Ashtavakra Gita · Verse 15.4 · Ashtavakra speaks
You are not the body, nor is the body yours, nor are you the doer or the enjoyer. You are Intelligence itself, the eternal Witness and free. Go about happily.
Word by word
न
na
not
indeclinable
त्वम्
tvam
you
pronoun, 2nd person, nominative singular
देहः
dehaḥ
body
noun, masculine, nominative singular
The radical negation of identification with the body is the doorway to the verse's teaching of the Self as witness.
ते
te
yours
pronoun, 2nd person, genitive singular
भोक्ता
bhoktā
enjoyer
noun, masculine, nominative singular
कर्ता
kartā
doer
noun, masculine, nominative singular
वा
vā
or
indeclinable
भवान्
bhavān
you
pronoun, honorific, nominative singular
चिद्रूपः
cidrūpaḥ
of the nature of pure Consciousness
adjective, masculine, nominative singular
The Self is not an agent or experiencer but Consciousness itself, the substratum within which all experience appears.
असि
asi
you are
verb, present, 2nd person singular
सदा
sadā
ever, always
adverb
साक्षी
sākṣī
Witness
noun, masculine, nominative singular
Sākṣī, the witness-consciousness: the Self illumines all states yet remains untouched by and independent of them.
निरपेक्षः
nirapekṣaḥ
free, unconditioned
adjective, masculine, nominative singular
Free means not dependent on or conditioned by anything whatsoever.
सुखम्
sukham
happily
adverb
चर
cara
roam, go about
verb, imperative, 2nd person singular