Ashtavakra Gita

Ashtavakra Gita is a Hindu religious/philosophical text.

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 * Original


 * भावस्य भावकः कश्चिन् न किंचिद् भावकोपरः ।
 * उभयाभावकः कश्चिद् एवमेव निराकुलः ॥ १८- ४२॥

(taken from अष्टावक्र गीता)


 * Translation by Th. Byrom


 * One man believes in existence,
 * Another says, “There is nothing!”
 * Rare is the man who believes in neither.
 * He is free from confusion.

from The Heart of Awareness: A Translation of the Ashtavakra Gita, by Thomas Byrom, 1990; Shambhala Publications, Inc., Boston.


 * Translation by J. Richards
 * Some think that something exists, and others that nothing does. Rare is the man who does not think either, and is thereby free from distraction.

from Ashtavakra Gita'': Chapter XVIII, translated by John Richards.