Ashtavakra Gita 2.14Chapter 2, Verse 14
Ashtavakra Gita 2.14 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. Nothing is mine, or everything that speech and mind can reach is mine."
अहो अहं नमो मह्यं यस्य मे नास्ति किञ्चन ।अथवा यस्य मे सर्वं यद् वाङ्मनसगोचरम् ॥
aho ahaṃ namo mahyaṃ yasya me nāsti kiñcana |athavā yasya me sarvaṃ yad vāṅmanasagocaram ||
How wonderful I am. I bow to myself. Nothing is mine, or everything that speech and mind can reach is mine.
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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