On Ashatavakra Gita: What is the state of the liberated one?

Acharya Prashant
10 min readSep 24, 2021

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

शून्या दृष्टिर्वृथा चेष्टा विकलानीन्द्रियाणि च ।

न स्पृहा न विरक्तिर्वा क्षीणसंसारसागरे ॥ 17.९ ॥

śūnyā dṛṣṭirvṛthā ceṣṭā vikalānīndriyāṇi ca

na spṛhā na viraktirvā kṣīṇasaṃsārasāgare || 17.9 ||

In him for whom the ocean of samsara (world) has dried up, there is neither attachment nor aversion. His gaze is vacant, his behavior purposeless, and his senses inactive.

~ Ashatavakra Gita, Chapter 17, Verse 9

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न जागर्ति न निद्राति नोन्मीलति न मीलति ।

अहो परदशा काऽपि वर्तते मुक्तचेतसः ॥ 17.१० ॥

na jāgarti na nidrāti nonmīlati na mīlati

aho paradaśā kā’pi vartate muktacetasaḥ || 17.10 ||

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