Ashtavakra Gita 12.1Chapter 12, Verse 1
Ashtavakra Gita 12.1 is a verse from chapter 12 (How I came to rest). King Janaka speaks it to his teacher, the sage Ashtavakra. In plain English it says: "First I lost patience with the body's work, then with long talk, then with thinking itself. So I rest as I am."
कायकृत्यासहः पूर्वं ततो वाग्विस्तरासहः ।अथ चिन्तासहस्तस्माद् एवमेवाहमास्थितः ॥
kāyakṛtyāsahaḥ pūrvaṃ tato vāgvistarāsahaḥ |atha cintāsahastasmād evamevāhamāsthitaḥ ||
First I lost patience with the body's work, then with long talk, then with thinking itself. So I rest as I am.
King Janaka, to Ashtavakra
Word meanings and a note for this verse are still being written. Read it in context on the chapter 12 page, or start with the verses in where to begin.
Chapter 12, How I came to rest: Janaka describes how body, speech and thought fell quiet one after another, and how he now rests as he is.
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