Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.85
18.85
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
तुष्टिः सर्वत्र धीरस्य यथापतितवर्तिनः ।
स्वच्छन्दं चरतो देशान् यत्रस्तमितशायिनः tuṣṭiḥ sarvatra dhīrasya yathāpatitavartinaḥ |
svacchandaṃ carato deśān yatrastamitaśāyinaḥ
The line
Contentment is everywhere for the steady one who lives by whatever falls to him, who moves through lands at his own will, and who lies down wherever he has stopped.
नेपालीमा
जे पर्यो त्यसैमा बस्ने, आफ्नै इच्छामा देश देश चर्ने, जहाँ रोकियो त्यहीँ सुत्ने धीरको सन्तुष्टि सबैतिर हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking, and the knowing one without hope is now the steady one whose contentment is everywhere.
Split: tuṣṭiḥ (तुष्टिः) + sarvatra (सर्वत्र) + dhīrasya (धीरस्य) + yathāpatitavartinaḥ (यथापतितवर्तिनः) + svacchandam (स्वच्छन्दम्) + carataḥ (चरतः) + deśān (देशान्) + yatrastamitaśāyinaḥ (यत्रस्तमितशायिनः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tuṣṭiḥ (तुष्टिः) | nominative singular, feminine | contentment. Subject of the nominal sentence. |
| sarvatra (सर्वत्र) | indeclinable | everywhere. |
| dhīrasya (धीरस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of the steady one. |
| yathāpatitavartinaḥ (यथापतितवर्तिनः) | genitive singular, masculine | of one who proceeds by whatever has fallen to him. vartin (वर्तिन्) is one who proceeds. patita (पतित) is what has fallen. yathā (यथा) is according to. Agrees with dhīrasya (धीरस्य). |
| svacchandam (स्वच्छन्दम्) | accusative singular, neuter | at his own will. Adverb with carataḥ (चरतः). |
| carataḥ (चरतः) | genitive singular, masculine | of the one who moves. Present participle of car (चर्). Recited carato (चरतो) before d (द्). Agrees with dhīrasya (धीरस्य). Takes deśān (देशान्). |
| deśān (देशान्) | accusative plural, masculine | lands, countries. Object of carataḥ (चरतः). |
| yatrastamitaśāyinaḥ (यत्रस्तमितशायिनः) | genitive singular, masculine | of one who lies down where he has stopped. śāyin (शायिन्) is one who lies. stamita (स्तमित) is stopped, settled. yatra (यत्र) is where. The file prints a short a (अ) in yatrastamita (यत्रस्तमित). Agrees with dhīrasya (धीरस्य). |
The phrases
tuṣṭiḥ (तुष्टिः) is the subject, located sarvatra (सर्वत्र), and it belongs to dhīrasya (धीरस्य). Three genitives agree with dhīrasya (धीरस्य): the one who lives by what comes, the one moving deśān (देशान्) at svacchandam (स्वच्छन्दम्), and the one who lies where he has stopped.
Sanskrit in this line
carataḥ (चरतः) before d (द्) is carato (चरतो). The file prints yatrastamita (यत्रस्तमित) with a short a (अ). yatra (यत्र) plus astamita (अस्तमित) would lengthen to yatrāstamita (यत्रास्तमित), and this edition does not lengthen it.
Say it back
Where is the steady one's contentment, and where does he lie down?