Ashtavakra Gita 18.71Chapter 18, Verse 71
Ashtavakra Gita 18.71 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "For one whose form is pure shining, who does not see objects as real, where is rule, where is dispassion, where is giving up, where is calm?"
शुद्धस्फुरणरूपस्य दृश्यभावमपश्यतः ।क्व विधिः क्व च वैराग्यं क्व त्यागः क्व शमोऽपि वा ॥
śuddhasphuraṇarūpasya dṛśyabhāvamapaśyataḥ |kva vidhiḥ kva ca vairāgyaṃ kva tyāgaḥ kva śamo'pi vā ||
For one whose form is pure shining, who does not see objects as real, where is rule, where is dispassion, where is giving up, where is calm?
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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