Ashtavakra Gita 18.95Chapter 18, Verse 95
Ashtavakra Gita 18.95 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "The knower has thoughts and is free of thought, has senses and is beyond them, has an intellect and is beyond it, has an 'I' and is free of it."
ज्ञः सचिन्तोऽपि निश्चिन्तः सेन्द्रियोऽपि निरिन्द्रियः ।सुबुद्धिरपि निर्बुद्धिः साहङ्कारोऽनहङ्कृतिः ॥
jñaḥ sacinto'pi niścintaḥ sendriyo'pi nirindriyaḥ |subuddhirapi nirbuddhiḥ sāhaṅkāro'nahaṅkṛtiḥ ||
The knower has thoughts and is free of thought, has senses and is beyond them, has an intellect and is beyond it, has an 'I' and is free of it.
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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