Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय २०) / 20.3
20.3
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
क्व विद्या क्व च वाविद्या क्वाहं क्वेदं मम क्व वा ।
क्व बन्ध क्व च वा मोक्षः स्वरूपस्य क्व रूपिता kva vidyā kva ca vāvidyā kvāhaṃ kvedaṃ mama kva vā |
kva bandha kva ca vā mokṣaḥ svarūpasya kva rūpitā
The line
Where is knowledge, and where or ignorance, where I, where this, or where mine? Where is bondage, and where or liberation, and where is being formed, of one's own form?
नेपालीमा
आफ्नै रूपमा रहेको मेरो लागि विद्या कहाँ छ, अविद्या कहाँ छ, म कहाँ छु, यो कहाँ छ, मेरो कहाँ छ? बन्धन कहाँ छ, मोक्ष कहाँ छ, रूप बन्नु कहाँ छ?
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. Bondage and liberation are questioned in the same string as I and this.
Split: kva (क्व) + vidyā (विद्या) + kva (क्व) + ca (च) + vā (वा) + avidyā (अविद्या) + kva (क्व) + aham (अहम्) + kva (क्व) + idam (इदम्) + mama (मम) + kva (क्व) + vā (वा) + kva (क्व) + bandhaḥ (बन्धः) + kva (क्व) + ca (च) + vā (वा) + mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) + svarūpasya (स्वरूपस्य) + kva (क्व) + rūpitā (रूपिता)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| vidyā (विद्या) | nominative singular, feminine | knowledge. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| avidyā (अविद्या) | nominative singular, feminine | ignorance. Recited in vāvidyā (वाविद्या), vā (वा) plus avidyā (अविद्या). |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I. Recited in kvāham (क्वाहम्), kva (क्व) plus aham (अहम्). |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. Recited in kvedam (क्वेदम्), kva (क्व) plus idam (इदम्). |
| mama (मम) | genitive singular | mine, of me. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| bandhaḥ (बन्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | bondage. The file prints bandha (बन्ध), and the visarga is not there. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | liberation. |
| svarūpasya (स्वरूपस्य) | genitive singular, neuter | of one's own form. Depends on rūpitā (रूपिता). |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| rūpitā (रूपिता) | nominative singular, feminine | being formed. |
The phrases
mama (मम) is a genitive questioned on its own, beside aham (अहम्) and idam (इदम्). svarūpasya (स्वरूपस्य) depends on rūpitā (रूपिता). The other kva (क्व) words are nominatives.
Sanskrit in this line
vāvidyā (वाविद्या), kvāham (क्वाहम्), and kvedam write the vowel joins. The file prints bandha with no visarga, and the table restores bandhaḥ (बन्धः).
Say it back
What is asked about I, this, and mine?