Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.82
18.82
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
न शान्तं स्तौति निष्कामो न दुष्टमपि निन्दति ।
समदुःखसुखस् तृप्तः किञ्चित् कृत्यं न पश्यति na śāntaṃ stauti niṣkāmo na duṣṭam api nindati |
samaduḥkhasukhas tṛptaḥ kiñcit kṛtyaṃ na paśyati
The line
The one without desire does not praise the peaceful, nor does he blame even the wicked. The same in pain and in pleasure, content, he sees no work at all.
नेपालीमा
निष्कामले शान्तलाई स्तुति गर्दैन, दुष्टलाई पनि निन्दा गर्दैन। सुख र दुःखमा सम, तृप्त भएकोले उसले कुनै कृत्य देख्दैन।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking, and the cool mind is now the one without desire who neither praises nor blames.
Split: na (न) + śāntam (शान्तम्) + stauti (स्तौति) + niṣkāmaḥ (निष्कामः) + na (न) + duṣṭam (दुष्टम्) + api (अपि) + nindati (निन्दति) + samaduḥkhasukhaḥ (समदुःखसुखः) + tṛptaḥ (तृप्तः) + kiñcit (किञ्चित्) + kṛtyam (कृत्यम्) + na (न) + paśyati (पश्यति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| śāntam (शान्तम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the peaceful one. Object of stauti (स्तौति). |
| stauti (स्तौति) | present third person singular | praises. From stu (स्तु). |
| niṣkāmaḥ (निष्कामः) | nominative singular, masculine | the one without desire. Recited niṣkāmo (निष्कामो) before n (न्). Subject of the verbs. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| duṣṭam (दुष्टम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the wicked one. Object of nindati (निन्दति). Joined by m (म्) to api (अपि). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| nindati (निन्दति) | present third person singular | blames. From nind (निन्द्). |
| samaduḥkhasukhaḥ (समदुःखसुखः) | nominative singular, masculine | one for whom pain and pleasure are the same. Recited samaduḥkhasukhas (समदुःखसुख) before t (त्). Agrees with niṣkāmaḥ (निष्कामः). |
| tṛptaḥ (तृप्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | content. |
| kiñcit (किञ्चित्) | accusative singular, neuter | any. Agrees with kṛtyam (कृत्यम्). The final t (त्) stays before k (क्). |
| kṛtyam (कृत्यम्) | accusative singular, neuter | a work, a duty. Object of paśyati (पश्यति). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| paśyati (पश्यति) | present third person singular | sees. From dṛś (दृश्). |
The phrases
niṣkāmaḥ (निष्कामः) is the subject of stauti (स्तौति), nindati (निन्दति), and paśyati (पश्यति). na (न) negates each. śāntam (शान्तम्) and duṣṭam (दुष्टम्) are the two objects, and api (अपि) strengthens the second. samaduḥkhasukhaḥ (समदुःखसुखः) and tṛptaḥ (तृप्तः) agree with the subject. kiñcit (किञ्चित्) kṛtyam (कृत्यम्) is what he does not see.
Sanskrit in this line
niṣkāmaḥ (निष्कामः) before n (न्) is niṣkāmo (निष्कामो). duṣṭam (दुष्टम्) plus api (अपि) joins m (म्) to the vowel. samaduḥkhasukhaḥ (समदुःखसुखः) before t (त्) is recited samaduḥkhasukhas (समदुःखसुख).
Say it back
Whom does the one without desire neither praise nor blame, and what does he fail to see?