Ashtavakra Gita 11.6Chapter 11, Verse 6
Ashtavakra Gita 11.6 is a verse from chapter 11 (Eight certainties). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "'I am not the body, the body is not mine, I am awareness': one who is sure of this has reached something like final freedom. He does not keep count of what he did and left undone."
नाहं देहो न मे देहो बोधोऽहमिति निश्चयी ।कैवल्यमिव सम्प्राप्तो न स्मरत्यकृतं कृतम् ॥
nāhaṃ deho na me deho bodho'hamiti niścayī |kaivalyamiva samprāpto na smaratyakṛtaṃ kṛtam ||
'I am not the body, the body is not mine, I am awareness': one who is sure of this has reached something like final freedom. He does not keep count of what he did and left undone.
Ashtavakra, to King Janaka
Word meanings and a note for this verse are still being written. Read it in context on the chapter 11 page, or start with the verses in where to begin.
Chapter 11, Eight certainties: Eight verses, each about one who is certain of a single truth and is at peace because of it.
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