Ashtavakra Gita 17.13Chapter 17, Verse 13
Ashtavakra Gita 17.13 is a verse from chapter 17 (The one who knows). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "He does not blame and does not praise, is not elated and is not angry, does not give and does not take. The free one has no taste for anything."
न निन्दति न च स्तौति न हृष्यति न कुप्यति ।न ददाति न गृण्हाति मुक्तः सर्वत्र नीरसः ॥
na nindati na ca stauti na hṛṣyati na kupyati |na dadāti na gṛṇhāti muktaḥ sarvatra nīrasaḥ ||
He does not blame and does not praise, is not elated and is not angry, does not give and does not take. The free one has no taste for anything.
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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