Ashtavakra Gita 18.75Chapter 18, Verse 75
Ashtavakra Gita 18.75 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "If a dull-minded person drops practices like control of the mind, he at once starts on daydreams and chatter."
निरोधादीनि कर्माणि जहाति जडधीर्यदि ।मनोरथान् प्रलापांश्च कर्तुमाप्नोत्यतत्क्षणात् ॥
nirodhādīni karmāṇi jahāti jaḍadhīryadi |manorathān pralāpāṃśca kartumāpnotyatatkṣaṇāt ||
If a dull-minded person drops practices like control of the mind, he at once starts on daydreams and chatter.
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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