Guest guest Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Dear Friends, yesterday we ended the first Chapter with verse 19. Today second chapter is starting with verse 1. This time it is King Janaka talking. King Janaka said. 1. O, I am spotless, tranquil, pure consciousness and beyond nature. All this time I have been mocked by illusion. 2. As I alone reveal this body, even so do I reveal this universe. Therefore mine is all this universe or verily nothing is mine. 3. O, having renounced the universe along with the body, I am now perceiving the Supreme Self through wisdom (received from my Guru). 4. As waves, foam and bubbles are not different from water, even so the universe emanating from the Atman is not different from it. 5. As cloth when analyzed is found to be nothing but thread, even so this universe, duly considered, is nothing but the Atman. to be continued Ashtavakra Gita translation Swamy Nityaswarupananda of Ramakrishna Mission published by Ramana Ashraman 2001 first edition published by courtesy of the Maharaja of Mysore 1932 chapter II, p. 21-25, verses 1-5 Om Arunachala Shiva Christiane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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