Ashtavakra Gita 20.14Chapter 20, Verse 14
Ashtavakra Gita 20.14 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 being, where is not-being, where is one, where is two? What more is there to say? Nothing at all rises in me."
क्व चास्ति क्व च वा नास्ति क्वास्ति चैकं क्व च द्वयम् ।बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन किञ्चिन्नोत्तिष्ठते मम ॥
kva cāsti kva ca vā nāsti kvāsti caikaṃ kva ca dvayam |bahunātra kimuktena kiñcinnottiṣṭhate mama ||
Where is being, where is not-being, where is one, where is two? What more is there to say? Nothing at all rises in me.
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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