Ashtavakra Gita 2.24Chapter 2, Verse 24
Ashtavakra Gita 2.24 is a verse from chapter 2 (Janaka's wonder). King Janaka speaks it to his teacher, the sage Ashtavakra. In plain English it says: "In me, the endless ocean, when the wind of the mind falls still, the ship of the world sinks, by the bad luck of the trader on board, the separate self."
मय्यनन्तमहाम्भोधौ चित्तवाते प्रशाम्यति ।अभाग्याज्जीववणिजो जगत्पोतो विनश्वरः ॥
mayyanantamahāmbhodhau cittavāte praśāmyati |abhāgyājjīvavaṇijo jagatpoto vinaśvaraḥ ||
In me, the endless ocean, when the wind of the mind falls still, the ship of the world sinks, by the bad luck of the trader on board, the separate self.
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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