Ashtavakra Gita 20.3Chapter 20, Verse 3
Ashtavakra Gita 20.3 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 knowledge, where is not knowing, where is 'I', where is 'this', where is 'mine', where is bondage, where is freedom? How could my own nature have a form?"
क्व विद्या क्व च वाविद्या क्वाहं क्वेदं मम क्व वा ।क्व बन्ध क्व च वा मोक्षः स्वरूपस्य क्व रूपिता ॥
kva vidyā kva ca vāvidyā kvāhaṃ kvedaṃ mama kva vā |kva bandha kva ca vā mokṣaḥ svarūpasya kva rūpitā ||
Where is knowledge, where is not knowing, where is 'I', where is 'this', where is 'mine', where is bondage, where is freedom? How could my own nature have a form?
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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