Ashtavakra Gita 14.1Chapter 14, Verse 1
Ashtavakra Gita 14.1 is a verse from chapter 14 (Peace). King Janaka speaks it to his teacher, the sage Ashtavakra. In plain English it says: "One whose mind is empty by nature, who thinks of things only by oversight, is like someone who has woken from sleep: his memories of the world have grown faint."
प्रकृत्या शून्यचित्तो यः प्रमादाद् भावभावनः ।निद्रितो बोधित इव क्षीणसंस्मरणो हि सः ॥
prakṛtyā śūnyacitto yaḥ pramādād bhāvabhāvanaḥ |nidrito bodhita iva kṣīṇasaṃsmaraṇo hi saḥ ||
One whose mind is empty by nature, who thinks of things only by oversight, is like someone who has woken from sleep: his memories of the world have grown faint.
King Janaka, to Ashtavakra
Word meanings and a note for this verse are still being written. Read it in context on the chapter 14 page, or start with the verses in where to begin.
Chapter 14, Peace: With craving melted, wealth, friends, scripture and learning lose their hold; only those in this state know it.
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