Ashtavakra Gita 18.32Chapter 18, Verse 32
Ashtavakra Gita 18.32 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Hearing the truth as it is, a dull person is bewildered. A sharp one turns inward and may look like a dull one."
तत्त्वं यथार्थमाकर्ण्य मन्दः प्राप्नोति मूढताम् ।अथवा याति सङ्कोचममूढः कोऽपि मूढवत् ॥
tattvaṃ yathārthamākarṇya mandaḥ prāpnoti mūḍhatām |athavā yāti saṅkocamamūḍhaḥ ko'pi mūḍhavat ||
Hearing the truth as it is, a dull person is bewildered. A sharp one turns inward and may look like a dull one.
Ashtavakra, to King Janaka
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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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