Ashtavakra Gita 6.3Chapter 6, Verse 3
Ashtavakra Gita 6.3 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 like the shell. The world is imagined, like the silver. Knowing this, there is nothing to give up, nothing to take and nothing to dissolve."
अहं स शुक्तिसङ्काशो रूप्यवद् विश्वकल्पना ।इति ज्ञानं तथैतस्य न त्यागो न ग्रहो लयः ॥
ahaṃ sa śuktisaṅkāśo rūpyavad viśvakalpanā |iti jñānaṃ tathaitasya na tyāgo na graho layaḥ ||
I am like the shell. The world is imagined, like the silver. 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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