Ashtavakra Gita 20.4Chapter 20, Verse 4
Ashtavakra Gita 20.4 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 are the actions already bearing fruit, where is freedom while living, where even final freedom when the body falls, for me who am always without distinctions?"
क्व प्रारब्धानि कर्माणि जीवन्मुक्तिरपि क्व वा ।क्व तद् विदेहकैवल्यं निर्विशेषस्य सर्वदा ॥
kva prārabdhāni karmāṇi jīvanmuktirapi kva vā |kva tad videhakaivalyaṃ nirviśeṣasya sarvadā ||
Where are the actions already bearing fruit, where is freedom while living, where even final freedom when the body falls, for me who am always without distinctions?
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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