Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.73
18.73
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
बुद्धिपर्यन्तसंसारे मायामात्रं विवर्तते ।
निर्ममो निरहङ्कारो निष्कामः शोभते बुधः buddhiparyantasaṃsāre māyāmātraṃ vivartate |
nirmamo nirahaṅkāro niṣkāmaḥ śobhate budhaḥ
The line
In the round whose limit is the intellect, only measuring appearance turns. The knowing one shines, without mine, without the making of I, and without desire.
नेपालीमा
बुद्धिसम्मको संसारमा माया मात्र घुम्छ। ममत्वरहित, अहङ्काररहित, निष्काम बुध शोभा पाउँछ।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking, and after bondage and release have no place he says what still turns, and who shines.
Split: buddhiparyantasaṃsāre (बुद्धिपर्यन्तसंसारे) + māyāmātram (मायामात्रम्) + vivartate (विवर्तते) + nirmamaḥ (निर्ममः) + nirahaṅkāraḥ (निरहङ्कारः) + niṣkāmaḥ (निष्कामः) + śobhate (शोभते) + budhaḥ (बुधः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| buddhiparyantasaṃsāre (बुद्धिपर्यन्तसंसारे) | locative singular, masculine | in the round whose limit is the intellect. saṃsāra (संसार) is the round. paryanta (पर्यन्त) is the limit. buddhi (बुद्धि) is the intellect. |
| māyāmātram (मायामात्रम्) | nominative singular, neuter | mere measuring appearance, only that. māyā (माया) is the appearance that measures out a world. mātra (मात्र) means only that. |
| vivartate (विवर्तते) | present third person singular | turns, rolls on. From vṛt (वृत्) with vi (वि). |
| nirmamaḥ (निर्ममः) | nominative singular, masculine | without mine. Recited nirmamo (निर्ममो) before n (न्). Agrees with budhaḥ (बुधः). |
| nirahaṅkāraḥ (निरहङ्कारः) | nominative singular, masculine | without the making of I. ahaṅkāra (अहङ्कार) is the making of I. Recited nirahaṅkāro (निरहङ्कारो) before n (न्). |
| niṣkāmaḥ (निष्कामः) | nominative singular, masculine | without desire. |
| śobhate (शोभते) | present third person singular | shines, is splendid. From śubh (शुभ्). |
| budhaḥ (बुधः) | nominative singular, masculine | the knowing one. Subject of śobhate (शोभते). |
The phrases
māyāmātram (मायामात्रम्) is the subject of vivartate (विवर्तते), and buddhiparyantasaṃsāre (बुद्धिपर्यन्तसंसारे) is where it turns. budhaḥ (बुधः) is the subject of śobhate (शोभते), and nirmamaḥ (निर्ममः), nirahaṅkāraḥ (निरहङ्कारः), and niṣkāmaḥ (निष्कामः) agree with him.
Sanskrit in this line
nirmamaḥ (निर्ममः) before n (न्) is nirmamo (निर्ममो). nirahaṅkāraḥ (निरहङ्कारः) before the n (न्) of niṣkāmaḥ (निष्कामः) is nirahaṅkāro (निरहङ्कारो). A visarga before a voiced consonant becomes o (ओ).
Say it back
What turns inside the round that ends at the intellect, and how is the knowing one described?