Ashtavakra Gita 5.4Chapter 5, Verse 4
Ashtavakra Gita 5.4 is a verse from chapter 5 (Four ways to rest). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "The same in pain and pleasure, full, the same in hope and disappointment, the same in life and death: being so, go to rest."
समदुःखसुखः पूर्ण आशानैराश्ययोः समः ।समजीवितमृत्युः सन्नेवमेव लयं व्रज ॥
samaduḥkhasukhaḥ pūrṇa āśānairāśyayoḥ samaḥ |samajīvitamṛtyuḥ sannevameva layaṃ vraja ||
The same in pain and pleasure, full, the same in hope and disappointment, the same in life and death: being so, go to rest.
Ashtavakra, to King Janaka
Word meanings and a note for this verse are still being written. Read it in context on the chapter 5 page, or start with the verses in where to begin.
Chapter 5, Four ways to rest: Four short verses, each ending with the same instruction: let the sense of separation dissolve, and rest.
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