Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 20

Containing 14 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 20, Verse 1

क्व भूतानि क्व देहो वा

क्वेन्द्रियाणि क्व वा मनः ।

क्व शून्यं क्व च नैराश्यं

मत्स्वरूपे निरंजने ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"Janaka said: In my unblemished nature there are no elements, no body, no faculties, no mind. There is no void and no despair."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 20, Verse 2

क्व शास्त्रं क्वात्मविज्ञानं

क्व वा निर्विषयं मनः ।

क्व तृप्तिः क्व वितृष्णत्वं

गतद्वन्द्वस्य मे सदा ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"For me, free from the sense of dualism, there are no scriptures, no self-knowledge, no mind free from an object, no satisfaction and no freedom from desire."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 20, Verse 3

क्व विद्या क्व च वाविद्या

क्वाहं क्वेदं मम क्व वा ।

क्व बन्ध क्व च वा मोक्षः

स्वरूपस्य क्व रूपिता ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"There is no knowledge or ignorance, no “me,” “this,” or “mine,” no bondage, no liberation, and no property of self-nature."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 20, Verse 4

क्व प्रारब्धानि कर्माणि

जीवन्मुक्तिरपि क्व वा ।

क्व तद् विदेहकैवल्यं

निर्विशेषस्य सर्वदा ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"For him who is always free from individual characteristics there is no antecedent causal action, no liberation during life, and no fulfilment at death."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 20, Verse 5

क्व कर्ता क्व च वा भोक्ता

निष्क्रियं स्फुरणं क्व वा ।

क्वापरोक्षं फलं वा क्व

निःस्वभावस्य मे सदा ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"For me, free from individuality, there is no doer and no reaper of the consequences, no cessation of action, no arising of thought, no immediate object, and no idea of results."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 20, Verse 6

क्व लोकं क्व मुमुक्षुर्वा

क्व योगी ज्ञानवान् क्व वा ।

क्व बद्धः क्व च वा मुक्तः

स्वस्वरूपेऽहमद्वये ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"There is no world, no seeker for liberation, no yogi, no seer, no one bound and no one liberated. I remain in my own nondual nature."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 20, Verse 7

क्व सृष्टिः क्व च संहारः

क्व साध्यं क्व च साधनं ।

क्व साधकः क्व सिद्धिर्वा

स्वस्वरूपेऽहमद्वये ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"There is no emanation or return, no goal, means, seeker or achievement. I remain in my own nondual nature."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 20, Verse 8

क्व प्रमाता प्रमाणं वा

क्व प्रमेयं क्व च प्रमा ।

क्व किंचित् क्व न किंचिद्

वा सर्वदा विमलस्य मे ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"For me who am forever unblemished, there is no assessor, no standard, nothing to assess, and no assessment."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 20, Verse 9

क्व विक्षेपः क्व चैकाग्र्यं

क्व निर्बोधः क्व मूढता ।

क्व हर्षः क्व विषादो वा

सर्वदा निष्क्रियस्य मे ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"For me who am forever actionless, there is no distraction or one-pointedness of mind, no lack of understanding, no stupidity, no joy and no sorrow."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 20, Verse 10

क्व चैष व्यवहारो वा

क्व च सा परमार्थता ।

क्व सुखं क्व च वा दुखं

निर्विमर्शस्य मे सदा ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"For me who am always free from deliberations there is neither conventional truth nor absolute truth, no happiness and no suffering."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 20, Verse 11

क्व माया क्व च संसारः

क्व प्रीतिर्विरतिः क्व वा ।

क्व जीवः क्व च तद्ब्रह्म

सर्वदा विमलस्य मे ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"For me who am forever pure there is no illusion, no samsara, no attachment or detachment, no living organism, and no God."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 20, Verse 12

क्व प्रवृत्तिर्निर्वृत्तिर्वा

क्व मुक्तिः क्व च बन्धनं ।

कूटस्थनिर्विभागस्य

स्वस्थस्य मम सर्वदा ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"For me who am forever unmovable and indivisible, established in myself, there is no activity or inactivity, no liberation and no bondage."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 20, Verse 13

क्वोपदेशः क्व वा शास्त्रं

क्व शिष्यः क्व च वा गुरुः ।

क्व चास्ति पुरुषार्थो वा

निरुपाधेः शिवस्य मे ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"For me who am blessed and without limitation, there is no initiation or scripture, no disciple or teacher, and no goal of human life."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 20, Verse 14

क्व चास्ति क्व च वा नास्ति

क्वास्ति चैकं क्व च द्वयं ।

बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन

किंचिन्नोत्तिष्ठते मम ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"There is no being or non-being, no unity or dualism. What more is there to say? There is nothing outside of me."