Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.70
18.70
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
भ्रमभूतमिदं सर्वं किञ्चिन् नास्तीति निश्चयी ।
अलक्ष्यस्फुरणः शुद्धः स्वभावेनैव शाम्यति bhramabhūtam idaṃ sarvaṃ kiñcin nāstīti niścayī |
alakṣyasphuraṇaḥ śuddhaḥ svabhāvenaiva śāmyati
The line
The one certain that all this, become error, is not anything, he whose flashing cannot be pointed at, the pure one, comes to rest by his own nature itself.
नेपालीमा
यो सबै भ्रम बनेको हो र केही छैन भन्ने निश्चय भएको, देख्न नसकिने स्फुरण भएको शुद्ध आफ्नै स्वभावले शान्त हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking, and the remaining work of the previous verse is answered by this coming to rest.
Split: bhramabhūtam (भ्रमभूतम्) + idam (इदम्) + sarvam (सर्वम्) + kiñcit (किञ्चित्) + na (न) + asti (अस्ति) + iti (इति) + niścayī (निश्चयी) + alakṣyasphuraṇaḥ (अलक्ष्यस्फुरणः) + śuddhaḥ (शुद्धः) + svabhāvena (स्वभावेन) + eva (एव) + śāmyati (शाम्यति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhramabhūtam (भ्रमभूतम्) | nominative singular, neuter | become error, made of confusion. Agrees with idam (इदम्). Joined by m (म्) to the next vowel. |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. |
| sarvam (सर्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | all. Agrees with idam (इदम्). |
| kiñcit (किञ्चित्) | nominative singular, neuter | anything. Recited kiñcin (किञ्चिन्) before n (न्). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. Joined with asti (अस्ति) as nā (ना). |
| asti (अस्ति) | present third person singular | is. From the root as. Joined with iti (इति) as astīti (अस्तीति). |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus, marking the content of the certainty. |
| niścayī (निश्चयी) | nominative singular, masculine | one who holds a settled certainty. Subject of śāmyati (शाम्यति). |
| alakṣyasphuraṇaḥ (अलक्ष्यस्फुरणः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose flashing cannot be pointed at. sphuraṇa (स्फुरण) is a flashing forth. alakṣya (अलक्ष्य) is not a mark one can aim at. |
| śuddhaḥ (शुद्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | pure. Agrees with niścayī (निश्चयी). |
| svabhāvena (स्वभावेन) | instrumental singular, masculine | by his own nature. Joined with eva (एव) as svabhāvenaiva (स्वभावेनैव). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | itself, just that. |
| śāmyati (शाम्यति) | present third person singular | comes to rest. From śam (शम्). |
The phrases
iti (इति) closes kiñcit (किञ्चित्) na (न) asti (अस्ति), and that clause is what niścayī (निश्चयी) is certain of. idam (इदम्) sarvam (सर्वम्) agrees with bhramabhūtam (भ्रमभूतम्) as the thing that is not anything. alakṣyasphuraṇaḥ (अलक्ष्यस्फुरणः) and śuddhaḥ (शुद्धः) agree with niścayī (निश्चयी). svabhāvena (स्वभावेन) eva (एव) is how śāmyati (शाम्यति) happens.
Sanskrit in this line
bhramabhūtam (भ्रमभूतम्) plus idam (इदम्) joins m (म्) to i (इ). kiñcit (किञ्चित्) before na (न) is kiñcin (किञ्चिन्), and na (न) plus asti (अस्ति) plus iti (इति) is nāstīti (नास्तीति). svabhāvena (स्वभावेन) plus eva (एव) is svabhāvenaiva (स्वभावेनैव).
Say it back
What is the certain one sure of, and by what does he come to rest?