Ashtavakra Gita 20.10Chapter 20, Verse 10
Ashtavakra Gita 20.10 is a verse from chapter 20 (Free while living). King Janaka speaks it to his teacher, the sage Ashtavakra. In plain English it says: "Where is this everyday world, where is the highest truth, where is happiness, where is sorrow, for me who am always beyond deliberation?"
क्व चैष व्यवहारो वा क्व च सा परमार्थता ।क्व सुखं क्व च वा दुखं निर्विमर्शस्य मे सदा ॥
kva caiṣa vyavahāro vā kva ca sā paramārthatā |kva sukhaṃ kva ca vā dukhaṃ nirvimarśasya me sadā ||
Where is this everyday world, where is the highest truth, where is happiness, where is sorrow, for me who am always beyond deliberation?
King Janaka, to Ashtavakra
Word meanings and a note for this verse are still being written. Read it in context on the chapter 20 page, or start with the verses in where to begin.
Chapter 20, Free while living: Janaka's last words: in his own nature there is no world, no one seeking freedom, no teacher and no teaching, and nothing rises.
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