Books / Aṣṭāvakra Gītā — Complete (Sanskrit with English Translation)

14. Chapter 14 — Peace

Verses 1–4

14.1

जनक उवाच — janaka uvāca

प्रकृत्या शून्यचित्तो यः प्रमादाद् भावभावनः ।
निद्रितो बोधित इव क्षीणसंस्मरणो हि सः ॥

prakṛtyā śūnyacitto yaḥ pramādād bhāvabhāvanaḥ ।
nidrito bodhita iva kṣīṇasaṃsmaraṇo hi saḥ ॥

He verily has h is r ecollections, (of worldly life) exhausted/ who is ernpty-


14.2

क्व धनानि क्व मित्राणि क्व मे विषयदस्यवः ।
क्व शास्त्रं क्व च विज्ञानं यदा मे गलिता स्पृहा ॥

kva dhanāni kva mitrāṇi kva me viṣayadasyavaḥ ।
kva śāstraṃ kva ca vijñānaṃ yadā me galitā spṛhā ॥

myjde melted away, where are my riches,. where where the robbers in the forms of the sse-objects, where"* the scriptures and


14.3

विज्ञाते साक्षिपुरुषे परमात्मनि चेश्वरे ।
नैराश्ये बंधमोक्षे च न चिंता मुक्तये मम ॥

vijñāte sākṣipuruṣe paramātmani ceśvare ।
nairāśye baṃdhamokṣe ca na ciṃtā muktaye mama ॥

As I have realized the Supreme Self who is the Witness and the Lord, and


14.4

अंतर्विकल्पशून्यस्य बहिः स्वच्छन्दचारिणः ।
भ्रान्तस्येव दशास्तास्तास्तादृशा एव जानते ॥

aṃtarvikalpaśūnyasya bahiḥ svacchandacāriṇaḥ ।
bhrāntasyeva daśāstāstāstādṛśā eva jānate ॥

The different conditions of one who within is devoid of doubts but without moves about at his own pleasure like a deluded person, can only be understood by those like him.