Ashtavakra Gita 17.5Chapter 17, Verse 5
Ashtavakra Gita 17.5 is a verse from chapter 17 (The one who knows). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Here we see people who want enjoyment and people who want freedom. Rare is the great soul who wants neither."
बुभुक्षुरिह संसारे मुमुक्षुरपि दृश्यते ।भोगमोक्षनिराकाङ्क्षी विरलो हि महाशयः ॥
bubhukṣuriha saṃsāre mumukṣurapi dṛśyate |bhogamokṣanirākāṅkṣī viralo hi mahāśayaḥ ||
Here we see people who want enjoyment and people who want freedom. Rare is the great soul who wants neither.
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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