Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय २०) / 20.8
20.8
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
क्व प्रमाता प्रमाणं वा क्व प्रमेयं क्व च प्रमा ।
क्व किञ्चित् क्व न किञ्चिद् वा सर्वदा विमलस्य मे kva pramātā pramāṇaṃ vā kva prameyaṃ kva ca pramā |
kva kiñcit kva na kiñcid vā sarvadā vimalasya me
The line
Where is the knower, or the means of knowing, where the knowable, and where knowing? Where is something, or where not something, of me who am always without stain?
नेपालीमा
सधैँ दाग नभएको मेरो लागि जान्ने कहाँ छ, जान्ने साधन कहाँ छ, जानिने कहाँ छ, ज्ञान कहाँ छ? केही कहाँ छ, केही होइन कहाँ छ?
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. The four parts of a knowing are questioned of the stainless one.
Split: kva (क्व) + pramātā (प्रमाता) + pramāṇam (प्रमाणम्) + vā (वा) + kva (क्व) + prameyam (प्रमेयम्) + kva (क्व) + ca (च) + pramā (प्रमा) + kva (क्व) + kiñcit (किञ्चित्) + kva (क्व) + na (न) + kiñcit (किञ्चित्) + vā (वा) + sarvadā (सर्वदा) + vimalasya (विमलस्य) + me (मे)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| pramātā (प्रमाता) | nominative singular, masculine | the knower. |
| pramāṇam (प्रमाणम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the means of knowing. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| prameyam (प्रमेयम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the knowable. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| pramā (प्रमा) | nominative singular, feminine | knowing. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| kiñcit (किञ्चित्) | nominative singular, neuter | something. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| kiñcit (किञ्चित्) | nominative singular, neuter | something. Recited kiñcid (किञ्चिद्) before vā (वा). |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| sarvadā (सर्वदा) | indeclinable | always. |
| vimalasya (विमलस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of one without stain. Agrees with me (मे). |
| me (मे) | genitive singular | of me. |
The phrases
pramātā (प्रमाता), pramāṇam (प्रमाणम्), prameyam (प्रमेयम्), and pramā (प्रमा) are four nominatives of a knowing. na (न) negates the second kiñcit (किञ्चित्). vimalasya (विमलस्य) agrees with me (मे).
Sanskrit in this line
The second kiñcit (किञ्चित्) before vā (वा) is recited kiñcid (किञ्चिद्), final t voiced before v.
Say it back
Name the four parts of a knowing.