Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.79
18.79
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
क्व धैर्यं क्व विवेकित्वं क्व निरातङ्कतापि वा ।
अनिर्वाच्यस्वभावस्य निःस्वभावस्य योगिनः kva dhairyaṃ kva vivekitvaṃ kva nirātaṅkatāpi vā |
anirvācyasvabhāvasya niḥsvabhāvasya yoginaḥ
The line
Where is firmness, where is the state of discriminating, or where even is the state of being without alarm, for the yogin whose own being cannot be spoken and who is without an own being?
नेपालीमा
धैर्य कहाँ, विवेकको अवस्था कहाँ, आतङ्क नहुनुको अवस्था कहाँ? भन्न नसकिने स्वभाव भएको, स्वभाव नै नभएको योगीको लागि ती कतै छैनन्।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking, and the steady one without alarm is now the yogin whose own being cannot be spoken.
Split: kva (क्व) + dhairyam (धैर्यम्) + kva (क्व) + vivekitvam (विवेकित्वम्) + kva (क्व) + nirātaṅkatā (निरातङ्कता) + api (अपि) + vā (वा) + anirvācyasvabhāvasya (अनिर्वाच्यस्वभावस्य) + niḥsvabhāvasya (निःस्वभावस्य) + yoginaḥ (योगिनः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| dhairyam (धैर्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | firmness. dhairya (धैर्य) is the state of the steady one. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| vivekitvam (विवेकित्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the state of being one who discriminates. vivekin (विवेकिन्) discriminates. tva (त्व) makes the state. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| nirātaṅkatā (निरातङ्कता) | nominative singular, feminine | the state of being without alarm. Joined with api (अपि) as nirātaṅkatāpi (निरातङ्कतापि). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| anirvācyasvabhāvasya (अनिर्वाच्यस्वभावस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of the one whose own being cannot be spoken. svabhāva (स्वभाव) is own being. anirvācya (अनिर्वाच्य) is not to be spoken. |
| niḥsvabhāvasya (निःस्वभावस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of the one without an own being. Agrees with the previous genitive. |
| yoginaḥ (योगिनः) | genitive singular, masculine | of the yogin. |
The phrases
Three kva (क्व) questions with nominative nouns and no finite verb. api (अपि) vā (वा) sits on nirātaṅkatā (निरातङ्कता). The genitives anirvācyasvabhāvasya (अनिर्वाच्यस्वभावस्य), niḥsvabhāvasya (निःस्वभावस्य), and yoginaḥ (योगिनः) are one person, the one for whom the questions are asked.
Sanskrit in this line
nirātaṅkatā (निरातङ्कता) plus api (अपि) is nirātaṅkatāpi (निरातङ्कतापि), ā (आ) plus a (अ) remaining ā (आ). niḥsvabhāvasya (निःस्वभावस्य) keeps the visarga of niḥ (निः) before the consonant s.
Say it back
Which three attainments have no place for the yogin without an own being?