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Ashtavakra Gita With English Translation
Ashtavakra Gita With English Translation
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 ............................................................................................... 4
Chapter 2 ............................................................................................. 13
Chapter 3 ............................................................................................. 24
Chapter 4 ............................................................................................. 31
Chapter 5 ............................................................................................. 34
Chapter 6 ............................................................................................. 36
Chapter 7 ............................................................................................. 38
Chapter 8 ............................................................................................. 41
Chapter 9 ............................................................................................. 43
Chapter 10 ........................................................................................... 47
Chapter 11 ........................................................................................... 51
Chapter 12 ........................................................................................... 55
Chapter 13 ........................................................................................... 59
Chapter 14 ........................................................................................... 63
Chapter 15 ........................................................................................... 65
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Chapter 16 ........................................................................................... 74
Chapter 17 ........................................................................................... 79
Chapter 18 ........................................................................................... 88
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Chapter 1
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janaka uvca
katha jnamavpnoti katha muktirbhaviyati
vairgya ca katha prpta etad brhi mama prabho
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avakra uvca
mukti icchasi cettta viayn viavattyaja
kamrjavadaytoasatya pyavad bhaja
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na pthv na jala ngnirna vyurdyaurna v bhavn
e skiamtmna cidrpa viddhi muktaye 1.3
You do not consist of the elements - earth, water, fire, air or even
ether. To be liberated, know yourself as consisting of
consciousness, the witness of these.
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yadi deha pthak ktya citi virmya tihasi
adhunaiva sukh nto bandhamukto bhaviyasi
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na tva viprdiko varo nram nkagocara
asago'si nirkro vivask sukh bhava
You do not belong to the brahmin or any other caste, you are not
at any stage, nor are you anything that the eye can see. You are
unattached and formless, the witness of everything - so be
happy.
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dharmdharmau sukha dukha mnasni na te vibho
na kartsi na bhoktsi mukta evsi sarvad
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the doer nor the reaper of the consequences, so you are always
free.
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eko drasi sarvasya muktapryo'si sarvad
ayameva hi te bandho drara payastaram
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aha kartetyahamnamahkhidaita
nha karteti vivsmta ptv sukh bhava
Since you have been bitten by the black snake, the opinion about
yourself that "I am the doer", drink the antidote of faith in the
fact that "I am not the doer", and be happy.
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eko viuddhabodho'ha iti nicayavahnin
prajvlyjnagahana vtaoka sukh bhava
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yatra vivamida bhti kalpita rajjusarpavat
nandaparamnanda sa bodhastva sukha bhava
That in which all this appears - imagined like the snake in a rope,
that joy, supreme joy and awareness is what you are, so be
happy.
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tm sk vibhu pra eko muktacidakriya
asago nispha nto bhramtsasravniva
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kastha bodhamadvaitamtmna paribhvaya
bhso'ha bhrama muktv bhva bhyamathntaram
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dehbhimnapena cira baddho'si putraka
bodho'ha jnakhagena taniktya sukh Bhava
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nisago nikriyo'si tva svaprako nirajana
ayameva hi te bandha samdhimanutihati
You are really unbound and actionless, self-illuminating and
spotless already. The cause of your bondage is that you are still
resorting to stilling the mind.
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tvay vyptamida viva tvayi prota yathrthata
uddhabuddhasvarpastva m gama kudracittatm
All of this is really filled by you and strung out in you, for what
you consist of is pure awareness - so don't be small minded.
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nirapeko nirvikro nirbhara talaya
agdhabuddhirakubdho bhava cinmtravsana
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skramanta viddhi nirkra tu nicalam
etattattvopadeena na punarbhavasabhava
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yathaivdaramadhyasthe rpe'nta paritastu sa
tathaiv'smin arre'nta parita paramevara
Just as a mirror exists everywhere both within and apart from its
reflected images, so the Supreme Lord exists everywhere within
and apart from this body.
