Ashtavakra Gita
Explore the dialogue of Ashtavakra and Janaka through the original Sanskrit, translation and optional explanations.
20 chapters · 298 verses
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Chapters
- Chapter 1Instruction in Self-Knowledge (Prakaraṇa 1)
- Chapter 2Janaka’s Wonder at Self-Knowledge (Prakaraṇa 2)
- Chapter 3Testing Self-Knowledge — Prakaraṇa Three
- Chapter 4The Self-Knower’s Inner Freedom — Prakaraṇa Four
- Chapter 5Four Ways of Returning to Stillness — Prakaraṇa Five
- Chapter 6Four Images of the Boundless Self — Prakaraṇa Six
- Chapter 7The Self as the Boundless Ocean — Prakaraṇa Seven
- Chapter 8Bondage and Liberation: Beyond the Mind’s Grip — Prakaraṇa Eight
- Chapter 9Dispassion and the Freedom to Be — Prakaraṇa Nine
- Chapter 10From Craving to Quietude — The Eight Verses of Upaśama
- Chapter 11Knowing and Inner Freedom — The Eight Verses of Jnana
- Chapter 12Abiding Naturally — “Thus I Am Established”
- Chapter 13Abiding at Ease — The Seven Verses of Yathāsukha
- Chapter 14Natural Inner Peace — Four Verses of Shanti
- Chapter 15Twenty Teachings on Reality — Tattvopadeśa-viṃśatikā
- Chapter 16Further Instruction — Resting in the Self
- Chapter 17Twenty Verses on the Self — The Life of Inner Freedom
- Chapter 18Śāntiśatakam — One Hundred Verses on Peace
- Chapter 19Eight Verses on Liberating Peace / Freedom in the Self
- Chapter 20Beyond All Concepts — The Closing Dialogue
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Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)
Initial public editorial edition. Independent source, textual and specialist reviews remain incomplete; this is not certified scriptural or ritual guidance.
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