Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.69
18.69
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
महदादि जगद्द्वैतं नाममात्रविजृम्भितम् ।
विहाय शुद्धबोधस्य किं कृत्यमवशिष्यते mahadādi jagaddvaitaṃ nāmamātravijṛmbhitam |
vihāya śuddhabodhasya kiṃ kṛtyam avaśiṣyate
The line
The duality of the world, beginning with the great, is an unfolding of mere name. Once that is left, what work remains for the one whose knowing is pure?
नेपालीमा
महत्बाट सुरु हुने जगत्को द्वैत नाम मात्रको फैलावट हो। त्यो छोडेपछि शुद्ध बोध भएकोको के काम बाँकी रहन्छ?
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking, and the dismissal of further talk now becomes a question about remaining work.
Split: mahadādi (महदादि) + jagaddvaitam (जगद्द्वैतम्) + nāmamātravijṛmbhitam (नाममात्रविजृम्भितम्) + vihāya (विहाय) + śuddhabodhasya (शुद्धबोधस्य) + kim (किम्) + kṛtyam (कृत्यम्) + avaśiṣyate (अवशिष्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mahadādi (महदादि) | nominative singular, neuter | having the great as its beginning. mahat (महत्) is the great principle. ādi (आदि) is the beginning. Agrees with jagaddvaitam (जगद्द्वैतम्). |
| jagaddvaitam (जगद्द्वैतम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the duality of the world. dvaita (द्वैत) is duality. jagat (जगत्) is the world. Subject of the first half. |
| nāmamātravijṛmbhitam (नाममात्रविजृम्भितम्) | nominative singular, neuter | an unfolding of mere name. vijṛmbhita (विजृम्भित) is an unfolding. nāmamātra (नाममात्र) is name only. Agrees with jagaddvaitam (जगद्द्वैतम्). |
| vihāya (विहाय) | gerund, indeclinable | having left. From vi (वि) plus hā (हा). Takes jagaddvaitam (जगद्द्वैतम्). |
| śuddhabodhasya (शुद्धबोधस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of the one whose knowing is pure. bodha (बोध) is knowing. śuddha (शुद्ध) is pure. |
| kim (किम्) | nominative singular, neuter | what? |
| kṛtyam (कृत्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | work, what is to be done. Joined by m (म्) to the next vowel. |
| avaśiṣyate (अवशिष्यते) | present third person singular, passive | is left remaining. From ava (अव) plus śiṣ (शिष्). |
The phrases
jagaddvaitam (जगद्द्वैतम्) is described by mahadādi (महदादि) and by nāmamātravijṛmbhitam (नाममात्रविजृम्भितम्). vihāya (विहाय) is the gerund whose object is that duality. kim (किम्) kṛtyam (कृत्यम्) is the subject of avaśiṣyate (अवशिष्यते), and śuddhabodhasya (शुद्धबोधस्य) is the person who would have had the work.
Sanskrit in this line
kṛtyam (कृत्यम्) plus avaśiṣyate (अवशिष्यते) is recited with m (म्) taking the vowel, kṛtyam (कृत्यम्) avaśiṣyate (अवशिष्यते). mahat (महत्) plus ādi (आदि) is mahadādi (महदादि). jagat (जगत्) plus dvaita (द्वैत) is jagaddvaita (जगद्द्वैत), the t (त्) voiced and doubled before d (द्).
Say it back
After the world duality is left, what remains for the one of pure knowing?