Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.61
18.61
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
निवृत्तिरपि मूढस्य प्रवृत्तिरुपजायते ।
प्रवृत्तिरपि धीरस्य निवृत्तिफलभागिनी nivṛttir api mūḍhasya pravṛttir upajāyate |
pravṛttir api dhīrasya nivṛttiphalabhāginī
The line
Even the dull one's withdrawal arises as activity. Even the steady one's activity shares the fruit of withdrawal.
नेपालीमा
मूर्खको निवृत्ति पनि प्रवृत्ति भएर उब्जिन्छ। धीरको प्रवृत्ति पनि निवृत्तिको फलमा भागीदार हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking, with no speech heading printed in this packet, and he sets the dull one's withdrawal against the steady one's activity.
Split: nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः) + api (अपि) + mūḍhasya (मूढस्य) + pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) + upajāyate (उपजायते) + pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) + api (अपि) + dhīrasya (धीरस्य) + nivṛttiphalabhāginī (निवृत्तिफलभागिनी)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | withdrawal from action. Recited nivṛttir (निवृत्तिर्) before the vowel. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| mūḍhasya (मूढस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of the dull one. |
| pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | activity, going forth. Recited pravṛttir (प्रवृत्तिर्) before u (उ). |
| upajāyate (उपजायते) | present third person singular | arises. upa (उप) plus jan (जन्), to come to be. |
| pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | activity. Recited pravṛttir (प्रवृत्तिर्) before api (अपि). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| dhīrasya (धीरस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of the steady one. |
| nivṛttiphalabhāginī (निवृत्तिफलभागिनी) | nominative singular, feminine | a sharer of the fruit of withdrawal. bhāginī (भागिनी) is a sharer. phala (फल) is the fruit. Agrees with pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः). |
The phrases
nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः) of the mūḍha (मूढ) is the subject of upajāyate (उपजायते), and pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) is what arises. In the second half pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) of the dhīra (धीर) is the subject and nivṛttiphalabhāginī (निवृत्तिफलभागिनी) is the predicate, with no second verb.
Sanskrit in this line
nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः) and both instances of pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) stand before a vowel or a voiced sound, so the visarga is recited as r (र्).
Say it back
What does withdrawal become for the dull one, and what fruit does the steady one's activity share?