Ashtavakra Gita 7.4Chapter 7, Verse 4
Ashtavakra Gita 7.4 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: "The Self is not in objects, and no object is in the Self, which is endless and spotless. So I am unattached, without craving, at peace. In this alone I rest."
नात्मा भावेषु नो भावस्तत्रानन्ते निरञ्जने ।इत्यसक्तोऽस्पृहः शान्त एतदेवाहमास्थितः ॥
nātmā bhāveṣu no bhāvastatrānante nirañjane |ityasakto'spṛhaḥ śānta etadevāhamāsthitaḥ ||
The Self is not in objects, and no object is in the Self, which is endless and spotless. So I am unattached, without craving, at peace. 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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