Ashtavakra Gita 18.56Chapter 18, Verse 56
Ashtavakra Gita 18.56 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Pleased, he is not pleased. Pained, he is not pained. Only those like him know such wondrous states."
सन्तुष्टोऽपि न सन्तुष्टः खिन्नोऽपि न च खिद्यते ।तस्याश्चर्यदशां तां तां तादृशा एव जानते ॥
santuṣṭo'pi na santuṣṭaḥ khinno'pi na ca khidyate |tasyāścaryadaśāṃ tāṃ tāṃ tādṛśā eva jānate ||
Pleased, he is not pleased. Pained, he is not pained. Only those like him know such wondrous states.
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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