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eka sarvagata vyoma bahirantaryath ghae
nitya nirantara brahma sarvabhtagae tath
Just as one and the same all-pervading space exists within and
without a jar, so the eternal, everlasting God exists in the totality
of things.
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Chapter 2
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janaka uvca
aho nirajana nto bodho'ha prakte para
etvantamaha kla mohenaiva viabita
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yath prakaymyeko dehamena tath jagat
ato mama jagatsarvamathav na ca kicana
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sa arramaho viva parityajya maydhun
kutacit kauald eva paramtm vilokyate
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yath na toyato bhinnstarag phenabudbud
tmano na tath bhinna vivamtmavinirgatam
Just as waves, foam and bubbles are not different from water, so
all this which has emanated from oneself, is no other than
oneself.
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tantumtro bhaved eva pao yadvad vicrita
tmatanmtrameveda tadvad viva vicritam
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yathaivekurase klpt tena vyptaiva arkar
tath viva mayi klpta may vypta nirantaram
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prako me nija rpa ntirikto'smyaha tata
yad prakate viva tadha bhsa eva hi
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aho vikalpita vivamajnnmayi bhsate
rpya uktau pha rajjau vri sryakare yath
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matto vinirgata viva mayyeva layameyati
mdi kubho jale vci kanake kaaka yath
All this, which has originated out of me, is resolved back into me
too, like a jug back into clay, a wave into water, and a bracelet
into gold.
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aho aha namo mahya vino yasya nsti me
brahmdistabaparyanta jaganno'pi tihata
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aho aha namo mahya eko'ha dehavnapi
kvacinna gant ngant vypya vivamavasthita
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aho aha namo mahya dako nstha matsama
asaspya arrea yena viva cira dhtam
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jna jeya tath jt tritaya nsti vstavam
ajnd bhti yatreda so'hamasmi nirajana
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dvaitamlamaho dukha nnyattasy'sti bheajam
dyametan m sarva eko'ha cidrasomala
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bodhamtro'hamajnd updhi kalpito may
eva vimato nitya nirvikalpe sthitirmama
I am pure awareness though through ignorance I have imagined
myself to have additional attributes. By continually reflecting like
this, my dwelling place is in the Unimagined.
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na me bandho'sti moko v bhrnti nto nirray
aho mayi sthita viva vastuto na mayi sthitam
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saarramida viva na kiciditi nicitam
uddhacinmtra tm ca tatkasmin kalpandhun
I have recognised that all this and my body are nothing, while
my true self is nothing but pure consciousness, so what is there
for the imagination work on now?
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arra svarganarakau bandhamokau bhaya tath
kalpanmtramevaitat ki me krya cidtmana
The body, heaven and hell, bondage and liberation, and fear too,
all this is pure imagination. What is there left to do for me whose
very nature is consciousness?
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nha deho na me deho jvo nhamaha hi cit
ayameva hi me bandha sdy jvite sph
I am not the body, nor is the body mine. I am not a living being. I
am consciousness. It was my thirst for living that was my
bondage.
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aho bhuvanakallolairvicitrairdrk samutthitam
mayyanatamahbhodhau cittavte samudyate
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mayyanatamahbhodhau cittavte pramyati
abhgyjjvavaijo jagatpoto vinavara
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mayyanantamahbhodhvcarya jvavcaya
udyanti ghnanti khelanti pravianti svabhvata
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Chapter 3
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avakra uvca
avininamtmna eka vijya tattvata
tavtmajnasya dhrasya kathamarthrjane rati
tmjndaho prtirviayabhramagocare
ukterajnato lobho yath rajatavibhrame
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Truly, when one does not know oneself, one takes pleasure in the
objects of mistaken perception, just as greed arises for the
mistaken silver in one who does not know mother of pearl for
what it is.
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viva sphurati yatreda tarag iva sgare
so'hamasmti vijya ki dna iva dhvasi
All this wells up like waves in the sea. Recognising, "I am That",
why run around like someone in need?
