Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय २०) / 20.6
20.6
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
क्व लोकं क्व मुमुक्षुर् वा क्व योगी ज्ञानवान् क्व वा ।
क्व बद्धः क्व च वा मुक्तः स्वस्वरूपेऽहमद्वये kva lokaṃ kva mumukṣur vā kva yogī jñānavān kva vā |
kva baddhaḥ kva ca vā muktaḥ svasvarūpe 'ham advaye
The line
Where is the world, or where one who longs to be free, where the yogin, where one with knowledge, or where? Where is the bound one, and where or the freed one, I in my own nondual form?
नेपालीमा
आफ्नै अद्वय रूपमा रहेको मेरो लागि लोक कहाँ छ, मुक्त हुन चाहने कहाँ छ, योगी कहाँ छ, ज्ञान भएको कहाँ छ? बाँधिएको कहाँ छ, मुक्त कहाँ छ?
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. I in the nondual own form is the place of these questions.
Split: kva (क्व) + lokam (लोकम्) + kva (क्व) + mumukṣuḥ (मुमुक्षुः) + vā (वा) + kva (क्व) + yogī (योगी) + jñānavān (ज्ञानवान्) + kva (क्व) + vā (वा) + kva (क्व) + baddhaḥ (बद्धः) + kva (क्व) + ca (च) + vā (वा) + muktaḥ (मुक्तः) + svasvarūpe (स्वस्वरूपे) + aham (अहम्) + advaye (अद्वये)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| lokam (लोकम्) | accusative singular, masculine | a world. The file prints the accusative. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| mumukṣuḥ (मुमुक्षुः) | nominative singular, masculine | one who longs to be free. Recited mumukṣur (मुमुक्षुर्) before vā (वा). |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| yogī (योगी) | nominative singular, masculine | the yogin. |
| jñānavān (ज्ञानवान्) | nominative singular, masculine | one who has knowledge. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| baddhaḥ (बद्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | the bound one. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| muktaḥ (मुक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | the freed one. |
| svasvarūpe (स्वस्वरूपे) | locative singular, neuter | in the form that is one's own. Read from svarūpe (स्वरूपे). |
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I. The initial a (अ) is marked by avagraha after svasvarūpe (स्वस्वरूपे). |
| advaye (अद्वये) | locative singular, neuter | in the nondual. Agrees with svasvarūpe (स्वस्वरूपे). |
The phrases
lokam (लोकम्) is accusative, and the other questioned nouns are nominative. aham (अहम्) is nominative inside the locatives svasvarūpe (स्वस्वरूपे) and advaye (अद्वये).
Sanskrit in this line
mumukṣuḥ (मुमुक्षुः) before vā (वा) is mumukṣur (मुमुक्षुर्). svasvarūpe (स्वस्वरूपे) plus aham is printed with avagraha. lokam is the accusative the file prints.
Say it back
Where is I placed?