Ashtavakra Gita 18.90: Peace, Chapter 18, Verse 90
जानन्नपि न जानाति पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति ।
ब्रुवन्न् अपि न च ब्रूते कोऽन्यो निर्वासनादृते ॥ १८-९०॥
jānannapi na jānāti paśyannapi na paśyati .
bruvann api na ca brūte ko'nyo nirvāsanādṛte .. 18-90..
वो सब जानता है, फिर भी जानता नहीं। सब देख रहा है, फिर भी देखता नहीं। बोल रहा है, फिर भी बोलता नहीं। ऐसा सिर्फ वो कर सकता है जिसके अंदर की सारी इच्छाएं खत्म हो गई हैं।
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The verse uses paradox to indicate action and cognition without binding desire or egoic involvement.
Only one without desires, described by the Sanskrit term nirvasana.
No. It describes a liberated relation to knowing, seeing, and speaking, free from desire-driven attachment.
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