Ashtavakra Gita · Verse 15.19 · Ashtavakra speaks
O Pure Intelligence, do not disturb your mind with affirmation and negation. Be calm and abide happily in your own Self, which is Bliss itself.
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मा
mā
do not
prohibitive particle
सङ्कल्पविकल्पाभ्याम्
saṅkalpavikalpābhyām
by affirmation and negation
noun, masculine, instrumental dual
Be free of resolves and counter-resolves, such ideas as 'I shall do this' and 'I shall not do this,' which agitate the mind.
चित्तम्
cittam
mind
noun, neuter, accusative singular
क्षोभय
kṣobhaya
disturb, agitate
verb, causative imperative, 2nd person singular
चिन्मय
cinmaya
O you made of Consciousness
adjective, masculine, vocative singular
Addressed as one whose very being is Cit, urged not to ruffle that pure awareness with the mind's oscillations.
उपशाम्य
upaśāmya
becoming calm
absolutive (gerund)
सुखम्
sukham
happily
adverb
तिष्ठ
tiṣṭha
abide
verb, imperative, 2nd person singular
स्वात्मनि
svātmani
in your own Self
noun, masculine, locative singular
The resting place is one's own Self, needing no object outside, complete in itself.
आनन्दविग्रहे
ānandavigrahe
the embodiment of bliss (ānanda)
noun, masculine, locative singular
The Self is not merely blissful but the very form of bliss, ānanda, in which one is to abide at ease.