Ashtavakra Gita 15.9Chapter 15, Verse 9
Ashtavakra Gita 15.9 is a verse from chapter 15 (What you are). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "The body, wrapped in the qualities of nature, comes, stays and goes. The Self neither goes nor comes. Why grieve over it?"
गुणैः संवेष्टितो देहस्तिष्ठत्यायाति याति च ।आत्मा न गन्ता नागन्ता किमेनमनुशोचसि ॥
guṇaiḥ saṃveṣṭito dehastiṣṭhatyāyāti yāti ca |ātmā na gantā nāgantā kimenamanuśocasi ||
The body, wrapped in the qualities of nature, comes, stays and goes. The Self neither goes nor comes. Why grieve over it?
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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