Ashtavakra Gita 18.12Chapter 18, Verse 12
Ashtavakra Gita 18.12 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Where is dharma, where is pleasure, where is wealth, where is discernment, for the yogi free of opposites like 'this is done, this is not done'?"
क्व धर्मः क्व च वा कामः क्व चार्थः क्व विवेकिता ।इदं कृतमिदं नेति द्वन्द्वैर्मुक्तस्य योगिनः ॥
kva dharmaḥ kva ca vā kāmaḥ kva cārthaḥ kva vivekitā |idaṃ kṛtamidaṃ neti dvandvairmuktasya yoginaḥ ||
Where is dharma, where is pleasure, where is wealth, where is discernment, for the yogi free of opposites like 'this is done, this is not done'?
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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