Ashtavakra Gita 2.12Chapter 2, Verse 12
Ashtavakra Gita 2.12 is a verse from chapter 2 (Janaka's wonder). King Janaka speaks it to his teacher, the sage Ashtavakra. In plain English it says: "How wonderful I am. I bow to myself. Though I have a body, I am one. I go nowhere and come from nowhere. I stand pervading the world."
अहो अहं नमो मह्यमेकोऽहं देहवानपि ।क्वचिन्न गन्ता नागन्ता व्याप्य विश्वमवस्थितः ॥
aho ahaṃ namo mahyameko'haṃ dehavānapi |kvacinna gantā nāgantā vyāpya viśvamavasthitaḥ ||
How wonderful I am. I bow to myself. Though I have a body, I am one. I go nowhere and come from nowhere. I stand pervading the world.
King Janaka, to Ashtavakra
Word meanings and a note for this verse are still being written. Read it in context on the chapter 2 page, or start with the verses in where to begin.
Chapter 2, Janaka's wonder: Janaka finds himself as awareness and bows to it in astonishment, testing the new view against the world, the body and the crowd.
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