Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय १९) / 19.1

19.1

तत्त्वविज्ञानसन्दंशमादाय हृदयोदरात् ।
नानाविधपरामर्शशल्योद्धारः कृतो मया tattvavijñānasandaṃśam ādāya hṛdayodarāt |
nānāvidhaparāmarśaśalyoddhāraḥ kṛto mayā

The line

Taking the tongs of the knowledge of reality, I have drawn the thorn of many kinds of pondering out of the belly of the heart.

नेपालीमा

तत्त्वको ज्ञानको चिम्टाले मैले हृदयको पेटबाट अनेक थरी सोचको काँडा झिकेको छु।

Where it sits

Janaka speaks. janaka uvāca (उवाच) is printed before the verse and is not numbered. Chapter 19 opens on this drawing out.

Split: tattvavijñānasandaṃśam (तत्त्वविज्ञानसन्दंशम्) + ādāya (आदाय) + hṛdayodarāt (हृदयोदरात्) + nānāvidhaparāmarśaśalyoddhāraḥ (नानाविधपरामर्शशल्योद्धारः) + kṛtaḥ (कृतः) + mayā (मया)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

Word	Grammar	Sense
tattvavijñānasandaṃśam (तत्त्वविज्ञानसन्दंशम्)	accusative singular, masculine	the tongs of the knowledge of reality. Read from sandaṃśam (सन्दंशम्), the tongs.
ādāya (आदाय)	indeclinable	having taken. Gerund of dā (दा) with ā (आ).
hṛdayodarāt (हृदयोदरात्)	ablative singular, neuter	from the belly of the heart. Read from udarāt (उदरात्).
nānāvidhaparāmarśaśalyoddhāraḥ (नानाविधपरामर्शशल्योद्धारः)	nominative singular, masculine	the drawing out of the thorn of many kinds of pondering. Read from uddhāraḥ (उद्धारः).
kṛtaḥ (कृतः)	nominative singular, masculine	done. Past participle of kṛ (कृ). Recited kṛto (कृतो) before mayā (मया).
mayā (मया)	instrumental singular	by me.

The phrases

tattvavijñānasandaṃśam (तत्त्वविज्ञानसन्दंशम्) is the object of ādāya (आदाय). nānāvidhaparāmarśaśalyoddhāraḥ (नानाविधपरामर्शशल्योद्धारः) agrees with kṛtaḥ (कृतः). mayā (मया) is the agent. hṛdayodarāt (हृदयोदरात्) is the source.

Sanskrit in this line

sandaṃśam (सन्दंशम्) before ādāya (आदाय) keeps m and joins the vowel. śalya (शल्य) plus uddhāraḥ (उद्धारः) is śalyoddhāraḥ (शल्योद्धारः). kṛtaḥ (कृतः) before mayā (मया) is kṛto (कृतो).

Say it back

What was drawn out, and from where?