Ashtavakra Gita 8.3Chapter 8, Verse 3
Ashtavakra Gita 8.3 is a verse from chapter 8 (Bondage and freedom). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "It is bondage when the mind is attached to any one experience. It is freedom when the mind is attached to none."
तदा बन्धो यदा चित्तं सक्तं काश्वपि दृष्टिषु ।तदा मोक्षो यदा चित्तमसक्तं सर्वदृष्टिषु ॥
tadā bandho yadā cittaṃ saktaṃ kāśvapi dṛṣṭiṣu |tadā mokṣo yadā cittamasaktaṃ sarvadṛṣṭiṣu ||
It is bondage when the mind is attached to any one experience. It is freedom when the mind is attached to none.
Ashtavakra, to King Janaka
Word meanings and a note for this verse are still being written. Read it in context on the chapter 8 page, or start with the verses in where to begin.
Chapter 8, Bondage and freedom: Four verses that define bondage as the mind wanting and grieving, and freedom as its rest.
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