Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.81
18.81
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
नैव प्रार्थयते लाभं नालाभेनानुशोचति ।
धीरस्य शीतलं चित्तममृतेनैव पूरितम् naiva prārthayate lābhaṃ nālābhenānuśocati |
dhīrasya śītalaṃ cittam amṛtenaiva pūritam
The line
He does not ask for a gain at all, and he does not grieve because of a loss. The steady one's mind is cool, filled by nectar itself.
नेपालीमा
उसले लाभ माग्दै माग्दैन, नपाएकोमा शोक गर्दैन। धीरको चित्त शीतल छ, अमृतले नै भरिएको छ।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking, and after the seeing in which nothing remains he describes the steady one's cool mind.
Split: na (न) + eva (एव) + prārthayate (प्रार्थयते) + lābham (लाभम्) + na (न) + alābhena (अलाभेन) + anuśocati (अनुशोचति) + dhīrasya (धीरस्य) + śītalam (शीतलम्) + cittam (चित्तम्) + amṛtena (अमृतेन) + eva (एव) + pūritam (पूरितम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. Joined with eva (एव) as naiva (नैव). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | at all. |
| prārthayate (प्रार्थयते) | present third person singular | asks for, prays for. From pra (प्र) plus arth (अर्थ्). |
| lābham (लाभम्) | accusative singular, masculine | a gain. Object of prārthayate (प्रार्थयते). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. Joined with alābhena (अलाभेन) as nā (ना). |
| alābhena (अलाभेन) | instrumental singular, masculine | by a non gain, because of missing the gain. Joined with anu (अनु) as alābhenā (अलाभेना). |
| anuśocati (अनुशोचति) | present third person singular | grieves after, mourns. From śuc (शुच्) with anu (अनु). |
| dhīrasya (धीरस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of the steady one. |
| śītalam (शीतलम्) | nominative singular, neuter | cool. Agrees with cittam (चित्तम्). |
| cittam (चित्तम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the mind. Joined by m (म्) to the vowel of amṛtena (अमृतेन). |
| amṛtena (अमृतेन) | instrumental singular, neuter | by nectar. Joined with eva (एव) as amṛtenaiva (अमृतेनैव). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | itself. |
| pūritam (पूरितम्) | nominative singular, neuter | filled. Agrees with cittam (चित्तम्). |
The phrases
na (न) eva (एव) prārthayate (प्रार्थयते) takes lābham (लाभम्). na (न) anuśocati (अनुशोचति) takes alābhena (अलाभेन) as its cause. The second half is nominal: cittam (चित्तम्) of the dhīra (धीर) is śītalam (शीतलम्) and pūritam (पूरितम्), and amṛtena (अमृतेन) eva (एव) is the filler.
Sanskrit in this line
The opening na (न) and eva (एव) recite as naiva (नैव). na (न) plus alābhena (अलाभेन) plus anuśocati (अनुशोचति) is nālābhenānuśocati (नालाभेनानुशोचति). cittam (चित्तम्) plus amṛtena (अमृतेन) joins m (म्) to a (अ). amṛtena (अमृतेन) plus eva (एव) is amṛtenaiva (अमृतेनैव).
Say it back
What does he neither ask for nor grieve over, and what is his mind filled with?