Ashtavakra Gita 15.12Chapter 15, Verse 12
Ashtavakra Gita 15.12 is a verse from chapter 15 (What you are). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "My child, you are awareness alone. This world is not separate from you. So who could imagine anything to reject or take, and how, and where?"
तात चिन्मात्ररूपोऽसि न ते भिन्नमिदं जगत् ।अतः कस्य कथं कुत्र हेयोपादेयकल्पना ॥
tāta cinmātrarūpo'si na te bhinnamidaṃ jagat |ataḥ kasya kathaṃ kutra heyopādeyakalpanā ||
My child, you are awareness alone. This world is not separate from you. So who could imagine anything to reject or take, and how, and where?
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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