Ashtavakra Gita 20.2Chapter 20, Verse 2
Ashtavakra Gita 20.2 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 scripture, where is knowledge of the Self, where is a mind without objects, where is contentment, where is freedom from thirst, for me who am always beyond the opposites?"
क्व शास्त्रं क्वात्मविज्ञानं क्व वा निर्विषयं मनः ।क्व तृप्तिः क्व वितृष्णात्वं गतद्वन्द्वस्य मे सदा ॥
kva śāstraṃ kvātmavijñānaṃ kva vā nirviṣayaṃ manaḥ |kva tṛptiḥ kva vitṛṣṇātvaṃ gatadvandvasya me sadā ||
Where is scripture, where is knowledge of the Self, where is a mind without objects, where is contentment, where is freedom from thirst, for me who am always beyond the opposites?
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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