Ashtavakra Gita 15.20Chapter 15, Verse 20
Ashtavakra Gita 15.20 is a verse from chapter 15 (What you are). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Give up meditation altogether. Hold nothing in the heart. You are the Self, free already. What will you gain by thinking it over?"
त्यजैव ध्यानं सर्वत्र मा किञ्चिद् हृदि धारय ।आत्मा त्वं मुक्त एवासि किं विमृश्य करिष्यसि ॥
tyajaiva dhyānaṃ sarvatra mā kiñcid hṛdi dhāraya |ātmā tvaṃ mukta evāsi kiṃ vimṛśya kariṣyasi ||
Give up meditation altogether. Hold nothing in the heart. You are the Self, free already. What will you gain by thinking it over?
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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