Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.60
18.60
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
स्वभावाद् यस्य नैवार्तिर् लोकवद् व्यवहारिणः ।
महाह्रद इवाक्षोभ्यो गतक्लेशः सुशोभते svabhāvād yasya naivārtir lokavad vyavahāriṇaḥ |
mahāhrada ivākṣobhyo gatakleśaḥ suśobhate
The line
For the one who transacts as the world does, distress simply does not arise from his own nature. His trouble gone, unshakeable like a great lake, he shines well.
नेपालीमा
स्वभावबाट नै जसलाई लोकझैँ व्यवहार गर्दा आर्ति हुँदैन, ऊ ठूलो दहझैँ अक्षोभ्य भएर, क्लेश गएर, राम्ररी शोभिन्छ।
Where it sits
Astavakra is still speaking. This closes the stretch: the one who transacts as the world does is unshakeable like a great lake.
Split: svabhāvāt (स्वभावात्) + yasya (यस्य) + na (न) + eva (एव) + ārtiḥ (आर्तिः) + lokavat (लोकवत्) + vyavahāriṇaḥ (व्यवहारिणः) + mahāhradaḥ (महाह्रदः) + iva (इव) + akṣobhyaḥ (अक्षोभ्यः) + gatakleśaḥ (गतक्लेशः) + suśobhate (सुशोभते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svabhāvāt (स्वभावात्) | ablative singular, masculine | from his own nature. Recited svabhāvād (स्वभावाद्) before y (य्). |
| yasya (यस्य) | genitive singular | of whom. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| ārtiḥ (आर्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | distress. Recited ārtir (आर्तिर्) before l (ल्). |
| lokavat (लोकवत्) | indeclinable | in the manner of the world. |
| vyavahāriṇaḥ (व्यवहारिणः) | genitive singular, masculine | of one who transacts. Agrees with yasya (यस्य). |
| mahāhradaḥ (महाह्रदः) | nominative singular, masculine | a great lake. The visarga is dropped before iva (इव). |
| iva (इव) | indeclinable | like. |
| akṣobhyaḥ (अक्षोभ्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | unshakeable. Recited inside ivākṣobhyo (इवाक्षोभ्यो). |
| gatakleśaḥ (गतक्लेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose trouble has gone. |
| suśobhate (सुशोभते) | present third person singular | shines well. |
The phrases
yasya vyavahāriṇaḥ (यस्य व्यवहारिणः) is whose. svabhāvāt (स्वभावात्) is the source. na eva ārtiḥ (न एव आर्तिः) is the claim, manner lokavat (लोकवत्). akṣobhyaḥ (अक्षोभ्यः) and gatakleśaḥ (गतक्लेशः) agree with the one who suśobhate (सुशोभते). mahāhradaḥ iva (महाह्रदः इव) is the comparison.
Sanskrit in this line
svabhāvāt (स्वभावात्) plus yasya is svabhāvād (स्वभावाद्) yasya. na plus eva plus ārtiḥ (आर्तिः) is naivārtiḥ (नैवार्तिः), and ārtiḥ (आर्तिः) before lokavat is ārtir (आर्तिर्). mahāhradaḥ (महाह्रदः) before iva drops its visarga and keeps the i. iva plus akṣobhyaḥ (अक्षोभ्यः) is ivākṣobhyaḥ (इवाक्षोभ्यः), and akṣobhyaḥ (अक्षोभ्यः) before gatakleśaḥ (गतक्लेशः) is akṣobhyo (अक्षोभ्यो).
Say it back
What is he compared to?