Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय २०) / 20.7
20.7
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
क्व सृष्टिः क्व च संहारः क्व साध्यं क्व च साधनम् ।
क्व साधकः क्व सिद्धिर् वा स्वस्वरूपेऽहमद्वये kva sṛṣṭiḥ kva ca saṃhāraḥ kva sādhyaṃ kva ca sādhanam |
kva sādhakaḥ kva siddhir vā svasvarūpe 'ham advaye
The line
Where is creation, and where dissolution, where the aim, and where the means? Where is the one who practices, or where attainment, I in my own nondual form?
नेपालीमा
आफ्नै अद्वय रूपमा रहेको मेरो लागि सृष्टि कहाँ छ, संहार कहाँ छ, साध्य कहाँ छ, साधन कहाँ छ? साधक कहाँ छ, सिद्धि कहाँ छ?
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. The same I in the nondual own form closes the line.
Split: kva (क्व) + sṛṣṭiḥ (सृष्टिः) + kva (क्व) + ca (च) + saṃhāraḥ (संहारः) + kva (क्व) + sādhyam (साध्यम्) + kva (क्व) + ca (च) + sādhanam (साधनम्) + kva (क्व) + sādhakaḥ (साधकः) + kva (क्व) + siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः) + vā (वा) + svasvarūpe (स्वस्वरूपे) + aham (अहम्) + advaye (अद्वये)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| sṛṣṭiḥ (सृष्टिः) | nominative singular, feminine | creation. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| saṃhāraḥ (संहारः) | nominative singular, masculine | dissolution. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| sādhyam (साध्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | what is to be accomplished. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| sādhanam (साधनम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the means. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| sādhakaḥ (साधकः) | nominative singular, masculine | the one who practices. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः) | nominative singular, feminine | attainment. Recited siddhir (सिद्धिर्) before vā (वा). |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| svasvarūpe (स्वस्वरूपे) | locative singular, neuter | in the form that is one's own. |
| 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
The questioned words are nominatives. aham (अहम्) stands in the locatives svasvarūpe (स्वस्वरूपे) and advaye (अद्वये), as in the line before.
Sanskrit in this line
siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः) before vā (वा) is siddhir. svasvarūpe (स्वस्वरूपे) plus aham again keeps the avagraha.
Say it back
Name creation, the aim, and the one who practices.