Ashtavakra Gita 18.90Chapter 18, Verse 90
Ashtavakra Gita 18.90 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Knowing, he does not know. Seeing, he does not see. Speaking, he does not speak. Who can be like this except one without tendencies?"
जानन्नपि न जानाति पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति ।ब्रुवन्नपि न च ब्रूते कोऽन्यो निर्वासनादृते ॥
jānannapi na jānāti paśyannapi na paśyati |bruvannapi na ca brūte ko'nyo nirvāsanādṛte ||
Knowing, he does not know. Seeing, he does not see. Speaking, he does not speak. Who can be like this except one without tendencies?
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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