Ashtavakra Gita 20.6Chapter 20, Verse 6
Ashtavakra Gita 20.6 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 world, where is the one who wants freedom, where is the yogi, where the knower, where the bound, where the free, in my own nature, which is one?"
क्व लोकं क्व मुमुक्षुर्वा क्व योगी ज्ञानवान् क्व वा ।क्व बद्धः क्व च वा मुक्तः स्वस्वरूपेऽहमद्वये ॥
kva lokaṃ kva mumukṣurvā kva yogī jñānavān kva vā |kva baddhaḥ kva ca vā muktaḥ svasvarūpe'hamadvaye ||
Where is the world, where is the one who wants freedom, where is the yogi, where the knower, where the bound, where the free, in my own nature, which is one?
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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