Ashtavakra Gita 17.20Chapter 17, Verse 20
Ashtavakra Gita 17.20 is a verse from chapter 17 (The one who knows). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Free of the play of mind, confusion, dream and dullness, one whose mind has melted reaches a state nobody can name."
मनःप्रकाशसंमोहस्वप्नजाड्यविवर्जितः ।दशां कामपि सम्प्राप्तो भवेद् गलितमानसः ॥
manaḥprakāśasaṃmohasvapnajāḍyavivarjitaḥ |daśāṃ kāmapi samprāpto bhaved galitamānasaḥ ||
Free of the play of mind, confusion, dream and dullness, one whose mind has melted reaches a state nobody can name.
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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