Ashtavakra Gita 18.98Chapter 18, Verse 98
Ashtavakra Gita 18.98 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 free one rests in himself in every state, at peace with what is done and what is to be done, the same everywhere. Free of thirst, he does not recall what he did or left undone."
मुक्तो यथास्थितिस्वस्थः कृतकर्तव्यनिर्वृतः ।समः सर्वत्र वैतृष्ण्यान्न स्मरत्यकृतं कृतम् ॥
mukto yathāsthitisvasthaḥ kṛtakartavyanirvṛtaḥ |samaḥ sarvatra vaitṛṣṇyānna smaratyakṛtaṃ kṛtam ||
The free one rests in himself in every state, at peace with what is done and what is to be done, the same everywhere. Free of thirst, he does not recall what he did or left undone.
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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