Ashtavakra Gita 18.15Chapter 18, Verse 15
Ashtavakra Gita 18.15 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "One who has seen the world may try to deny it. But what does one without tendencies have to do? Seeing, he does not see."
येन विश्वमिदं दृष्टं स नास्तीति करोतु वै ।निर्वासनः किं कुरुते पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति ॥
yena viśvamidaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ sa nāstīti karotu vai |nirvāsanaḥ kiṃ kurute paśyannapi na paśyati ||
One who has seen the world may try to deny it. But what does one without tendencies have to do? Seeing, he does not see.
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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