Ashtavakra Gita 18.67Chapter 18, Verse 67
Ashtavakra Gita 18.67 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Victorious is the one who has left all aims, who is the form of complete joy, and whose natural samadhi goes on unbroken."
स जयत्यर्थसंन्यासी पूर्णस्वरसविग्रहः ।अकृत्रिमोऽनवच्छिन्ने समाधिर्यस्य वर्तते ॥
sa jayatyarthasaṃnyāsī pūrṇasvarasavigrahaḥ |akṛtrimo'navacchinne samādhiryasya vartate ||
Victorious is the one who has left all aims, who is the form of complete joy, and whose natural samadhi goes on unbroken.
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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