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rutvpi uddhacaitanya tmnamatisundaram
upasthe'tyantasasakto mlinyamadhigacchati
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sarvabhteu ctmna sarvabhtni ctmani
munerjnata carya mamatvamanuvartate
When the sage has realised that he himself is in all beings, and all
beings are in him, it is astonishing that the sense of individuality
should be able to continue.
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sthita paramdvaita mokrthe'pi vyavasthita
carya kmavaago vikala keliikay
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udbhta jnadurmitramavadhrytidurbala
carya kmamkket klamantamanurita
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ihmutra viraktasya nitynityavivekina
carya mokakmasya mokd eva vibhik
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dhrastu bhojyamno'pi pyamno'pi sarvad
tmna kevala payan na tuyati na kupyati
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ceamna arra sva payatyanyaarravat
sastave cpi nindy katha kubhyet mahaya
The great souled person sees even his own body in action as if it
were some-one else's, so how should he be disturbed by praise or
blame?
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mymtramida viva payan vigatakautuka
api sannihite mtyau katha trasyati dhradh
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nispha mnasa yasya nairye'pi mahtmana
tasytmajnatptasya tulan kena jyate
Who can be compared to the great-souled person whose mind is
free from desire even in disappointment, and who has found
satisfaction in self-knowledge?
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svabhvd eva jnno dyametanna kicana
ida grhyamida tyjya sa ki payati dhradh
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Chapter 4
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janaka uvca
hanttmajnasya dhrasya khelato bhogallay
na hi sasravhkairmhai saha samnat
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yat pada prepsavo dn akrdy sarvadevat
aho tatra sthito yog na haramupagacchati
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tajjasya puyappbhy sparo hyantarna jyate
na hykasya dhmena dyamnpi sagati
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tmaiveda jagatsarva jta yena mahtman
yadcchay vartamna ta nieddhu kameta ka
Who can prevent the great-souled person who has known this
whole world as himself from living as he pleases?
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brahmastabaparyante bhtagrme caturvidhe
vijasyaiva hi smarthyamicchnicchvivarjane
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tmnamadvaya kacijjnti jagadvaram
yad vetti tatsa kurute na bhaya tasya kutracit
Rare is the man who knows himself as the undivided Lord of the
world, and he who knows this is not afraid of anything.
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Chapter 5
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avakra uvca
na te sago'sti kenpi ki uddhastyaktumicchasi
saghtavilaya kurvannevameva laya vraja
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udeti bhavato viva vridheriva budbuda
iti jtvaikamtmna evameva laya vraja
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All this arises out of you, like a bubble out of the sea. Knowing
yourself like this to be but one, you can go to your rest.
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samadukhasukha pra nairyayo sama
samajvitamtyu sannevameva laya vraja
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Chapter 6
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janaka uvca
kavadananto'ha ghaavat prkta jagat
iti jna tathaitasya na tygo na graho laya
Janaka: I am infinite like space, and the natural world is like a jar.
To know this is knowledge, and then there is neither
renunciation, acceptance or cessation of it.
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mahodadhirivha sa prapaco vcisa'nnibha
iti jna tathaitasya na tygo na graho laya
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aha sa uktisako rpyavad vivakalpan
iti jna tathaitasya na tygo na graho laya
I am like the mother of pearl, and the imagined world is like the
silver. To know this is knowledge, and then there is neither
renunciation, acceptance or cessation of it.
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aha v sarvabhteu sarvabhtnyatho mayi
iti jna tathaitasya na tygo na graho laya
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Chapter 7
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janaka uvca
mayyanatamahbhodhau vivapota itastata
bhramati svtavtena na mamstyasahiut
Janaka: In the infinite ocean of myself the world boat drifts here
and there, moved by its own inner wind. I am not put out by
that.
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mayyanatamahbhodhau jagadvci svabhvata
udetu vstamytu na me vddhirna ca kati
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Let the world wave of its own nature rise or disappear in the
infinite ocean of myself. I neither gain nor lose anything by that.
