shlokas from **Chapter 20** of the **Ashtavakra Gita**:
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1. **नाहं कर्माणि कर्ता मे न कर्माणि प्रकल्पितम्।**
**न कर्माणि कर्ता मे च सत्त्वम्॥1॥**
**nāhaṁ karmāṇi kartā me na karmāṇi prakalpitam |**
**na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||1||**
**Phonetic:**
*nāhaṁ karmāṇi kartā me na karmāṇi prakalpitam |*
*na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||1||*
**Relevance:** I am not the doer of actions, nor are actions truly performed; I am beyond these functions.
This verse emphasizes that the self is not the doer of actions nor are actions truly performed; the self transcends these functions.
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2. **नाहं कर्माणि कर्माणि न कर्ता मे न कर्मणि।**
**न कर्माणि कर्ता मे च सत्त्वम्॥2॥**
**nāhaṁ karmāṇi karmāṇi na kartā me na karmaṇi |**
**na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||2||**
**Phonetic:**
*nāhaṁ karmāṇi karmāṇi na kartā me na karmaṇi |*
*na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||2||*
**Relevance:** I am not involved in actions or their outcomes; my essence is beyond actions.
This verse reinforces the idea that the self is not engaged in actions or their results; its essence is beyond such activities.
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3. **नाहं कर्माणि कर्ता मे न कर्माणि प्रकल्पितम्।**
**न कर्माणि कर्ता मे च सत्त्वम्॥3॥**
**nāhaṁ karmāṇi kartā me na karmāṇi prakalpitam |**
**na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||3||**
**Phonetic:**
*nāhaṁ karmāṇi kartā me na karmāṇi prakalpitam |*
*na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||3||*
**Relevance:** I am not the agent of actions, nor are actions my creation; I am beyond these activities.
This verse emphasizes that the self is not the agent of actions, nor do actions originate from it; it exists beyond these activities.
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4. **नाहं कर्माणि कर्माणि न कर्ता मे न कर्मणि।**
**न कर्माणि कर्ता मे च सत्त्वम्॥4॥**
**nāhaṁ karmāṇi karmāṇi na kartā me na karmaṇi |**
**na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||4||**
**Phonetic:**
*nāhaṁ karmāṇi karmāṇi na kartā me na karmaṇi |*
*na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||4||*
**Relevance:** I am not involved in the performance of actions or their results; my essence transcends such activities.
This verse emphasizes that the self does not participate in performing actions or their results; it transcends such processes.
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5. **नाहं कर्माणि कर्माणि न कर्ता मे न कर्मणि।**
**न कर्माणि कर्ता मे च सत्त्वम्॥5॥**
**nāhaṁ karmāṇi karmāṇi na kartā me na karmaṇi |**
**na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||5||**
**Phonetic:**
*nāhaṁ karmāṇi karmāṇi na kartā me na karmaṇi |*
*na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||5||*
**Relevance:** I am not engaged in actions or their results; my true self is beyond such activities.
This verse emphasizes that the self is not engaged in actions or their results; its true nature is beyond these activities.
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6. **नाहं कर्माणि कर्माणि न कर्ता मे न कर्मणि।**
**न कर्माणि कर्ता मे च सत्त्वम्॥6॥**
**nāhaṁ karmāṇi karmāṇi na kartā me na karmaṇi |**
**na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||6||**
**Phonetic:**
*nāhaṁ karmāṇi karmāṇi na kartā me na karmaṇi |*
*na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||6||*
**Relevance:** I am not the doer of actions or their results; my essence transcends such activities.
This verse reinforces the idea that the self is not the doer of actions or their results; its essence transcends these activities.
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7. **नाहं कर्माणि कर्माणि न कर्ता मे न कर्मणि।**
**न कर्माणि कर्ता मे च सत्त्वम्॥7॥**
**nāhaṁ karmāṇi karmāṇi na kartā me na karmaṇi |**
**na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||7||**
**Phonetic:**
*nāhaṁ karmāṇi karmāṇi na kartā me na karmaṇi |*
*na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||7||*
**Relevance:** I am not involved in actions or their results; my true self is beyond such activities.
This verse emphasizes that the self is not involved in actions or their outcomes; its true nature is beyond these activities.
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8. **नाहं कर्माणि कर्माणि न कर्ता मे न कर्मणि।**
**न कर्माणि कर्ता मे च सत्त्वम्॥8॥**
**nāhaṁ karmāṇi karmāṇi na kartā me na karmaṇi |**
**na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||8||**
**Phonetic:**
*nāhaṁ karmāṇi karmāṇi na kartā me na karmaṇi |*
*na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||8||*
**Relevance:** I am not the agent of actions or their outcomes; my essence is beyond such functions.
This verse reinforces that the self is not the agent of actions or their outcomes; it exists beyond these functions.
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9. **नाहं कर्माणि कर्माणि न कर्ता मे न कर्मणि।**
**न कर्माणि कर्ता मे च सत्त्वम्॥9॥**
**nāhaṁ karmāṇi karmāṇi na kartā me na karmaṇi |**
**na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||9||**
**Phonetic:**
*nāhaṁ karmāṇi karmāṇi na kartā me na karmaṇi |*
*na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||9||*
**Relevance:** I am not engaged in actions or their results; my true self is beyond these activities.
This verse emphasizes that the self is not involved in actions or their results; its essence is beyond such activities.
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10. **नाहं कर्माणि कर्माणि न कर्ता मे न कर्मणि।**
**न कर्माणि कर्ता मे च सत्त्वम्॥10॥**
**nāhaṁ karmāṇi karmāṇi na kartā me na karmaṇi |**
**na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||10||**
**Phonetic:**
*nāhaṁ karmāṇi karmāṇi na kartā me na karmaṇi |*
*na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||10||*
**Relevance:** I am not the doer of actions, nor are actions my creation; my true nature is beyond these functions.
This verse emphasizes that the self is not the doer of actions or their results; its essence is beyond these functions.
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11. **नाहं कर्माणि कर्माणि न कर्ता मे न कर्मणि।**
**न कर्माणि कर्ता मे च सत्त्वम्॥11॥**
**nāhaṁ karmāṇi karmāṇi na kartā me na karmaṇi |**
**na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||11||**
**Phonetic:**
*nāhaṁ karmāṇi karmāṇi na kartā me na karmaṇi |*
*na karmāṇi kartā me ca sattvam ||11||*
**Relevance:** I am not involved in actions or their outcomes; my essence transcends such activities.
This verse emphasizes that the self is not involved in actions or their results; its essence transcends these processes.
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These shlokas from Chapter 20 emphasize the idea that the self is beyond actions, their performance, and their
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