Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय २०) / 20.5
20.5
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
क्व कर्ता क्व च वा भोक्ता निष्क्रियं स्फुरणं क्व वा ।
क्वापरोक्षं फलं वा क्व निःस्वभावस्य मे सदा kva kartā kva ca vā bhoktā niṣkriyaṃ sphuraṇaṃ kva vā |
kvāparokṣaṃ phalaṃ vā kva niḥsvabhāvasya me sadā
The line
Where is the doer, and where or the enjoyer, and where or the actionless flashing? Where is the immediate fruit, or where, of me who am always without own nature?
नेपालीमा
सधैँ आफ्नो स्वभाव नभएको मेरो लागि कर्ता कहाँ छ, भोक्ता कहाँ छ, कर्म नगर्ने चम्क कहाँ छ? तुरुन्तको फल कहाँ छ?
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. Doer and enjoyer are questioned of the one without own nature.
Split: kva (क्व) + kartā (कर्ता) + kva (क्व) + ca (च) + vā (वा) + bhoktā (भोक्ता) + niṣkriyam (निष्क्रियम्) + sphuraṇam (स्फुरणम्) + kva (क्व) + vā (वा) + kva (क्व) + aparokṣam (अपरोक्षम्) + phalam (फलम्) + vā (वा) + kva (क्व) + niḥsvabhāvasya (निःस्वभावस्य) + me (मे) + sadā (सदा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| kartā (कर्ता) | nominative singular, masculine | the doer. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| bhoktā (भोक्ता) | nominative singular, masculine | the enjoyer. |
| niṣkriyam (निष्क्रियम्) | nominative singular, neuter | without action. Agrees with sphuraṇam (स्फुरणम्). |
| sphuraṇam (स्फुरणम्) | nominative singular, neuter | a flashing. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| aparokṣam (अपरोक्षम्) | nominative singular, neuter | immediate. Agrees with phalam (फलम्). Recited in kvāparokṣam (क्वापरोक्षम्), kva (क्व) plus aparokṣam (अपरोक्षम्). |
| phalam (फलम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the fruit. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| niḥsvabhāvasya (निःस्वभावस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of one without own nature. Agrees with me (मे). |
| me (मे) | genitive singular | of me. |
| sadā (सदा) | indeclinable | always. |
The phrases
niṣkriyam (निष्क्रियम्) agrees with sphuraṇam (स्फुरणम्). aparokṣam (अपरोक्षम्) agrees with phalam (फलम्). niḥsvabhāvasya (निःस्वभावस्य) agrees with me (मे), and sadā (सदा) marks that genitive.
Sanskrit in this line
kva plus aparokṣam (अपरोक्षम्) is recited kvāparokṣam (क्वापरोक्षम्).
Say it back
Who is without own nature?