Ashtavakra Gita 18.97Chapter 18, Verse 97
Ashtavakra Gita 18.97 is a verse from chapter 18 (Peace in a hundred verses). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Distracted, he is not distracted. In samadhi, he is not in samadhi. In dullness, he is not dull. Learned, he is not learned. Blessed is he."
विक्षेपेऽपि न विक्षिप्तः समाधौ न समाधिमान् ।जाड्येऽपि न जडो धन्यः पाण्डित्येऽपि न पण्डितः ॥
vikṣepe'pi na vikṣiptaḥ samādhau na samādhimān |jāḍye'pi na jaḍo dhanyaḥ pāṇḍitye'pi na paṇḍitaḥ ||
Distracted, he is not distracted. In samadhi, he is not in samadhi. In dullness, he is not dull. Learned, he is not learned. Blessed is he.
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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