Ashtavakra Gita · Verse 15.5 · Ashtavakra speaks
Attachment and abhorrence are attributes of mind. The mind is never yours. You are free from conflict, Intelligence itself and changeless. Go about happily.
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रागद्वेषौ
rāgadveṣau
attachment and aversion
noun, masculine, nominative dual
मनोधर्मौ
manodharmau
attributes of the mind
noun, masculine, nominative dual
न
na
not
indeclinable
मनः
manaḥ
mind
noun, neuter, nominative singular
ते
te
yours
pronoun, genitive singular
कदाचन
kadācana
ever, at any time
adverb
निर्विकल्पः
nirvikalpaḥ
free from conflict, undifferentiated
adjective, masculine, nominative singular
To love or hate is to identify with the mind and lose awareness of the true Self; the Self is free of all such mental modifications.
असि
asi
you are
verb, present, 2nd person singular
बोधात्मा
bodhātmā
of the nature of Intelligence
noun, masculine, nominative singular
The Self's essence is bodha, pure awareness, untouched by the mind's pairs of opposites.
निर्विकारः
nirvikāraḥ
changeless
adjective, masculine, nominative singular
सुखम्
sukham
happily
adverb
चर
cara
go about
verb, imperative, 2nd person singular