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mayyanatamahbhodhau viva nma vikalpan
atito nirkra etadevhamsthita
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ntm bhveu no bhvastatrnante nirajane
ityasakto'spha nta etadevhamstita
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aho cinmtramevha indrajlopama jagat
iti mama katha kutra heyopdeyakalpan
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Chapter 8
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avakra uvca
tad bandho yad citta kincid vchati ocati
kicin mucati ghti kicid dyati kupyati
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tad muktiryad citta na vchati na ocati
na mucati na ghti na hyati na kupyati
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Liberation is when the mind does not long for anything, grieve
about anything, reject anything, or hold on to anything, and is
not pleased about anything or displeased about anything.
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tad bandho yad citta sakta kvapi diu
tad moko yad cittamasakta sarvadiu
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yad nha tad moko yadha bandhana tad
matveti helay kicinm gha vimuca m
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Chapter 9
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avakra uvca
ktkte ca dvandvni kad ntni kasya v
eva jtveha nirvedd bhava tygaparo'vrat
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kasypi tta dhanyasya lokacevalokant
jvitecch bubhuk ca bubhutsopaama gat
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anitya sarvameveda tpatrayaditam
asara nindita heyamiti nicitya myati
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ko'sau klo vaya ki v yatra dvandvni no nm
tnyupekya yathprptavart siddhimavpnuyt
When was that age or time of life when the dualism of extremes
did not exist for men? Abandoning them, a person who is happy
to take whatever comes attains perfection.
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n mata mahar sdhn yogin tath
dv nirvedampanna ko na myati mnava
Who does not end up with indifference to such things and attain
peace when he has seen the differences of opinions among the
great sages, saints and yogis?
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vsan eva sasra iti sarv vimuca t
tattygo vsantygtsthitiradya yath tath
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Chapter 10
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avakra uvca
vihya vairia kmamartha cnarthasakulam
dharmamapyetayorhetu sarvatrdara kuru
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svapnendrajlavat paya dinni tri paca v
mitraketradhangradradydisapada
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yatra yatra bhavett sasra viddhi tatra vai
prauhavairgyamritya vtata sukh Bhava
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tmtrtmako bandhastanno moka ucyate
bhavsasaktimtrea prptituirmuhurmuhu
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tvamekacetana uddho jaa vivamasattath
avidypi na kicits k bubhuts tathpi te
You are one, conscious and pure, while all this is just inert non-
being. Ignorance itself is nothing, so what need have you of
desire to understand?
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rjya sut kalatri arri sukhni ca
sasaktasypi nani tava janmani janmani
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kta na kati janmni kyena manas gir
dukhamysada karma tadadypyuparamyatm
How many births have you not done hard and painful labour
with body, mind and speech. Now at last stop!
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Chapter 11
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avakra uvca
bhvbhvavikraca svabhvditi nicay
nirvikro gataklea sukhenaivopamyati
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vara sarvanirmt nehnya iti nicay
antargalitasarva nta kvpi na sajjate
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pada sapada kle daivdeveti nicay
tpta svasthendriyo nitya na vnchati na ocati
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sukhadukhe janmamty daivdeveti nicay
sdhydar nirysa kurvannapi na lipyate
Realising that pleasure and pain, birth and death are from fate,
and that one's desires cannot be achieved, one remains inactive,
and even when acting does not get attached.
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cintay jyate dukha nnyatheheti nicay
tay hna sukh nta sarvatra galitaspha
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nha deho na me deho bodho'hamiti nicay
kaivalya iva saprpto na smaratyakta ktam
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Realising, "I alone exist, from Brahma down to the last clump of
grass", one becomes free from uncertainty, pure, at peace and
unconcerned about what has been attained or not.
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ncaryamida viva na kiciditi nicay
nirvsana sphrtimtro na kicidiva myati
Realising that all this varied and wonderful world is nothing, one
becomes pure receptivity, free from inclinations, and as if
nothing existed, one finds peace.
