Ashtavakra Gita 7.5Chapter 7, Verse 5
Ashtavakra Gita 7.5 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: "How strange. I am awareness alone, and the world is like a magic show. So how, and where, could I imagine anything to reject or accept?"
अहो चिन्मात्रमेवाहमिन्द्रजालोपमं जगत् ।इति मम कथं कुत्र हेयोपादेयकल्पना ॥
aho cinmātramevāhamindrajālopamaṃ jagat |iti mama kathaṃ kutra heyopādeyakalpanā ||
How strange. I am awareness alone, and the world is like a magic show. So how, and where, could I imagine anything to reject or accept?
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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