Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय २०) / 20.4
20.4
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
क्व प्रारब्धानि कर्माणि जीवन्मुक्तिरपि क्व वा ।
क्व तद् विदेहकैवल्यं निर्विशेषस्य सर्वदा kva prārabdhāni karmāṇi jīvanmuktir api kva vā |
kva tad videhakaivalyaṃ nirviśeṣasya sarvadā
The line
Where are the actions already begun, or where even liberation while living? Where is that aloneness without a body, of one always without distinctions?
नेपालीमा
सधैँ भेद नभएको मेरो लागि थालिएका कर्म कहाँ छन्, जीउँदैको मुक्ति पनि कहाँ छ? शरीररहित त्यो एक्लोपन कहाँ छ?
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. Two names of freedom are set beside actions already begun.
Split: kva (क्व) + prārabdhāni (प्रारब्धानि) + karmāṇi (कर्माणि) + jīvanmuktiḥ (जीवन्मुक्तिः) + api (अपि) + kva (क्व) + vā (वा) + kva (क्व) + tat (तत्) + videhakaivalyam (विदेहकैवल्यम्) + nirviśeṣasya (निर्विशेषस्य) + sarvadā (सर्वदा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| prārabdhāni (प्रारब्धानि) | nominative plural, neuter | already begun. Agrees with karmāṇi (कर्माणि). |
| karmāṇi (कर्माणि) | nominative plural, neuter | actions. |
| jīvanmuktiḥ (जीवन्मुक्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | liberation while living. Recited jīvanmuktir (जीवन्मुक्तिर्) before api (अपि). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| tat (तत्) | nominative singular, neuter | that. Recited tad (तद्) before videhakaivalyam (विदेहकैवल्यम्). |
| videhakaivalyam (विदेहकैवल्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | aloneness without a body. Read from kaivalyam (कैवल्यम्). |
| nirviśeṣasya (निर्विशेषस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of one without distinctions. |
| sarvadā (सर्वदा) | indeclinable | always. |
The phrases
prārabdhāni (प्रारब्धानि) agrees with karmāṇi (कर्माणि). api (अपि) marks jīvanmuktiḥ (जीवन्मुक्तिः). tat (तत्) agrees with videhakaivalyam (विदेहकैवल्यम्). nirviśeṣasya (निर्विशेषस्य) is the person, and sarvadā (सर्वदा) marks him.
Sanskrit in this line
jīvanmuktiḥ (जीवन्मुक्तिः) before api is jīvanmuktir (जीवन्मुक्तिर्). tat before videhakaivalyam is tad.
Say it back
Which two freedoms are named?