Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Janaka (अध्याय २०) / 20.14
20.14
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
क्व चास्ति क्व च वा नास्ति क्वास्ति चैकं क्व च द्वयम् ।
बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन किञ्चिन् नोत्तिष्ठते मम kva cāsti kva ca vā nāsti kvāsti caikaṃ kva ca dvayam |
bahunātra kim uktena kiñcin nottiṣṭhate mama
The line
Where is there, and where is there not, where the one, and where the pair, and what is there by much said here? Nothing of me rises.
नेपालीमा
छ भन्ने कहाँ, छैन भन्ने कहाँ, एक कहाँ छ, दुई कहाँ छ? यहाँ धेरै भनेर के हुन्छ? ममा केही उठ्दैन।
Where it sits
Janaka is still speaking. The last line of the chapter leaves nothing of him rising.
Split: kva (क्व) + ca (च) + asti (अस्ति) + kva (क्व) + ca (च) + vā (वा) + na (न) + asti (अस्ति) + kva (क्व) + asti (अस्ति) + ca (च) + ekam (एकम्) + kva (क्व) + ca (च) + dvayam (द्वयम्) + bahunā (बहुना) + atra (अत्र) + kim (किम्) + uktena (उक्तेन) + kiñcit (किञ्चित्) + na (न) + uttiṣṭhate (उत्तिष्ठते) + mama (मम)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| asti (अस्ति) | present third person singular | is. Recited in cāsti (चास्ति), ca (च) plus asti (अस्ति). |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| asti (अस्ति) | present third person singular | is. Recited in nāsti (नास्ति), na (न) plus asti (अस्ति). |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| asti (अस्ति) | present third person singular | is. Recited in kvāsti (क्वास्ति), kva (क्व) plus asti (अस्ति). |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| ekam (एकम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the one. Recited in caikam (चैकम्), ca (च) plus ekam (एकम्). Subject of the third asti (अस्ति). |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| dvayam (द्वयम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the pair. |
| bahunā (बहुना) | instrumental singular, neuter | by much. |
| atra (अत्र) | indeclinable | here. Recited in bahunātra (बहुनात्र), bahunā (बहुना) plus atra (अत्र). |
| kim (किम्) | nominative singular, neuter | what? |
| uktena (उक्तेन) | instrumental singular, neuter | by what has been said. |
| kiñcit (किञ्चित्) | nominative singular, neuter | anything. Recited kiñcin (किञ्चिन्) before na (न). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. Recited in nottiṣṭhate (नोत्तिष्ठते), na (न) plus uttiṣṭhate (उत्तिष्ठते). |
| uttiṣṭhate (उत्तिष्ठते) | present third person singular | rises. From sthā (स्था) with ut (उत्). |
| mama (मम) | genitive singular | of me. |
The phrases
The first two asti (अस्ति) have no noun. The third asti (अस्ति) takes ekam (एकम्), and dvayam (द्वयम्) is a further nominative with that verb. bahunā (बहुना) and uktena (उक्तेन) are instrumentals with kim (किम्). kiñcit (किञ्चित्) is the subject of uttiṣṭhate (उत्तिष्ठते), negated by na (न), and mama (मम) is whose it is.
Sanskrit in this line
cāsti (चास्ति), nāsti (नास्ति), and kvāsti (क्वास्ति) write the three joins of asti. bahunā (बहुना) plus atra is bahunātra (बहुनात्र). kiñcit (किञ्चित्) before na is kiñcin (किञ्चिन्), and na plus uttiṣṭhate (उत्तिष्ठते) is nottiṣṭhate (नोत्तिष्ठते).
Say it back
What does not rise?