Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 7

Containing 5 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 7, Verse 1

मय्यनंतमहांभोधौ

विश्वपोत इतस्ततः ।

भ्रमति स्वांतवातेन न

ममास्त्यसहिष्णुता ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"Janaka said: In the infinite ocean of myself the world boat drifts here and there, moved by its own inner wind. I am not put out by that."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 7, Verse 2

मय्यनंतमहांभोधौ

जगद्वीचिः स्वभावतः ।

उदेतु वास्तमायातु

न मे वृद्धिर्न च क्षतिः ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"Whether the world wave of its own nature rises or disappears in the infinite ocean of myself, I neither gain nor lose anything by that."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 7, Verse 3

मय्यनंतमहांभोधौ

विश्वं नाम विकल्पना ।

अतिशांतो निराकार

एतदेवाहमास्थितः ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"It is in the infinite ocean of myself that the mind-creation called the world takes place. I am supremely peaceful and formless, and I remain as such."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 7, Verse 4

नात्मा भावेषु नो भावस्-

तत्रानन्ते निरंजने ।

इत्यसक्तोऽस्पृहः शान्त एतदेवाहमास्थितः ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"My true nature is not contained in objects, nor does any object exist in it, for it is infinite and spotless. So it is unattached, desireless and at peace, and I remain as such."

Ashtavakra Gita

Chapter 7, Verse 5

अहो चिन्मात्रमेवाहं

इन्द्रजालोपमं जगत् ।

अतो मम कथं कुत्र हेयोपादेयकल्पना ॥

TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
John Henry Richards

"I am pure consciousness, and the world is like a magician’s show. How could I imagine there is anything there to take up or reject?"