Ashtavakra Gita 17.10Chapter 17, Verse 10
Ashtavakra Gita 17.10 is a verse from chapter 17 (The one who knows). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "He is not awake and not asleep, he neither opens nor closes his eyes. How wonderful: the free mind lives in the highest state wherever it is."
न जागर्ति न निद्राति नोन्मीलति न मीलति ।अहो परदशा क्वापि वर्तते मुक्तचेतसः ॥
na jāgarti na nidrāti nonmīlati na mīlati |aho paradaśā kvāpi vartate muktacetasaḥ ||
He is not awake and not asleep, he neither opens nor closes his eyes. How wonderful: the free mind lives in the highest state wherever it is.
Ashtavakra, to King Janaka
Word meanings and a note for this verse are still being written. Read it in context on the chapter 17 page, or start with the verses in where to begin.
Chapter 17, The one who knows: A portrait of the free person, who wants neither pleasure nor freedom and lives at ease seeing, hearing and eating.
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