Ashtavakra Gita 18.48Chapter 18, Verse 48
Ashtavakra Gita 18.48 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Clear-minded and settled just by hearing the truth, he does not look on right conduct, wrong conduct or indifference as his concern."
वस्तुश्रवणमात्रेण शुद्धबुद्धिर्निराकुलः ।नैवाचारमनाचारमौदास्यं वा प्रपश्यति ॥
vastuśravaṇamātreṇa śuddhabuddhirnirākulaḥ |naivācāramanācāramaudāsyaṃ vā prapaśyati ||
Clear-minded and settled just by hearing the truth, he does not look on right conduct, wrong conduct or indifference as his concern.
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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