Ashtavakra Gita 18.33Chapter 18, Verse 33
Ashtavakra Gita 18.33 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 confused work hard at concentration and control. The steady see nothing to do. They rest in their own state like people asleep."
एकाग्रता निरोधो वा मूढैरभ्यस्यते भृशम् ।धीराः कृत्यं न पश्यन्ति सुप्तवत्स्वपदे स्थिताः ॥
ekāgratā nirodho vā mūḍhairabhyasyate bhṛśam |dhīrāḥ kṛtyaṃ na paśyanti suptavatsvapade sthitāḥ ||
The confused work hard at concentration and control. The steady see nothing to do. They rest in their own state like people asleep.
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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