Ashtavakra Gita 20.5Chapter 20, Verse 5
Ashtavakra Gita 20.5 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 the doer, where the enjoyer, where is stillness, where is stirring, where is direct knowing, where is its fruit, for me who am always without a separate nature?"
क्व कर्ता क्व च वा भोक्ता निष्क्रियं स्फुरणं क्व वा ।क्वापरोक्षं फलं वा क्व निःस्वभावस्य मे सदा ॥
kva kartā kva ca vā bhoktā niṣkriyaṃ sphuraṇaṃ kva vā |kvāparokṣaṃ phalaṃ vā kva niḥsvabhāvasya me sadā ||
Where is the doer, where the enjoyer, where is stillness, where is stirring, where is direct knowing, where is its fruit, for me who am always without a separate nature?
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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