Ashtavakra Gita 6.4Chapter 6, Verse 4
Ashtavakra Gita 6.4 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 in every being, and every being is in me. Knowing this, there is nothing to give up, nothing to take and nothing to dissolve."
अहं वा सर्वभूतेषु सर्वभूतान्यथो मयि ।इति ज्ञानं तथैतस्य न त्यागो न ग्रहो लयः ॥
ahaṃ vā sarvabhūteṣu sarvabhūtānyatho mayi |iti jñānaṃ tathaitasya na tyāgo na graho layaḥ ||
I am in every being, and every being is in me. 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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