Ashtavakra Gita 18.51Chapter 18, Verse 51
Ashtavakra Gita 18.51 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "When one sees the Self as neither doer nor enjoyer, all the movements of the mind wear away."
अकर्तृत्वमभोक्तृत्वं स्वात्मनो मन्यते यदा ।तदा क्षीणा भवन्त्येव समस्ताश्चित्तवृत्तयः ॥
akartṛtvamabhoktṛtvaṃ svātmano manyate yadā |tadā kṣīṇā bhavantyeva samastāścittavṛttayaḥ ||
When one sees the Self as neither doer nor enjoyer, all the movements of the mind wear away.
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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