Ashtavakra Gita 19.4Chapter 19, Verse 4
Ashtavakra Gita 19.4 is a verse from chapter 19 (My own greatness). King Janaka speaks it to his teacher, the sage Ashtavakra. In plain English it says: "Where is the Self, where the not-Self, where good and bad, where worry and freedom from worry, for me who rest in my own greatness?"
क्व चात्मा क्व च वानात्मा क्व शुभं क्वाशुभं यथा ।क्व चिन्ता क्व च वाचिन्ता स्वमहिम्नि स्थितस्य मे ॥
kva cātmā kva ca vānātmā kva śubhaṃ kvāśubhaṃ yathā |kva cintā kva ca vācintā svamahimni sthitasya me ||
Where is the Self, where the not-Self, where good and bad, where worry and freedom from worry, for me who rest in my own greatness?
King Janaka, to Ashtavakra
Word meanings and a note for this verse are still being written. Read it in context on the chapter 19 page, or start with the verses in where to begin.
Chapter 19, My own greatness: Janaka has pulled the thorn of opinions from his heart; time, place, life and death have no hold on him.
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