Ashtavakra Gita 12.3Chapter 12, Verse 3
Ashtavakra Gita 12.3 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: "Distraction comes from taking things as real, and effort is then made to reach samadhi. Seeing that this is how it goes, I rest as I am."
समाध्यासादिविक्षिप्तौ व्यवहारः समाधये ।एवं विलोक्य नियममेवमेवाहमास्थितः ॥
samādhyāsādivikṣiptau vyavahāraḥ samādhaye |evaṃ vilokya niyamamevamevāhamāsthitaḥ ||
Distraction comes from taking things as real, and effort is then made to reach samadhi. Seeing that this is how it goes, 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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