Ashtavakra Gita 18.6Chapter 18, Verse 6
Ashtavakra Gita 18.6 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 confusion stops and one simply takes up one's own nature, people shine free of sorrow, their sight unveiled."
व्यामोहमात्रविरतौ स्वरूपादानमात्रतः ।वीतशोका विराजन्ते निरावरणदृष्टयः ॥
vyāmohamātraviratau svarūpādānamātrataḥ |vītaśokā virājante nirāvaraṇadṛṣṭayaḥ ||
When confusion stops and one simply takes up one's own nature, people shine free of sorrow, their sight unveiled.
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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