Ashtavakra Gita 18.66Chapter 18, Verse 66
Ashtavakra Gita 18.66 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Where is the world, where is its appearance, where is the goal and where the means, for the steady one who is always like the sky, free of wavering thought?"
क्व संसारः क्व चाभासः क्व साध्यं क्व च साधनम् ।आकाशस्येव धीरस्य निर्विकल्पस्य सर्वदा ॥
kva saṃsāraḥ kva cābhāsaḥ kva sādhyaṃ kva ca sādhanam |ākāśasyeva dhīrasya nirvikalpasya sarvadā ||
Where is the world, where is its appearance, where is the goal and where the means, for the steady one who is always like the sky, free of wavering thought?
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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