Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय २०) / 20.11
20.11
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
क्व माया क्व च संसारः क्व प्रीतिर् विरतिः क्व वा ।
क्व जीवः क्व च तद् ब्रह्म सर्वदा विमलस्य मे kva māyā kva ca saṃsāraḥ kva prītir viratiḥ kva vā |
kva jīvaḥ kva ca tad brahma sarvadā vimalasya me
The line
Where is the display, and where the wandering on, where affection, where turning away, or where? Where is the living one, and where that brahman, of me who am always without stain?
नेपालीमा
सधैँ दाग नभएको मेरो लागि माया कहाँ छ, संसार कहाँ छ, प्रीति कहाँ छ, विरति कहाँ छ? जीव कहाँ छ, त्यो ब्रह्म कहाँ छ?
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. The living one and that brahman are the last pair of this line.
Split: kva (क्व) + māyā (माया) + kva (क्व) + ca (च) + saṃsāraḥ (संसारः) + kva (क्व) + prītiḥ (प्रीतिः) + viratiḥ (विरतिः) + kva (क्व) + vā (वा) + kva (क्व) + jīvaḥ (जीवः) + kva (क्व) + ca (च) + tat (तत्) + brahma (ब्रह्म) + sarvadā (सर्वदा) + vimalasya (विमलस्य) + me (मे)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| māyā (माया) | nominative singular, feminine | the display. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| saṃsāraḥ (संसारः) | nominative singular, masculine | the wandering on. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| prītiḥ (प्रीतिः) | nominative singular, feminine | affection. Recited prītir (प्रीतिर्) before viratiḥ (विरतिः). |
| viratiḥ (विरतिः) | nominative singular, feminine | turning away. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| jīvaḥ (जीवः) | nominative singular, masculine | the living one. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| tat (तत्) | nominative singular, neuter | that. Recited tad (तद्) before brahma (ब्रह्म). Agrees with brahma (ब्रह्म). |
| brahma (ब्रह्म) | nominative singular, neuter | brahman. |
| 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
tat (तत्) agrees with brahma (ब्रह्म). vimalasya (विमलस्य) agrees with me (मे). The other kva (क्व) words are nominatives.
Sanskrit in this line
prītiḥ (प्रीतिः) before viratiḥ (विरतिः) is prītir (प्रीतिर्). tat before brahma is tad.
Say it back
What is asked beside the living one?