Ashtavakra Gita 18.22Chapter 18, Verse 22
Ashtavakra Gita 18.22 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 is out of the round of the world has no joy and no gloom anywhere. With a mind always cool, he shines like one without a body."
असंसारस्य तु क्वापि न हर्षो न विषादता ।स शीतलमना नित्यं विदेह इव राजये ॥
asaṃsārasya tu kvāpi na harṣo na viṣādatā |sa śītalamanā nityaṃ videha iva rājaye ||
One who is out of the round of the world has no joy and no gloom anywhere. With a mind always cool, he shines like one without a body.
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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