Ashtavakra Gita 17.2Chapter 17, Verse 2
Ashtavakra Gita 17.2 is a verse from chapter 17 (The one who knows). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "One who knows what is real is never troubled here, for this whole round of worlds is filled by him alone."
न कदाचिज्जगत्यस्मिन् तत्त्वज्ञो हन्त खिद्यति ।यत एकेन तेनेदं पूर्णं ब्रह्माण्डमण्डलम् ॥
na kadācijjagatyasmin tattvajño hanta khidyati |yata ekena tenedaṃ pūrṇaṃ brahmāṇḍamaṇḍalam ||
One who knows what is real is never troubled here, for this whole round of worlds is filled by him alone.
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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