Ashtavakra Gita 18.82Chapter 18, Verse 82
Ashtavakra Gita 18.82 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "The one without desire does not praise the calm or blame the wicked. The same in sorrow and joy, content, he sees nothing he must do."
न शान्तं स्तौति निष्कामो न दुष्टमपि निन्दति ।समदुःखसुखस्तृप्तः किञ्चित् कृत्यं न पश्यति ॥
na śāntaṃ stauti niṣkāmo na duṣṭamapi nindati |samaduḥkhasukhastṛptaḥ kiñcit kṛtyaṃ na paśyati ||
The one without desire does not praise the calm or blame the wicked. The same in sorrow and joy, content, he sees nothing he must do.
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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