Ashtavakra Gita 16.6Chapter 16, Verse 6
Ashtavakra Gita 16.6 is a verse from chapter 16 (Forget it all). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "One who hates objects is dispassionate. One who craves them is attached. One who neither takes nor drops is neither dispassionate nor attached."
विरक्तो विषयद्वेष्टा रागी विषयलोलुपः ।ग्रहमोक्षविहीनस्तु न विरक्तो न रागवान् ॥
virakto viṣayadveṣṭā rāgī viṣayalolupaḥ |grahamokṣavihīnastu na virakto na rāgavān ||
One who hates objects is dispassionate. One who craves them is attached. One who neither takes nor drops is neither dispassionate nor attached.
Ashtavakra, to King Janaka
Word meanings and a note for this verse are still being written. Read it in context on the chapter 16 page, or start with the verses in where to begin.
Chapter 16, Forget it all: No scripture or practice brings ease until everything learned is forgotten and effort drops away.
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