Ashtavakra Gita 18.30Chapter 18, Verse 30
Ashtavakra Gita 18.30 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "The mind of the free one shines: not upset, not pleased, not the doer, without motion, without hope, without doubt."
नोद्विग्नं न च सन्तुष्टमकर्तृ स्पन्दवर्जितम् ।निराशं गतसन्देहं चित्तं मुक्तस्य राजते ॥
nodvignaṃ na ca santuṣṭamakartṛ spandavarjitam |nirāśaṃ gatasandehaṃ cittaṃ muktasya rājate ||
The mind of the free one shines: not upset, not pleased, not the doer, without motion, without hope, without doubt.
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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