Ashtavakra Gita 18.83Chapter 18, Verse 83
Ashtavakra Gita 18.83 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 steady one does not hate the world or long to see the Self. Free of joy and anger, he is not dead and he is not alive."
धीरो न द्वेष्टि संसारमात्मानं न दिदृक्षति ।हर्षामर्षविनिर्मुक्तो न मृतो न च जीवति ॥
dhīro na dveṣṭi saṃsāramātmānaṃ na didṛkṣati |harṣāmarṣavinirmukto na mṛto na ca jīvati ||
The steady one does not hate the world or long to see the Self. Free of joy and anger, he is not dead and he is not alive.
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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