Ashtavakra Gita 18.43Chapter 18, Verse 43
Ashtavakra Gita 18.43 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 dull-minded meditate on the Self as pure and one, but through confusion they do not know it, and stay unsatisfied all their lives."
शुद्धमद्वयमात्मानं भावयन्ति कुबुद्धयः ।न तु जानन्ति संमोहाद्यावज्जीवमनिर्वृताः ॥
śuddhamadvayamātmānaṃ bhāvayanti kubuddhayaḥ |na tu jānanti saṃmohādyāvajjīvamanirvṛtāḥ ||
The dull-minded meditate on the Self as pure and one, but through confusion they do not know it, and stay unsatisfied all their lives.
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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