What does he not hold?