Ashtavakra Gita 13.7Chapter 13, Verse 7
Ashtavakra Gita 13.7 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: "Having seen many times how pleasure and the rest come and go in things, I have left good and bad behind, and live as it pleases me."
सुखादिरूपा नियमं भावेष्वालोक्य भूरिशः ।शुभाशुभे विहायास्मादहमासे यथासुखम् ॥
sukhādirūpā niyamaṃ bhāveṣvālokya bhūriśaḥ |śubhāśubhe vihāyāsmādahamāse yathāsukham ||
Having seen many times how pleasure and the rest come and go in things, I have left good and bad behind, and live as it pleases me.
King Janaka, to Ashtavakra
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Chapter 13, As it pleases me: Janaka lives without taking or giving up, doing what comes and living at ease.
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