Ashtavakra Gita 2.3Chapter 2, Verse 3
Ashtavakra Gita 2.3 is a verse from chapter 2 (Janaka's wonder). King Janaka speaks it to his teacher, the sage Ashtavakra. In plain English it says: "Now that I have let go of the world along with the body, through some skill in the teaching I see the supreme Self."
स शरीरमहो विश्वं परित्यज्य मयाधुना ।कुतश्चित् कौशलाद् एव परमात्मा विलोक्यते ॥
sa śarīramaho viśvaṃ parityajya mayādhunā |kutaścit kauśalād eva paramātmā vilokyate ||
Now that I have let go of the world along with the body, through some skill in the teaching I see the supreme 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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