Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.53
18.53
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
विलसन्ति महाभोगैर् विशन्ति गिरिगह्वरान् ।
निरस्तकल्पना धीरा अबद्धा मुक्तबुद्धयः vilasanti mahābhogair viśanti girigahvarān |
nirastakalpanā dhīrā abaddhā muktabuddhayaḥ
The line
They sport with great enjoyments, and they enter mountain caves. The steady ones, their imagining cast off, are unbound, and their understanding is free.
नेपालीमा
धीरहरू ठूला भोगमा रम्छन्, पहाडका ओडारमा पस्छन्। कल्पना हटिसकेका उनीहरू अबद्ध हुन्छन् र उनीहरूको बुद्धि मुक्त हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. Sporting with enjoyments and entering caves are both said of the same steady ones.
Split: vilasanti (विलसन्ति) + mahābhogaiḥ (महाभोगैः) + viśanti (विशन्ति) + girigahvarān (गिरिगह्वरान्) + nirastakalpanāḥ (निरस्तकल्पनाः) + dhīrāḥ (धीराः) + abaddhāḥ (अबद्धाः) + muktabuddhayaḥ (मुक्तबुद्धयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vilasanti (विलसन्ति) | present third person plural | they sport. |
| mahābhogaiḥ (महाभोगैः) | instrumental plural, masculine | with great enjoyments. Recited mahābhogair (महाभोगैर्) before v (व्). |
| viśanti (विशन्ति) | present third person plural | they enter. |
| girigahvarān (गिरिगह्वरान्) | accusative plural, masculine | mountain caves. |
| nirastakalpanāḥ (निरस्तकल्पनाः) | nominative plural, masculine | those whose imagining is cast off. The visarga is lost before dhīrāḥ (धीराः). |
| dhīrāḥ (धीराः) | nominative plural, masculine | the steady ones. Recited dhīrā (धीरा) before abaddhāḥ (अबद्धाः). |
| abaddhāḥ (अबद्धाः) | nominative plural, masculine | unbound. The visarga is lost before muktabuddhayaḥ (मुक्तबुद्धयः). |
| muktabuddhayaḥ (मुक्तबुद्धयः) | nominative plural, masculine | those whose understanding is free. |
The phrases
nirastakalpanāḥ (निरस्तकल्पनाः), dhīrāḥ (धीराः), abaddhāḥ (अबद्धाः), and muktabuddhayaḥ (मुक्तबुद्धयः) agree. They are the subject of vilasanti (विलसन्ति), instrument mahābhogaiḥ (महाभोगैः), and of viśanti (विशन्ति), object girigahvarān (गिरिगह्वरान्).
Sanskrit in this line
mahābhogaiḥ (महाभोगैः) plus viśanti (विशन्ति) is mahābhogair (महाभोगैर्) viśanti (विशन्ति). nirastakalpanāḥ (निरस्तकल्पनाः) loses its visarga before dhīrāḥ (धीराः). dhīrāḥ (धीराः) before abaddhāḥ (अबद्धाः) keeps the following a, and this edition prints no avagraha, so the line has dhīrā (धीरा) abaddhā (अबद्धा).
Say it back
Where do the steady ones enter?