Ashtavakra Gita 18.94Chapter 18, Verse 94
Ashtavakra Gita 18.94 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Asleep, he is not in deep sleep. Dreaming, he is not lying down. Awake, he is not awake. The steady one is content at every step."
सुप्तोऽपि न सुषुप्तौ च स्वप्नेऽपि शयितो न च ।जागरेऽपि न जागर्ति धीरस्तृप्तः पदे पदे ॥
supto'pi na suṣuptau ca svapne'pi śayito na ca |jāgare'pi na jāgarti dhīrastṛptaḥ pade pade ||
Asleep, he is not in deep sleep. Dreaming, he is not lying down. Awake, he is not awake. The steady one is content at every step.
Ashtavakra, to King Janaka
Word meanings and a note for this verse are still being written. Read it in context on the chapter 18 page, or start with the verses in where to begin.
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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