Ashtavakra Gita 18.78Chapter 18, Verse 78
Ashtavakra Gita 18.78 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Where is darkness, where is light, where is loss, for the steady one who is always unchanging and fearless? There is nothing."
क्व तमः क्व प्रकाशो वा हानं क्व च न किञ्चन ।निर्विकारस्य धीरस्य निरातङ्कस्य सर्वदा ॥
kva tamaḥ kva prakāśo vā hānaṃ kva ca na kiñcana |nirvikārasya dhīrasya nirātaṅkasya sarvadā ||
Where is darkness, where is light, where is loss, for the steady one who is always unchanging and fearless? There is nothing.
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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