Ashtavakra Gita

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यथैवेक्षुरसे क्लृप्ता तेन व्याप्तैव शर्करा। तथा विश्वं मयि क्लृप्तं मया व्याप्तं निरन्तरम्॥२-६॥

sanskrit

Just as the sugar produced from the juice of the sugarcane is permeated with the same taste, so all this, produced out of me, is completely permeated with me.

english translation

yathaivekSurase klRptA tena vyAptaiva zarkarA| tathA vizvaM mayi klRptaM mayA vyAptaM nirantaram||2-6||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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आत्माऽज्ञानाज्जगद्भाति आत्मज्ञानान्न भासते। रज्जवज्ञानादहिर्भाति तज्ज्ञानाद्भासते न हि॥ २-७॥

sanskrit

Due to ignorance, self appears as the world; on realizing self it disappears. Due to oversight a rope appears as a snake and on correcting it, snake does not appear any longer.

english translation

AtmA'jJAnAjjagadbhAti AtmajJAnAnna bhAsate| rajjavajJAnAdahirbhAti tajjJAnAdbhAsate na hi|| 2-7||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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प्रकाशो मे निजं रूपं नातिरिक्तोऽस्म्यहं ततः। यदा प्रकाशते विश्वं तदाऽहंभास एव हि॥ २-८॥

sanskrit

Light is my very nature and I am nothing else besides that. That light illumines the ego as it illumines the world.

english translation

prakAzo me nijaM rUpaM nAtirikto'smyahaM tataH| yadA prakAzate vizvaM tadA'haMbhAsa eva hi|| 2-8||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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अहो विकल्पितं विश्वंज्ञानान्मयि भासते। रूप्यं शुक्तौ फणी रज्जौ वारि सूर्यकरे यथा॥ २-९॥

sanskrit

All this appears in me imagined due to ignorance, just as a snake appears in the rope, the mirage of water in the sunlight, and silver in mother of pearl.

english translation

aho vikalpitaM vizvaMjJAnAnmayi bhAsate| rUpyaM zuktau phaNI rajjau vAri sUryakare yathA|| 2-9||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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मत्तो विनिर्गतं विश्वं मय्येव लयमेष्यति। मृदि कुम्भो जले वीचिः कनके कटकं यथा॥ २-१०॥

sanskrit

This world is originated from me and gets absorbed in me, like a jug back into clay, a wave into water, and a bracelet into gold.

english translation

matto vinirgataM vizvaM mayyeva layameSyati| mRdi kumbho jale vIciH kanake kaTakaM yathA|| 2-10||

hk transliteration by Sanscript