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

7. Chapter 7 — The Disciple’s Realization

Verses 1–5

7.1

जनक उवाच — janaka uvāca

मय्यनंतमहांभोधौ विश्वपोत इतस्ततः ।
भ्रमति स्वांतवातेन न ममास्त्यसहिष्णुता ॥

mayyanaṃtamahāṃbhodhau viśvapota itastataḥ ।
bhramati svāṃtavātena na mamāstyasahiṣṇutā ॥

In me, the boundless ocean, the ark of the universe moves hither and thither impelled by the wind of its own nature. 1 am not impatient. Impatient — affected.


7.2

मय्यनंतमहांभोधौ जगद्वीचिः स्वभावतः ।
उदेतु वास्तमायातु न मे वृद्धिर्न च क्षतिः ॥

mayyanaṃtamahāṃbhodhau jagadvīciḥ svabhāvataḥ ।
udetu vāstamāyātu na me vṛddhirna ca kṣatiḥ ॥

In me, the limitless ocean, let the wave of the world rise or vanish of itself. I neither increase nor decrease thereby.


7.3

मय्यनंतमहांभोधौ विश्वं नाम विकल्पना ।
अतिशांतो निराकार एतदेवाहमास्थितः ॥

mayyanaṃtamahāṃbhodhau viśvaṃ nāma vikalpanā ।
atiśāṃto nirākāra etadevāhamāsthitaḥ ॥

In me, the boundless ocean, is the imagination of the universe. I am highly


7.4

नात्मा भावेषु नो भावस्तत्रानन्ते निरंजने ।
इत्यसक्तोऽस्पृहः शान्त एतदेवाहमास्तितः ॥

nātmā bhāveṣu no bhāvastatrānante niraṃjane ।
ityasakto'spṛhaḥ śānta etadevāhamāstitaḥ ॥

The Self is not in the object nor"^ is the object in That which is infinite and stainless. Thus It is free from attachment and desire and tranquil. In this alone do I abide.


7.5

अहो चिन्मात्रमेवाहं इन्द्रजालोपमं जगत् ।
इति मम कथं कुत्र हेयोपादेयकल्पना ॥

aho cinmātramevāhaṃ indrajālopamaṃ jagat ।
iti mama kathaṃ kutra heyopādeyakalpanā ॥

Oh, I am really Consciousness itself. The world is like a juggler’s show. So how and where can there be any thought of rejection and acceptance in me?