Chapter-19, Verse 06

Ashtavakra Gita Verse 19.6

क्व दूरं क्व समीपं वा बाह्यं क्वाभ्यन्तरं क्व वा । क्व स्थूलं क्व च वा सूक्ष्मं स्वमहिम्नि स्थितस्य मे ॥ ६ ॥

For me established in my own glory, there is nothing far away and nothing near, nothing within or without, nothing large and nothing small.

Janaka, the king of Mithila, has Realized his True Nature as Pure Consciousness, the Witness of everything. He has transcended the duality of space, time, and size, and sees himself as one with the Supreme Reality. He is free from attachment, desire, and ignorance, and is happy and peaceful in his own Self.

This verse is an expression of the Advaita Vedanta philosophy, which teaches that the Ultimate Reality is Brahman, the absolute and impersonal essence of existence, and that the individual Self (atman) is identical with Brahman. The apparent diversity and multiplicity of the world is an illusion (maya) caused by ignorance (avidya) of one's True Nature. The goal of human life is to attain liberation (moksha) from the cycle of birth and death (samsara) by Realizing one's identity with Brahman through knowledge (jnana), meditation (dhyana), and renunciation (vairagya).

Some similar verses from other Vedic texts that convey the same or related ideas are:

- Bhagavad Gita 6.30: 

यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति ।

तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति ॥ 

He who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am not lost to him, nor is he lost to Me. 

This verse describes the vision of a yogi who has attained the state of samadhi, or union with the divine. He sees the Lord as the innermost Self of all beings and the source of all existence. He is free from attachment and fear, and enjoys the Bliss of the Self. 

- Yoga Vashishta 6.2.34: 

नाहं देहो न चाहं देही नाहं जीवो न चाहं जीवः । अहं चिदानन्दरूपोऽहं शान्तोऽहं शान्त एवाहम् ॥ 

I am not the body, nor am I the embodied; I am not the living being, nor am I the life. I am the form of Consciousness and Bliss, I am peaceful, I am peace itself. 

This verse is a negation of the false identifications of the Self with the body, the mind, and the ego, and an affirmation of the True Nature of the Self as Pure Awareness, Joy, and Peace.