Ashtavakra Gita 17.8Chapter 17, Verse 8
Ashtavakra Gita 17.8 is a verse from chapter 17 (The one who knows). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Fulfilled by this knowledge, his mind melted away, he lives at ease, seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating."
कृतार्थोऽनेन ज्ञानेनेत्येवं गलितधीः कृती ।पश्यन् शृण्वन् स्पृशन् जिघ्रन्अश्नन्नास्ते यथा सुखम् ॥
kṛtārtho'nena jñānenetyevaṃ galitadhīḥ kṛtī |paśyan śṛṇvan spṛśan jighranaśnannāste yathā sukham ||
Fulfilled by this knowledge, his mind melted away, he lives at ease, seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating.
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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