Ashtavakra Gita 18.10Chapter 18, Verse 10
Ashtavakra Gita 18.10 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "For the yogi at peace there is no distraction and no focus, no heightened knowing and no dullness, no pleasure and no pain."
न विक्षेपो न चैकाग्र्यं नातिबोधो न मूढता ।न सुखं न च वा दुःखमुपशान्तस्य योगिनः ॥
na vikṣepo na caikāgryaṃ nātibodho na mūḍhatā |na sukhaṃ na ca vā duḥkhamupaśāntasya yoginaḥ ||
For the yogi at peace there is no distraction and no focus, no heightened knowing and no dullness, no pleasure and no pain.
Ashtavakra, to King Janaka
Word meanings and a note for this verse are still being written. Read it in context on the chapter 18 page, or start with the verses in where to begin.
Chapter 18, Peace in a hundred verses: The longest chapter, a third of the text, contrasting the confused who strive with the steady who are already at rest.
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