Ashtavakra Gita 20.13Chapter 20, Verse 13
Ashtavakra Gita 20.13 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 instruction, where is scripture, where is the disciple, where is the guru, where is the goal of life, for me, the auspicious one, free of every limit?"
क्वोपदेशः क्व वा शास्त्रं क्व शिष्यः क्व च वा गुरुः ।क्व चास्ति पुरुषार्थो वा निरुपाधेः शिवस्य मे ॥
kvopadeśaḥ kva vā śāstraṃ kva śiṣyaḥ kva ca vā guruḥ |kva cāsti puruṣārtho vā nirupādheḥ śivasya me ||
Where is instruction, where is scripture, where is the disciple, where is the guru, where is the goal of life, for me, the auspicious one, free of every limit?
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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