Ashtavakra Gita 20.7Chapter 20, Verse 7
Ashtavakra Gita 20.7 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 creation, where is dissolution, where is the goal, where the means, where the one who strives, where success, in my own nature, which is one?"
क्व सृष्टिः क्व च संहारः क्व साध्यं क्व च साधनम् ।क्व साधकः क्व सिद्धिर्वा स्वस्वरूपेऽहमद्वये ॥
kva sṛṣṭiḥ kva ca saṃhāraḥ kva sādhyaṃ kva ca sādhanam |kva sādhakaḥ kva siddhirvā svasvarūpe'hamadvaye ||
Where is creation, where is dissolution, where is the goal, where the means, where the one who strives, where success, 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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