Ashtavakra Gita (Chapter 14) Sanskrit Chant

🕉️ Ode to Tranquility – Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 14 -- Sanskrit Chant This meditative musical recitation of Chapter 14 of the Ashtavakra Gita, is historically revered as a sacred chant "Shanti Catustaya". This profound four-verse dialogue features King Janaka declaring his total transcendence into pure consciousness. Stripped of worldly desires, anxieties, and the illusions of ego, this chant serves as a powerful auditory anchor for deep self-refection, inner stillness, and spiritual awakening. 📜 Chapter Summary & Meaning • Verse 1: Spontaneous Stillness (Śūnya Cittaḥ) – The state of a liberated soul who is completely empty of worldly thoughts, walking through life as if physically asleep to its attachments, yet supremely awake to the divine. • Verse 2: The Melting of Desire – When inner desires finally dissolve, the illusions of material riches, friendships, and external attachments lose their grip on the soul. • Verse 3: Beyond Bondage and Liberation – Realizing the supreme Self as the ultimate "witness," the enlightened seeker is completely freed from the anxiety of seeking salvation. • Verse 4: The Spontaneous Divine Life – The silent-minded, wise soul moves freely and unpredictably through the world, answerable only to the infinite law of their own nature. 🕉️ Chapter 14: Tranquillity (Stotras on Peace) Verse 1 जनक उवाच प्रकृत्या शून्यचित्तो यः प्रमादाद्भावभावनः । निद्रितो बोधित इव क्षीणसंसरणो हि सः ॥१॥ janaka uvāca prakṛtyā śūnyacitto yaḥ pramādād-bhāva-bhāvanaḥ, nidrito bodhita iva kṣīṇa-saṁsaraṇo hi saḥ. (1) Verse 2 धनानि क्व मित्राणि क्व मे विषयदस्यवः । क्व शास्त्रं क्व च विज्ञानं यदा मे गलिता स्पृहा ॥२॥ kva dhanāni kva mitrāṇi kva me viṣaya-dasyavaḥ, kva śāstraṁ kva ca vijñānaṁ yadā me galitā spṛhā. (2) Verse 3 विज्ञाते साक्षिपुरुषे परमात्मनि चेश्वरे । नैराश्ये बन्धमोक्षे च न चिन्ता मुक्तये मम ॥३॥ vijñāte sākṣi-puruṣe paramātmani ceśvare, nairāśye bandha-mokṣe ca na cinta muktaye mama. (3) Verse 4 अन्तर्विकल्पशून्यस्य बहिः स्वच्छन्दचारिणः । भ्रान्तस्येव दशास्तास्तास्तादृशा एव जानते ॥४॥ antar-vikalpa-śūnyasya bahiḥ svacchanda-cāriṇaḥ, bhrāntasyeva daśāstāstās-tādṛśā eva jānate. 🌸