Ashtavakra Gita 18.55Chapter 18, Verse 55
Ashtavakra Gita 18.55 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Mocked and scorned by servants, sons, wives, grandsons and kin, the yogi is not shaken even a little."
भृत्यैः पुत्रैः कलत्रैश्च दौहित्रैश्चापि गोत्रजैः ।विहस्य धिक्कृतो योगी न याति विकृतिं मनाक् ॥
bhṛtyaiḥ putraiḥ kalatraiśca dauhitraiścāpi gotrajaiḥ |vihasya dhikkṛto yogī na yāti vikṛtiṃ manāk ||
Mocked and scorned by servants, sons, wives, grandsons and kin, the yogi is not shaken even a little.
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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