Ashtavakra Gita 18.93Chapter 18, Verse 93
Ashtavakra Gita 18.93 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "What is felt inside by one who is content resting in the Self, without hope, his sorrows gone: how can it be told, and to whom?"
आत्मविश्रान्तितृप्तेन निराशेन गतार्तिना ।अन्तर्यदनुभूयेत तत् कथं कस्य कथ्यते ॥
ātmaviśrāntitṛptena nirāśena gatārtinā |antaryadanubhūyeta tat kathaṃ kasya kathyate ||
What is felt inside by one who is content resting in the Self, without hope, his sorrows gone: how can it be told, and to whom?
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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