Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.89
18.89
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
सर्वत्रानवधानस्य न किञ्चिद् वासना हृदि ।
मुक्तात्मनो वितृप्तस्य तुलना केन जायते sarvatrānavadhānasya na kiñcid vāsanā hṛdi |
muktātmano vitṛptasya tulanā kena jāyate
The line
For the one without attention anywhere, there is no lingering trace in the heart. With whom does a comparison arise, of the one whose self is free and who is fully content?
नेपालीमा
सबैतिर ध्यान नदिनेको हृदयमा कुनै वासना हुँदैन। मुक्त आत्मा भएको, पूर्ण तृप्तको तुलना कसँग हुन्छ?
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking, and the steady one for whom gold is a clod is now the one with whom no comparison arises.
Split: sarvatrānavadhānasya (सर्वत्रानवधानस्य) + na (न) + kiñcit (किञ्चित्) + vāsanā (वासना) + hṛdi (हृदि) + muktātmanaḥ (मुक्तात्मनः) + vitṛptasya (वितृप्तस्य) + tulanā (तुलना) + kena (केन) + jāyate (जायते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarvatrānavadhānasya (सर्वत्रानवधानस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of the one whose inattention is everywhere. anavadhāna (अनवधान) is the absence of attention. sarvatra (सर्वत्र) is everywhere. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| kiñcit (किञ्चित्) | nominative singular, neuter | any trace at all. Neuter indefinite beside feminine vāsanā (वासना): no trace is there. Recited kiñcid (किञ्चिद्) before v (व्). |
| vāsanā (वासना) | nominative singular, feminine | a lingering trace, a scent left in the mind. |
| hṛdi (हृदि) | locative singular, neuter | in the heart. |
| muktātmanaḥ (मुक्तात्मनः) | genitive singular, masculine | of the one whose self is free. Recited muktātmano (मुक्तात्मनो) before v (व्). |
| vitṛptasya (वितृप्तस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of the one fully content. Agrees with muktātmanaḥ (मुक्तात्मनः). |
| tulanā (तुलना) | nominative singular, feminine | a comparison, a weighing. |
| kena (केन) | instrumental singular, masculine | with whom, by whom. |
| jāyate (जायते) | present third person singular | arises. From jan (जन्). |
The phrases
na (न) kiñcit (किञ्चित्) vāsanā (वासना) is the nominal claim, located hṛdi (हृदि), and it belongs to sarvatrānavadhānasya (सर्वत्रानवधानस्य). tulanā (तुलना) is the subject of jāyate (जायते), kena (केन) asks the companion, and muktātmanaḥ (मुक्तात्मनः) vitṛptasya (वितृप्तस्य) is the person who would be compared.
Sanskrit in this line
sarvatra (सर्वत्र) plus anavadhāna (अनवधान) joins a (अ) plus a (अ) into ā (आ), recited sarvatrānavadhānasya (सर्वत्रानवधानस्य). kiñcit (किञ्चित्) before v (व्) is kiñcid (किञ्चिद्). muktātmanaḥ (मुक्तात्मनः) before v (व्) is muktātmano (मुक्तात्मनो). The file prints tulanā (तुलना) with a short a (अ) before n (न्).
Say it back
What is absent from his heart, and with whom does a comparison of him arise?