Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.98
18.98
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
मुक्तो यथास्थितिस्वस्थः कृतकर्तव्यनिर्वृतः ।
समः सर्वत्र वैतृष्ण्यान् न स्मरत्यकृतं कृतम् mukto yathāsthitisvasthaḥ kṛtakartavyanirvṛtaḥ |
samaḥ sarvatra vaitṛṣṇyān na smaraty akṛtaṃ kṛtam
The line
Released, settled in the situation as it stands, content in the duty already done, even everywhere, from the absence of craving he does not remember what was not done or what was done.
नेपालीमा
मुक्त, जस्तो स्थिति छ त्यस्तैमा स्वस्थ, गरेको कर्तव्यमा निर्वृत, सबैतिर सम, तृष्णा नहुनाले उसले नगरेको र गरेको सम्झँदैन।
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking, and the fortunate one of the previous verse is now the released one who remembers neither deed.
Split: muktaḥ (मुक्तः) + yathāsthitisvasthaḥ (यथास्थितिस्वस्थः) + kṛtakartavyanirvṛtaḥ (कृतकर्तव्यनिर्वृतः) + samaḥ (समः) + sarvatra (सर्वत्र) + vaitṛṣṇyāt (वैतृष्ण्यात्) + na (न) + smarati (स्मरति) + akṛtam (अकृतम्) + kṛtam (कृतम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| muktaḥ (मुक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | released. Recited mukto (मुक्तो) before y (य्). Subject of smarati (स्मरति). |
| yathāsthitisvasthaḥ (यथास्थितिस्वस्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | settled in the situation as it stands. svastha (स्वस्थ) is settled in himself. sthiti (स्थिति) is the situation. yathā (यथा) is as it is. |
| kṛtakartavyanirvṛtaḥ (कृतकर्तव्यनिर्वृतः) | nominative singular, masculine | content in the duty that has been done. nirvṛta (निर्वृत) is content. kartavya (कर्तव्य) is the duty. kṛta (कृत) is done. |
| samaḥ (समः) | nominative singular, masculine | even. |
| sarvatra (सर्वत्र) | indeclinable | everywhere. With samaḥ (समः). |
| vaitṛṣṇyāt (वैतृष्ण्यात्) | ablative singular, neuter | from the absence of craving. Recited vaitṛṣṇyān (वैतृष्ण्यान्) before n (न्). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| smarati (स्मरति) | present third person singular | remembers. From smṛ (स्मृ). Recited smaraty (स्मरत्य्) before the vowel. |
| akṛtam (अकृतम्) | accusative singular, neuter | what was not done. Object of smarati (स्मरति). Joined after y (य्). |
| kṛtam (कृतम्) | accusative singular, neuter | what was done. Second object of smarati (स्मरति). |
The phrases
muktaḥ (मुक्तः) is the subject of na (न) smarati (स्मरति), and yathāsthitisvasthaḥ (यथास्थितिस्वस्थः), kṛtakartavyanirvṛtaḥ (कृतकर्तव्यनिर्वृतः), and samaḥ (समः) agree with him. sarvatra (सर्वत्र) locates the evenness. vaitṛṣṇyāt (वैतृष्ण्यात्) is the cause of the not remembering. akṛtam (अकृतम्) and kṛtam (कृतम्) are the two objects.
Sanskrit in this line
muktaḥ (मुक्तः) before y (य्) is mukto (मुक्तो). vaitṛṣṇyāt (वैतृष्ण्यात्) before n (न्) is vaitṛṣṇyān (वैतृष्ण्यान्). smarati (स्मरति) plus akṛtam (अकृतम्) is smaraty (स्मरत्य्) akṛtam (अकृतम्).
Say it back
From what cause does the released one forget both the done and the not done?