Ashtavakra Gita 7.3Chapter 7, Verse 3
Ashtavakra Gita 7.3 is a verse from chapter 7 (The ship on the ocean). King Janaka speaks it to his teacher, the sage Ashtavakra. In plain English it says: "In me, the endless ocean, the world is only imagined. I am at complete peace and without form. In this alone I rest."
मय्यनन्तमहाम्भोधौ विश्वं नाम विकल्पना ।अतिशान्तो निराकार एतदेवाहमास्थितः ॥
mayyanantamahāmbhodhau viśvaṃ nāma vikalpanā |atiśānto nirākāra etadevāhamāsthitaḥ ||
In me, the endless ocean, the world is only imagined. I am at complete peace and without form. In this alone I rest.
King Janaka, to Ashtavakra
Word meanings and a note for this verse are still being written. Read it in context on the chapter 7 page, or start with the verses in where to begin.
Chapter 7, The ship on the ocean: Janaka watches the world drift like a ship on the ocean of awareness, and feels no need to steer it.
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