Ashtavakra Gita 12.2Chapter 12, Verse 2
Ashtavakra Gita 12.2 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: "Sound and the other objects no longer pull at me, and the Self is no object to be seen. My heart is free of scatter and gathered. So I rest as I am."
प्रीत्यभावेन शब्दादेरदृश्यत्वेन चात्मनः ।विक्षेपैकाग्रहृदय एवमेवाहमास्थितः ॥
prītyabhāvena śabdāderadṛśyatvena cātmanaḥ |vikṣepaikāgrahṛdaya evamevāhamāsthitaḥ ||
Sound and the other objects no longer pull at me, and the Self is no object to be seen. My heart is free of scatter and gathered. 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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