Ashtavakra Gita 13.2Chapter 13, Verse 2
Ashtavakra Gita 13.2 is a verse from chapter 13 (As it pleases me). King Janaka speaks it to his teacher, the sage Ashtavakra. In plain English it says: "Here the body is strained, there the tongue grows tired, and there the mind. So I have left them and live at ease in what life is for."
कुत्रापि खेदः कायस्य जिह्वा कुत्रापि खेद्यते ।मनः कुत्रापि तत्त्यक्त्वा पुरुषार्थे स्थितः सुखम् ॥
kutrāpi khedaḥ kāyasya jihvā kutrāpi khedyate |manaḥ kutrāpi tattyaktvā puruṣārthe sthitaḥ sukham ||
Here the body is strained, there the tongue grows tired, and there the mind. So I have left them and live at ease in what life is for.
King Janaka, to Ashtavakra
Word meanings and a note for this verse are still being written. Read it in context on the chapter 13 page, or start with the verses in where to begin.
Chapter 13, As it pleases me: Janaka lives without taking or giving up, doing what comes and living at ease.
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