Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.67
18.67
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
स जयत्यर्थसंन्यासी पूर्णस्वरसविग्रहः ।
अकृत्रिमोऽनवच्छिन्ने समाधिर् यस्य वर्तते sa jayaty arthasaṃnyāsī pūrṇasvarasavigrahaḥ |
akṛtrimo 'navacchinne samādhir yasya vartate
The line
He wins who has laid objects down and whose body is full own taste, he whose unmade settling goes on in the undivided.
नेपालीमा
अर्थ त्यागेको, पूर्ण स्वरस नै शरीर भएको त्यो जित्छ, जसको अकृत्रिम समाधि अविच्छिन्नमा चलिरहन्छ।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking, and the one for whom the goal had no place is now the one who wins.
Split: saḥ (सः) + jayati (जयति) + arthasaṃnyāsī (अर्थसंन्यासी) + pūrṇasvarasavigrahaḥ (पूर्णस्वरसविग्रहः) + akṛtrimaḥ (अकृत्रिमः) + anavacchinne (अनवच्छिन्ने) + samādhiḥ (समाधिः) + yasya (यस्य) + vartate (वर्तते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | he. Visarga dropped before j (ज्). |
| jayati (जयति) | present third person singular | wins, prevails. From ji (जि). Recited jayaty (जयत्य्) before the vowel. |
| arthasaṃnyāsī (अर्थसंन्यासी) | nominative singular, masculine | one who has laid down objects. saṃnyāsin (संन्यासिन्) is one who has laid down. artha (अर्थ) is the object. Agrees with saḥ (सः). |
| pūrṇasvarasavigrahaḥ (पूर्णस्वरसविग्रहः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose body is full own taste. vigraha (विग्रह) is the body. svarasa (स्वरस) is one's own taste. pūrṇa (पूर्ण) is full. |
| akṛtrimaḥ (अकृत्रिमः) | nominative singular, masculine | not made up, not contrived. Recited akṛtrimo (अकृत्रिमो) with the avagraha before anavacchinne (अनवच्छिन्ने). Agrees with samādhiḥ (समाधिः). |
| anavacchinne (अनवच्छिन्ने) | locative singular, masculine | in the undivided, in what is not cut off. |
| samādhiḥ (समाधिः) | nominative singular, masculine | settling, the even hold. Recited samādhir (समाधिर्) before y (य्). |
| yasya (यस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | whose. |
| vartate (वर्तते) | present third person singular | goes on, is found. From vṛt (वृत्). |
The phrases
saḥ (सः) is arthasaṃnyāsī (अर्थसंन्यासी) and pūrṇasvarasavigrahaḥ (पूर्णस्वरसविग्रहः), and jayati (जयति) is the verb. yasya (यस्य) refers to him. samādhiḥ (समाधिः) is the subject of vartate (वर्तते), akṛtrimaḥ (अकृत्रिमः) agrees with it, and anavacchinne (अनवच्छिन्ने) is where it goes on.
Sanskrit in this line
jayati (जयति) plus artha (अर्थ) is jayaty (जयत्य्) artha (अर्थ). akṛtrimaḥ (अकृत्रिमः) plus anavacchinne (अनवच्छिन्ने) is akṛtrimo (अकृत्रिमो) with the avagraha. samādhiḥ (समाधिः) before y (य्) is samādhir (समाधिर्). saḥ (सः) before a consonant drops the visarga.
Say it back
Whose settling goes on, and where does that unmade settling go on?