Ashtavakra Gita 18.53Chapter 18, Verse 53
Ashtavakra Gita 18.53 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Steady ones, free of imagining, unbound, their minds set free, sometimes enjoy great pleasures and sometimes go into mountain caves."
विलसन्ति महाभोगैर्विशन्ति गिरिगह्वरान् ।निरस्तकल्पना धीरा अबद्धा मुक्तबुद्धयः ॥
vilasanti mahābhogairviśanti girigahvarān |nirastakalpanā dhīrā abaddhā muktabuddhayaḥ ||
Steady ones, free of imagining, unbound, their minds set free, sometimes enjoy great pleasures and sometimes go into mountain caves.
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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