Ashtavakra Gita 6.1Chapter 6, Verse 1
Ashtavakra Gita 6.1 is a verse from chapter 6 (Space, ocean, shell). King Janaka speaks it to his teacher, the sage Ashtavakra. In plain English it says: "I am endless like space. The world of nature is like a pot. Knowing this, there is nothing to give up, nothing to take and nothing to dissolve."
आकाशवदनन्तोऽहं घटवत् प्राकृतं जगत् ।इति ज्ञानं तथैतस्य न त्यागो न ग्रहो लयः ॥
ākāśavadananto'haṃ ghaṭavat prākṛtaṃ jagat |iti jñānaṃ tathaitasya na tyāgo na graho layaḥ ||
I am endless like space. The world of nature is like a pot. Knowing this, there is nothing to give up, nothing to take and nothing to dissolve.
King Janaka, to Ashtavakra
Word meanings and a note for this verse are still being written. Read it in context on the chapter 6 page, or start with the verses in where to begin.
Chapter 6, Space, ocean, shell: Janaka answers that there is nothing to give up, take or dissolve, because the world was never apart from him.
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