Ashtavakra Gita 20.11Chapter 20, Verse 11
Ashtavakra Gita 20.11 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 maya, where is the world, where is liking or disliking, where is the separate self, where is that Brahman, for me who am always spotless?"
क्व माया क्व च संसारः क्व प्रीतिर्विरतिः क्व वा ।क्व जीवः क्व च तद्ब्रह्म सर्वदा विमलस्य मे ॥
kva māyā kva ca saṃsāraḥ kva prītirviratiḥ kva vā |kva jīvaḥ kva ca tadbrahma sarvadā vimalasya me ||
Where is maya, where is the world, where is liking or disliking, where is the separate self, where is that Brahman, for me who am always spotless?
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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