Ashtavakra Gita 20.8Chapter 20, Verse 8
Ashtavakra Gita 20.8 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 knower, the means of knowing, the known, or knowing itself? Where is anything, or nothing, for me who am always spotless?"
क्व प्रमाता प्रमाणं वा क्व प्रमेयं क्व च प्रमा ।क्व किञ्चित् क्व न किञ्चिद् वा सर्वदा विमलस्य मे ॥
kva pramātā pramāṇaṃ vā kva prameyaṃ kva ca pramā |kva kiñcit kva na kiñcid vā sarvadā vimalasya me ||
Where is the knower, the means of knowing, the known, or knowing itself? Where is anything, or nothing, for me who am always spotless?
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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