Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.80
18.80
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
न स्वर्गो नैव नरको जीवन्मुक्तिर् न चैव हि ।
बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन योगदृष्ट्या न किञ्चन na svargo naiva narako jīvanmuktir na caiva hi |
bahunātra kim uktena yogadṛṣṭyā na kiñcana
The line
Heaven is not, nor indeed is hell, nor indeed is release while living. What, then, is much talk here? By the seeing of yoga there is not anything.
नेपालीमा
स्वर्ग छैन, नरक छैन, बाँचुञ्जेलको मुक्ति पनि छैन। यहाँ धेरै भनेर के हुन्छ र? योगको दृष्टिले केही पनि छैन।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking, and the yogin of the previous verse is now given the seeing under which heaven and hell are absent.
Split: na (न) + svargaḥ (स्वर्गः) + na (न) + eva (एव) + narakaḥ (नरकः) + jīvanmuktiḥ (जीवन्मुक्तिः) + na (न) + ca (च) + eva (एव) + hi (हि) + bahunā (बहुना) + atra (अत्र) + kim (किम्) + uktena (उक्तेन) + yogadṛṣṭyā (योगदृष्ट्या) + na (न) + kiñcana (किञ्चन)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| svargaḥ (स्वर्गः) | nominative singular, masculine | heaven. Recited svargo (स्वर्गो) before n (न्). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. Joined with eva (एव) as nai (नै). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| narakaḥ (नरकः) | nominative singular, masculine | hell. Recited narako (नरको) before j (ज्). |
| jīvanmuktiḥ (जीवन्मुक्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | release while living. mukti (मुक्ति) is release. jīvana (जीवन) is living. Recited jīvanmuktir (जीवन्मुक्तिर्) before n (न्). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. Joined with eva (एव) as cai (चै). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | surely. |
| bahunā (बहुना) | instrumental singular, neuter | by much. Agrees with uktena (उक्तेन). Joined to atra (अत्र). |
| atra (अत्र) | indeclinable | here. |
| kim (किम्) | nominative singular, neuter | what? Joined to the vowel of uktena (उक्तेन). |
| uktena (उक्तेन) | instrumental singular, neuter | by what has been said. |
| yogadṛṣṭyā (योगदृष्ट्या) | instrumental singular, feminine | by the seeing of yoga. dṛṣṭi (दृष्टि) is seeing. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| kiñcana (किञ्चन) | nominative singular, neuter | anything. |
The phrases
Three nominatives, svargaḥ (स्वर्गः), narakaḥ (नरकः), and jīvanmuktiḥ (जीवन्मुक्तिः), are each denied by na (न). eva (एव) and hi (हि) press the denials. The second half repeats the dismissal bahunā (बहुना) atra (अत्र) kim (किम्) uktena (उक्तेन), and yogadṛṣṭyā (योगदृष्ट्या) is the seeing under which na (न) kiñcana (किञ्चन) holds.
Sanskrit in this line
svargaḥ (स्वर्गः) before n (न्) is svargo (स्वर्गो). na (न) plus eva (एव) is naiva (नैव). narakaḥ (नरकः) before j (ज्) is narako (नरको). jīvanmuktiḥ (जीवन्मुक्तिः) before n (न्) is jīvanmuktir (जीवन्मुक्तिर्). ca (च) plus eva (एव) is caiva (चैव). bahunā (बहुना) plus atra (अत्र) is bahunātra (बहुनात्र), and kim (किम्) plus uktena (उक्तेन) joins the m (म्).
Say it back
Under the seeing of yoga, which three named attainments are denied, and what is left?