Ashtavakra Gita 18.74Chapter 18, Verse 74
Ashtavakra Gita 18.74 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 the sage who sees the Self as imperishable and free of pain, where is knowledge, where is the world, where is 'I am the body' or 'this is mine'?"
अक्षयं गतसन्तापमात्मानं पश्यतो मुनेः ।क्व विद्या च क्व वा विश्वं क्व देहोऽहं ममेति वा ॥
akṣayaṃ gatasantāpamātmānaṃ paśyato muneḥ |kva vidyā ca kva vā viśvaṃ kva deho'haṃ mameti vā ||
For the sage who sees the Self as imperishable and free of pain, where is knowledge, where is the world, where is 'I am the body' or 'this is mine'?
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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