Ashtavakra Gita 2.23Chapter 2, Verse 23
Ashtavakra Gita 2.23 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 strange. In me, the endless ocean, the many waves of the worlds rise at once when the wind of the mind blows."
अहो भुवनकल्लोलैर्विचित्रैर्द्राक् समुत्थितम् ।मय्यनन्तमहाम्भोधौ चित्तवाते समुद्यते ॥
aho bhuvanakallolairvicitrairdrāk samutthitam |mayyanantamahāmbhodhau cittavāte samudyate ||
How strange. In me, the endless ocean, the many waves of the worlds rise at once when the wind of the mind blows.
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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