Ashtavakra Gita 18.73Chapter 18, Verse 73
Ashtavakra Gita 18.73 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "In this world, which lasts as long as the intellect does, only illusion turns. The wise one, without 'mine', without 'I', without desire, shines."
बुद्धिपर्यन्तसंसारे मायामात्रं विवर्तते ।निर्ममो निरहङ्कारो निष्कामः शोभते बुधः ॥
buddhiparyantasaṃsāre māyāmātraṃ vivartate |nirmamo nirahaṅkāro niṣkāmaḥ śobhate budhaḥ ||
In this world, which lasts as long as the intellect does, only illusion turns. The wise one, without 'mine', without 'I', without desire, shines.
Ashtavakra, to King Janaka
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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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