Ashtavakra Gita 18.87Chapter 18, Verse 87
Ashtavakra Gita 18.87 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Owning nothing, moving freely, free of opposites, his doubts cut, unattached to anything, the wise one delights alone."
अकिञ्चनः कामचारो निर्द्वन्द्वश्छिन्नसंशयः ।असक्तः सर्वभावेषु केवलो रमते बुधः ॥
akiñcanaḥ kāmacāro nirdvandvaśchinnasaṃśayaḥ |asaktaḥ sarvabhāveṣu kevalo ramate budhaḥ ||
Owning nothing, moving freely, free of opposites, his doubts cut, unattached to anything, the wise one delights alone.
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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