Ashtavakra Gita 15.10Chapter 15, Verse 10
Ashtavakra Gita 15.10 is a verse from chapter 15 (What you are). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Let the body last to the end of the age or go today. What is gained or lost for you, who are awareness alone?"
देहस्तिष्ठतु कल्पान्तं गच्छत्वद्यैव वा पुनः ।क्व वृद्धिः क्व च वा हानिस्तव चिन्मात्ररूपिणः ॥
dehastiṣṭhatu kalpāntaṃ gacchatvadyaiva vā punaḥ |kva vṛddhiḥ kva ca vā hānistava cinmātrarūpiṇaḥ ||
Let the body last to the end of the age or go today. What is gained or lost for you, who are awareness alone?
Ashtavakra, to King Janaka
Word meanings and a note for this verse are still being written. Read it in context on the chapter 15 page, or start with the verses in where to begin.
Chapter 15, What you are: Ashtavakra's second long teaching: you are awareness, the world is waves on your ocean, so move about at ease.
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