Ashtavakra Gita 18.5: Peace, Chapter 18, Verse 5
न दूरं न च सङ्कोचाल्लब्धमेवात्मनः पदम् ।
निर्विकल्पं निरायासं निर्विकारं निरञ्जनम् ॥ १८-५॥
na dūraṃ na ca saṅkocāllabdhamevātmanaḥ padam .
nirvikalpaṃ nirāyāsaṃ nirvikāraṃ nirañjanam .. 18-5..
अपने आप को कोई दूरी नहीं है। इसको कोई सिकुड़ के साथ नहीं मिलता। यह तो पहले से ही मिला हुआ है। इसमें कोई सोच-विचार नहीं, कोई मेहनत नहीं, कोई बदलाव नहीं, बिल्कुल साफ है।
FAQs
It means the Self is not an object to be reached in space or time. According to the verse, it is already present and is realized as one’s own nature.
The verse uses terms like nirvikalpa and nirvikāra to indicate that the Self is beyond mental constructions and is not subject to modification.
No. The translation states that the Self is not attained through limitation; it is effortlessly realized as pure and changeless.
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