Ashtavakra Gita 18.11Chapter 18, Verse 11
Ashtavakra Gita 18.11 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Ruling a kingdom or living on alms, gain or loss, among people or in the forest: it makes no difference to the yogi whose nature is free of wavering thought."
स्वाराज्ये भैक्षवृत्तौ च लाभालाभे जने वने ।निर्विकल्पस्वभावस्य न विशेषोऽस्ति योगिनः ॥
svārājye bhaikṣavṛttau ca lābhālābhe jane vane |nirvikalpasvabhāvasya na viśeṣo'sti yoginaḥ ||
Ruling a kingdom or living on alms, gain or loss, among people or in the forest: it makes no difference to the yogi whose nature is free of wavering thought.
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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