Ashtavakra Gita

mandaH zrutvApi tadvastu na jahAti vimUDhatAM| nirvikalpo bahiryatnAda- ntarviSayalAlasaH||18- 76||

siva.sh/ashtavakra-gita/18/77

ज्ञानाद् गलितकर्मा यो लोकदृष्ट्यापि कर्मकृत्। नाप्नोत्यवसरं कर्मं वक्तुमेव न किंचन॥१८- ७७॥

Though in the eyes of the world he is active, the man who has shed action through knowledge finds no means of doing or speaking anything.

english translation

jJAnAd galitakarmA yo lokadRSTyApi karmakRt| nApnotyavasaraM karmaM vaktumeva na kiMcana||18- 77||

siva.sh/ashtavakra-gita/18/78

क्व तमः क्व प्रकाशो वा हानं क्व च न किंचन। निर्विकारस्य धीरस्य निरातंकस्य सर्वदा॥१८- ७८॥

For the wise man who is always unchanging and fearless there is neither darkness nor light nor destruction, nor anything.

english translation

kva tamaH kva prakAzo vA hAnaM kva ca na kiMcana| nirvikArasya dhIrasya nirAtaMkasya sarvadA||18- 78||

siva.sh/ashtavakra-gita/18/79

क्व धैर्यं क्व विवेकित्वं क्व निरातंकतापि वा। अनिर्वाच्यस्वभावस्य निःस्वभावस्य योगिनः॥१८- ७९॥

There is neither fortitude, prudence nor courage for the yogi whose nature is beyond description and free of individuality.

english translation

kva dhairyaM kva vivekitvaM kva nirAtaMkatApi vA| anirvAcyasvabhAvasya niHsvabhAvasya yoginaH||18- 79||

siva.sh/ashtavakra-gita/18/80

न स्वर्गो नैव नरको जीवन्मुक्तिर्न चैव हि। बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन योगदृष्ट्या न किंचन॥१८- ८०॥

There is neither heaven nor hell nor even liberation during life. In a nutshell, in the sight of the seer nothing exists at all.

english translation

na svargo naiva narako jIvanmuktirna caiva hi| bahunAtra kimuktena yogadRSTyA na kiMcana||18- 80||