Ashtavakra Gita 12.8Chapter 12, Verse 8
Ashtavakra Gita 12.8 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: "Whoever has done this has done all there is to do. Whoever is like this by nature has done all there is to do."
एवमेव कृतं येन स कृतार्थो भवेदसौ ।एवमेव स्वभावो यः स कृतार्थो भवेदसौ ॥
evameva kṛtaṃ yena sa kṛtārtho bhavedasau |evameva svabhāvo yaḥ sa kṛtārtho bhavedasau ||
Whoever has done this has done all there is to do. Whoever is like this by nature has done all there is to do.
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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