Ashtavakra Gita 18.21Chapter 18, Verse 21
Ashtavakra Gita 18.21 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Free of tendencies, leaning on nothing, moving freely, his ties undone, he is blown about by the wind of past impressions like a dry leaf."
निर्वासनो निरालम्बः स्वच्छन्दो मुक्तबन्धनः ।क्षिप्तः संस्कारवातेन चेष्टते शुष्कपर्णवत् ॥
nirvāsano nirālambaḥ svacchando muktabandhanaḥ |kṣiptaḥ saṃskāravātena ceṣṭate śuṣkaparṇavat ||
Free of tendencies, leaning on nothing, moving freely, his ties undone, he is blown about by the wind of past impressions like a dry leaf.
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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