Ashtavakra Gita 18.92Chapter 18, Verse 92
Ashtavakra Gita 18.92 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Where is license, where is restraint, where is even settling the truth, for the yogi who is simplicity itself and has fulfilled his purpose?"
क्व स्वाच्छन्द्यं क्व सङ्कोचः क्व वा तत्त्वविनिश्चयः ।निर्व्याजार्जवभूतस्य चरितार्थस्य योगिनः ॥
kva svācchandyaṃ kva saṅkocaḥ kva vā tattvaviniścayaḥ |nirvyājārjavabhūtasya caritārthasya yoginaḥ ||
Where is license, where is restraint, where is even settling the truth, for the yogi who is simplicity itself and has fulfilled his purpose?
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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