Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.71
18.71
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
शुद्धस्फुरणरूपस्य दृश्यभावमपश्यतः ।
क्व विधिः क्व च वैराग्यं क्व त्यागः क्व शमोऽपि वा śuddhasphuraṇarūpasya dṛśyabhāvam apaśyataḥ |
kva vidhiḥ kva ca vairāgyaṃ kva tyāgaḥ kva śamo 'pi vā
The line
For the one whose form is pure flashing and who does not see the state of the seeable, where is rule, and where is dispassion, where is leaving, or where even is quiet?
नेपालीमा
शुद्ध स्फुरण नै रूप भएको, दृश्यको भाव नदेख्नेको विधि कहाँ, वैराग्य कहाँ, त्याग कहाँ, शम नै कहाँ?
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking, and the pure flashing of the previous verse now has no rule set beside it.
Split: śuddhasphuraṇarūpasya (शुद्धस्फुरणरूपस्य) + dṛśyabhāvam (दृश्यभावम्) + apaśyataḥ (अपश्यतः) + kva (क्व) + vidhiḥ (विधिः) + kva (क्व) + ca (च) + vairāgyam (वैराग्यम्) + kva (क्व) + tyāgaḥ (त्यागः) + kva (क्व) + śamaḥ (शमः) + api (अपि) + vā (वा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śuddhasphuraṇarūpasya (शुद्धस्फुरणरूपस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of the one whose form is pure flashing. rūpa (रूप) is form. sphuraṇa (स्फुरण) is flashing. śuddha (शुद्ध) is pure. |
| dṛśyabhāvam (दृश्यभावम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the state of the seeable. bhāva (भाव) is a state. dṛśya (दृश्य) is what can be seen. Object of apaśyataḥ (अपश्यतः). Joined by m (म्) to the vowel. |
| apaśyataḥ (अपश्यतः) | genitive singular, masculine | of the one who does not see. Present participle of dṛś (दृश्) with a (अ). Agrees with śuddhasphuraṇarūpasya (शुद्धस्फुरणरूपस्य). |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| vidhiḥ (विधिः) | nominative singular, masculine | rule, injunction. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| vairāgyam (वैराग्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | dispassion. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| tyāgaḥ (त्यागः) | nominative singular, masculine | leaving, giving up. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| śamaḥ (शमः) | nominative singular, masculine | quiet. Recited śamo (शमो) with the avagraha before api (अपि). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
The phrases
The two genitives name one person, and dṛśyabhāvam (दृश्यभावम्) is the object of apaśyataḥ (अपश्यतः). Four kva (क्व) questions follow, with no finite verb. ca (च) joins the second. api (अपि) vā (वा) sits on śamaḥ (शमः), the last of them.
Sanskrit in this line
dṛśyabhāvam (दृश्यभावम्) plus apaśyataḥ (अपश्यतः) joins m (म्) to the vowel. śamaḥ (शमः) plus api (अपि) is śamo (शमो) with the avagraha.
Say it back
Which four things have no place for the one who does not see the seeable?