Ashtavakra Gita · Verse 15.13 · Ashtavakra speaks
Wherefrom will there be birth, action and even egoism for you who are one, immutable, calm, the space of Intelligence and pure?
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एकस्मिन्
ekasmin
in the One
adjective, masculine, locative singular
अव्यये
avyaye
immutable, undecaying
adjective, masculine, locative singular
शान्ते
śānte
calm
adjective, masculine, locative singular
चिदाकाशे
cidākāśe
in the space of Intelligence (Chidakasha)
noun, masculine, locative singular
Chidakasha is the Intelligence-space in which the Self perceives itself; here there is neither subject nor object, so space is identical with the Self, the word 'space' used only by analogy with outer and mental space.
अमले
amale
pure, stainless
adjective, masculine, locative singular
त्वयि
tvayi
in you
pronoun, locative singular
कुतः
kutaḥ
wherefrom
adverb (interrogative)
जन्म
janma
birth
noun, neuter, nominative singular
कर्म
karma
action
noun, neuter, nominative singular
Action implies change and the desire to gain what one lacks; but the realized knower knows himself as the calm and perfect Self.
अहङ्कारः
ahaṅkāraḥ
egoism
noun, masculine, nominative singular
The ego results from identifying with body and mind; perceiving himself as the space of Intelligence without duality, the knower is free of it.
एव
eva
even
indeclinable
च
ca
and
indeclinable