Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय २०) / 20.2

20.2

the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)

क्व शास्त्रं क्वात्मविज्ञानं क्व वा निर्विषयं मनः ।
क्व तृप्तिः क्व वितृष्णात्वं गतद्वन्द्वस्य मे सदा
kva śāstraṃ kvātmavijñānaṃ kva vā nirviṣayaṃ manaḥ |
kva tṛptiḥ kva vitṛṣṇātvaṃ gatadvandvasya me sadā

The line

Where is scripture, where knowledge of the self, or where a mind without an object? Where is contentment, where the state of no thirst, of me who am always gone beyond the pairs?

नेपालीमा

सधैँ द्वन्द्व नाघेको मेरो लागि शास्त्र कहाँ छ, आत्मज्ञान कहाँ छ, विषय नभएको मन कहाँ छ? तृप्ति कहाँ छ, तृष्णा नहुनु कहाँ छ?

Where it sits

Janaka is still speaking. The questions stay on what has no place for him.

Split: kva (क्व) + śāstram (शास्त्रम्) + kva (क्व) + ātmavijñānam (आत्मविज्ञानम्) + kva (क्व) + vā (वा) + nirviṣayam (निर्विषयम्) + manaḥ (मनः) + kva (क्व) + tṛptiḥ (तृप्तिः) + kva (क्व) + vitṛṣṇātvam (वितृष्णात्वम्) + gatadvandvasya (गतद्वन्द्वस्य) + me (मे) + sadā (सदा)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
kva (क्व)indeclinablewhere?
śāstram (शास्त्रम्)nominative singular, neuterscripture.
kva (क्व)indeclinablewhere?
ātmavijñānam (आत्मविज्ञानम्)nominative singular, neuterknowledge of the self. Recited in kvātmavijñānam (क्वात्मविज्ञानम्), kva (क्व) plus ātmavijñānam (आत्मविज्ञानम्).
kva (क्व)indeclinablewhere?
vā (वा)indeclinableor.
nirviṣayam (निर्विषयम्)nominative singular, neuterwithout an object. Agrees with manaḥ (मनः).
manaḥ (मनः)nominative singular, neutermind.
kva (क्व)indeclinablewhere?
tṛptiḥ (तृप्तिः)nominative singular, femininecontentment.
kva (क्व)indeclinablewhere?
vitṛṣṇātvam (वितृष्णात्वम्)nominative singular, neuterthe state of having no thirst. Read from tvam (त्वम्).
gatadvandvasya (गतद्वन्द्वस्य)genitive singular, masculineof one gone beyond the pairs. Agrees with me (मे).
me (मे)genitive singularof me.
sadā (सदा)indeclinablealways.

The phrases

nirviṣayam (निर्विषयम्) agrees with manaḥ (मनः). gatadvandvasya (गतद्वन्द्वस्य) agrees with me (मे). sadā (सदा) marks that genitive as always.

Sanskrit in this line

kva plus ātmavijñānam (आत्मविज्ञानम्) is recited kvātmavijñānam (क्वात्मविज्ञानम्).

Say it back

What kind of mind is questioned?