Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 19

Containing 8 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 19, Verse 1

जनक उवाच-

तत्त्वविज्ञानसन्दंश-

मादाय हृदयोदरात् ।

नानाविधपरामर्श-

शल्योद्धारः कृतो मया ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"Janaka said: Using the tweezers of the knowledge of the truth I have managed to extract the painful thorn of endless opinions from the recesses of my heart."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 19, Verse 2

क्व धर्मः क्व च वा कामः

क्व चार्थः क्व विवेकिता ।

क्व द्वैतं क्व च वाऽद्वैतं

स्वमहिम्नि स्थितस्य मे ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"For me, established in my own glory, there are no religious obligations, sensuality, possessions, philosophy, duality, or even nonduality."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 19, Verse 3

क्व भूतं क्व भविष्यद् वा

वर्तमानमपि क्व वा ।

क्व देशः क्व च वा नित्यं

स्वमहिम्नि स्थितस्य मे ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"For me established in my own glory, there is no past, future, or present. There is no space or even eternity."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 19, Verse 4

क्व चात्मा क्व च वानात्मा

क्व शुभं क्वाशुभं तथा ।

क्व चिन्ता क्व च वाचिन्ता

स्वमहिम्नि स्थितस्य मे ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"For me established in my own glory, there is no self or non-self, no good or evil, no thought or even absence of thought."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 19, Verse 5

क्व स्वप्नः क्व सुषुप्तिर्वा

क्व च जागरणं तथा ।

क्व तुरियं भयं वापि

स्वमहिम्नि स्थितस्य मे ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"For me established in my own glory, there is no dreaming or deep sleep, no waking nor fourth state beyond them, and certainly no fear."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 19, Verse 6

क्व दूरं क्व समीपं वा बाह्यं

क्वाभ्यन्तरं क्व वा ।

क्व स्थूलं क्व च वा सूक्ष्मं

स्वमहिम्नि स्थितस्य मे ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"For me established in my own glory, there is nothing far away and nothing near, nothing within or without, nothing large and nothing small."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 19, Verse 7

क्व मृत्युर्जीवितं वा क्व लोकाः

क्वास्य क्व लौकिकं ।

क्व लयः क्व समाधिर्वा

स्वमहिम्नि स्थितस्य मे ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"For me established in my own glory, there is no life or death, no worlds or things of this world, no distraction and no stillness of mind."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 19, Verse 8

अलं त्रिवर्गकथया

योगस्य कथयाप्यलं ।

अलं विज्ञानकथया

विश्रान्तस्य ममात्मनि ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"For me remaining in myself, there is no need for talk of the three goals of life, of yoga or of knowledge."