Ashtavakra Gita 14.2Chapter 14, Verse 2
Ashtavakra Gita 14.2 is a verse from chapter 14 (Peace). King Janaka speaks it to his teacher, the sage Ashtavakra. In plain English it says: "Where is wealth, where are friends, where are the thieves called sense objects, where is scripture, where is learning, now that my craving has melted away?"
क्व धनानि क्व मित्राणि क्व मे विषयदस्यवः ।क्व शास्त्रं क्व च विज्ञानं यदा मे गलिता स्पृहा ॥
kva dhanāni kva mitrāṇi kva me viṣayadasyavaḥ |kva śāstraṃ kva ca vijñānaṃ yadā me galitā spṛhā ||
Where is wealth, where are friends, where are the thieves called sense objects, where is scripture, where is learning, now that my craving has melted away?
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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