Ashtavakra Gita 17.7Chapter 17, Verse 7
Ashtavakra Gita 17.7 is a verse from chapter 17 (The one who knows). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "He has no wish for the world to end and no dislike of its going on. So the fortunate one lives at ease on whatever livelihood comes."
वाञ्छा न विश्वविलये न द्वेषस्तस्य च स्थितौ ।यथा जीविकया तस्माद् धन्य आस्ते यथा सुखम् ॥
vāñchā na viśvavilaye na dveṣastasya ca sthitau |yathā jīvikayā tasmād dhanya āste yathā sukham ||
He has no wish for the world to end and no dislike of its going on. So the fortunate one lives at ease on whatever livelihood comes.
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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