Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.88
18.88
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
निर्ममः शोभते धीरः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः ।
सुभिन्नहृदयग्रन्थिर् विनिर्धूतरजस्तमः nirmamaḥ śobhate dhīraḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ |
subhinnahṛdayagranthir vinirdhūtarajastamaḥ
The line
The steady one shines without mine, a clod and a stone and gold the same to him, the knot of his heart well split, dust and darkness fully shaken off.
नेपालीमा
ममत्वरहित धीर शोभा पाउँछ। ढेला, ढुङ्गा र सुन उसको लागि समान छन्। हृदयको गाँठो राम्ररी फुटेको छ, रज र तम झरिसकेको छ।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking, and the knowing one who delights alone is now the steady one for whom gold and a clod are the same.
Split: nirmamaḥ (निर्ममः) + śobhate (शोभते) + dhīraḥ (धीरः) + samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ (समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः) + subhinnahṛdayagranthiḥ (सुभिन्नहृदयग्रन्थिः) + vinirdhūtarajastamaḥ (विनिर्धूतरजस्तमः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nirmamaḥ (निर्ममः) | nominative singular, masculine | without mine. Agrees with dhīraḥ (धीरः). |
| śobhate (शोभते) | present third person singular | shines. From śubh (शुभ्). |
| dhīraḥ (धीरः) | nominative singular, masculine | the steady one. Subject of śobhate (शोभते). |
| samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ (समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः) | nominative singular, masculine | one for whom a clod, a stone, and gold are the same. kāñcana (काञ्चन) is gold. aśman (अश्मन्) is a stone. loṣṭa (लोष्ट) is a clod. sama (सम) is the same. |
| subhinnahṛdayagranthiḥ (सुभिन्नहृदयग्रन्थिः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose knot of the heart is well split. granthi (ग्रन्थि) is a knot. hṛdaya (हृदय) is the heart. subhinna (सुभिन्न) is well split. Recited granthir (ग्रन्थिर्) before v (व्). |
| vinirdhūtarajastamaḥ (विनिर्धूतरजस्तमः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose dust and darkness are fully shaken off. tamaḥ (तमः) is darkness. rajaḥ (रजः) is dust, the restless strand. vinirdhūta (विनिर्धूत) is fully shaken off. |
The phrases
dhīraḥ (धीरः) is the subject of śobhate (शोभते). nirmamaḥ (निर्ममः), samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ (समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः), subhinnahṛdayagranthiḥ (सुभिन्नहृदयग्रन्थिः), and vinirdhūtarajastamaḥ (विनिर्धूतरजस्तमः) agree with him. There is no object.
Sanskrit in this line
subhinnahṛdayagranthiḥ (सुभिन्नहृदयग्रन्थिः) before v (व्) is granthir (ग्रन्थिर्). The visarga before a voiced consonant is recited as r (र्) after i (इ).
Say it back
What three things are the same for the steady one, and what has happened to the knot of his heart?