Ashtavakra Gita 18.14Chapter 18, Verse 14
Ashtavakra Gita 18.14 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 delusion, where is the world, where is meditation on That, where is freedom, for the great soul at rest past the edge of every intention?"
क्व मोहः क्व च वा विश्वं क्व तद् ध्यानं क्व मुक्तता ।सर्वसङ्कल्पसीमायां विश्रान्तस्य महात्मनः ॥
kva mohaḥ kva ca vā viśvaṃ kva tad dhyānaṃ kva muktatā |sarvasaṅkalpasīmāyāṃ viśrāntasya mahātmanaḥ ||
Where is delusion, where is the world, where is meditation on That, where is freedom, for the great soul at rest past the edge of every intention?
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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