Ashtavakra Gita 10.6Chapter 10, Verse 6
Ashtavakra Gita 10.6 is a verse from chapter 10 (Quiet). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Kingdoms, sons, wives, bodies and pleasures: you were attached to them, and still you lost them, birth after birth."
राज्यं सुताः कलत्राणि शरीराणि सुखानि च ।संसक्तस्यापि नष्टानि तव जन्मनि जन्मनि ॥
rājyaṃ sutāḥ kalatrāṇi śarīrāṇi sukhāni ca |saṃsaktasyāpi naṣṭāni tava janmani janmani ||
Kingdoms, sons, wives, bodies and pleasures: you were attached to them, and still you lost them, birth after birth.
Ashtavakra, to King Janaka
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Chapter 10, Quiet: Leave desire, wealth and even merit; craving is the only bond, and ending it is freedom.
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