Ashtavakra Gita 2.15Chapter 2, Verse 15
Ashtavakra Gita 2.15 is a verse from chapter 2 (Janaka's wonder). King Janaka speaks it to his teacher, the sage Ashtavakra. In plain English it says: "Knowledge, the known and the knower: these three are not real. I am the spotless one in whom they appear through not knowing."
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं तथा ज्ञाता त्रितयं नास्ति वास्तवम् ।अज्ञानाद् भाति यत्रेदं सोऽहमस्मि निरञ्जनः ॥
jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ tathā jñātā tritayaṃ nāsti vāstavam |ajñānād bhāti yatredaṃ so'hamasmi nirañjanaḥ ||
Knowledge, the known and the knower: these three are not real. I am the spotless one in whom they appear through not knowing.
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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