Ashtavakra Gita 18.84Chapter 18, Verse 84
Ashtavakra Gita 18.84 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Without clinging fondness for children, wife and the rest, without desire for objects, without worry even about his own body, without expectations, the wise one shines."
निःस्नेहः पुत्रदारादौ निष्कामो विषयेषु च ।निश्चिन्तः स्वशरीरेऽपि निराशः शोभते बुधः ॥
niḥsnehaḥ putradārādau niṣkāmo viṣayeṣu ca |niścintaḥ svaśarīre'pi nirāśaḥ śobhate budhaḥ ||
Without clinging fondness for children, wife and the rest, without desire for objects, without worry even about his own body, without expectations, the wise one shines.
Ashtavakra, to King Janaka
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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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