Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.92
18.92
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
क्व स्वाच्छन्द्यं क्व सङ्कोचः क्व वा तत्त्वविनिश्चयः ।
निर्व्याजार्जवभूतस्य चरितार्थस्य योगिनः kva svācchandyaṃ kva saṅkocaḥ kva vā tattvaviniścayaḥ |
nirvyājārjavabhūtasya caritārthasya yoginaḥ
The line
Where is moving by one's own will, where is shrinking back, or where is a settled conclusion about reality, for the yogin who has become straightness without display and whose aim is already done?
नेपालीमा
आफ्नै इच्छाको चाल कहाँ, खुम्चिनेपन कहाँ, तत्त्वको निश्चय कहाँ? देखावट बिनाको सरलता भएको, अर्थ पूरा भएको योगीको लागि ती कतै छैनन्।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking, and the one who shines as mendicant or king is now the yogin for whom will and shrinking have no place.
Split: kva (क्व) + svācchandyam (स्वाच्छन्द्यम्) + kva (क्व) + saṅkocaḥ (सङ्कोचः) + kva (क्व) + vā (वा) + tattvaviniścayaḥ (तत्त्वविनिश्चयः) + nirvyājārjavabhūtasya (निर्व्याजार्जवभूतस्य) + caritārthasya (चरितार्थस्य) + yoginaḥ (योगिनः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| svācchandyam (स्वाच्छन्द्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the state of moving by one's own will. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| saṅkocaḥ (सङ्कोचः) | nominative singular, masculine | shrinking, contraction. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| tattvaviniścayaḥ (तत्त्वविनिश्चयः) | nominative singular, masculine | a settled conclusion about reality. viniścaya (विनिश्चय) is a settled conclusion. tattva (तत्त्व) is reality. |
| nirvyājārjavabhūtasya (निर्व्याजार्जवभूतस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of the one who has become straightness without display. bhūta (भूत) is become. ārjava (आर्जव) is straightness. nirvyāja (निर्व्याज) is without pretext. |
| caritārthasya (चरितार्थस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of the one whose aim is already accomplished. artha (अर्थ) is the aim. carita (चरित) is already gone, done. |
| yoginaḥ (योगिनः) | genitive singular, masculine | of the yogin. |
The phrases
Three kva (क्व) questions, nominative nouns, no finite verb. vā (वा) sits on the third. The genitives nirvyājārjavabhūtasya (निर्व्याजार्जवभूतस्य), caritārthasya (चरितार्थस्य), and yoginaḥ (योगिनः) are one person.
Sanskrit in this line
nirvyāja (निर्व्याज) plus ārjava (आर्जव) joins a (अ) plus ā (आ) into ā (आ), recited nirvyājārjava (निर्व्याजार्जव). svācchandya (स्वाच्छन्द्य) keeps cch (च्छ्) as च्छ.
Say it back
Which three stances have no place for the yogin whose aim is already done?