Ashtavakra Gita 12.7Chapter 12, Verse 7
Ashtavakra Gita 12.7 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: "Thinking about the unthinkable is still a form of thought. So I have let that thinking go, and rest as I am."
अचिन्त्यं चिन्त्यमानोऽपि चिन्तारूपं भजत्यसौ ।त्यक्त्वा तद्भावनं तस्माद् एवमेवाहमास्थितः ॥
acintyaṃ cintyamāno'pi cintārūpaṃ bhajatyasau |tyaktvā tadbhāvanaṃ tasmād evamevāhamāsthitaḥ ||
Thinking about the unthinkable is still a form of thought. So I have let that thinking go, and 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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