Ashtavakra Gita 17.19Chapter 17, Verse 19
Ashtavakra Gita 17.19 is a verse from chapter 17 (The one who knows). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Without 'mine', without 'I', certain that nothing is, every wish melted within, he does not act even while acting."
निर्ममो निरहङ्कारो न किञ्चिदिति निश्चितः ।अन्तर्गलितसर्वाशः कुर्वन्नपि करोति न ॥
nirmamo nirahaṅkāro na kiñciditi niścitaḥ |antargalitasarvāśaḥ kurvannapi karoti na ||
Without 'mine', without 'I', certain that nothing is, every wish melted within, he does not act even while acting.
Ashtavakra, to King Janaka
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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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