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Chapter 12
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janaka uvca
kyaktysaha prva tato vgvistarsaha
atha cintsahastasmd evamevhamsthita
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prtyabhvena abdderadyatvena ctmana
vikepaikgrahdaya evamevhamsthita
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samdhysdivikiptau vyavahra samdhaye
eva vilokya niyama evamevhamsthita
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heyopdeyavirahd eva haravidayo
abhvdadya he brahmann evamevhamsthita
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ramnrama dhyna cittasvktavarjanam
vikalpa mama vkyaitairevamevhamsthita
karmnuhnamajnd yathaivoparamastath
budhv samyagida tattva evamevhamsthita
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acitya cityamno'pi cintrpa bhajatyasau
tyaktv tadbhvana tasmd evamevhamsthita
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evameva kta yena sa ktrtho bhavedasau
evameva svabhvo ya sa ktrtho bhavedasau
He who has achieved this has achieved the goal of life. He who is
of such a nature has done what has to be done.
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Chapter 13
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janaka uvca
akicanabhava svstha kaupnatve'pi durlabham
tygdne vihysmdahamse yathsukham
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kutrpi kheda kyasya jihv kutrpi khedyate
mana kutrpi tattyaktv pururthe sthita sukham
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kta kimapi naiva syd iti sacintya tattvata
yad yatkartumyti tat ktvse yathsukham
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karmanaikarmyanirbandhabhv dehasthayogina
sayogyogavirahdahamse yathsukham
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arthnarthau na me sthity gaty na ayanena v
tihan gacchan svapan tasmdahamse yathsukham
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svapato nsti me hni siddhiryatnavato na v
nollsau vihysmadahamse yathsukham
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Chapter 14
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janaka uvca
prakty nyacitto ya pramdd bhvabhvana
nidrito bodhita iva kasasmarao hi sa
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kva dhanni kva mitri kva me viayadasyava
kva stra kva ca vijna yad me galit sph
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vijte skipurue paramtmani cevare
nairye badhamoke ca na cit muktaye mama
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atarvikalpanyasya bahi svacchandacria
bhrntasyeva dastststd eva jnate
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Chapter 15
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avakra uvca
yathtathopadeena ktrtha sattvabuddhimn
jvamapi jijsu parastatra vimuhyati
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moko viayavairasya bandho vaiayiko rasa
etvadeva vijna yathecchasi tath kuru
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vgmiprjnamahodyoga jana mkajalasam
karoti tattvabodho'yamatastyakto bubhukabhi
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na tva deho na te deho bhokt kart na v bhavn
cidrpo'si sad sk nirapeka sukha cara
You are not the body, nor is the body yours, nor are you the doer
of actions or the reaper of their consequences. You are eternally
pure consciousness the witness, in need of nothing - so live
happily.
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rgadveau manodharmau na manaste kadcana
nirvikalpo'si bodhtm nirvikra sukha cara
Desire and anger are objects of the mind, but the mind is not
yours, nor ever has been. You are choiceless, awareness itself and
unchanging - so live happily.
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sarvabhteu ctmna sarvabhtni ctmani
vijya nirahakro nirmamastva sukh Bhava
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raddhasva tta raddhasva ntra mo'ha kuruva bho
jnasvarpo bhagavntm tva prakte para
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guai saveito dehastihatyyti yti ca
tm na gat ngat kimenamanuocasi
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The body invested with the senses stands still, and comes and
goes. You yourself neither come nor go, so why bother about
them?
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dehastihatu kalpnta gacchatvadyaiva v puna
kva vddhi kva ca v hnistava cinmtrarpia
Let the body last to the end of the Age, or let it come to an end
right now. What have you gained or lost, who consist of pure
consciousness?
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tvayyanatamahbhodhau vivavci svabhvata
udetu vstamytu na te vddhirna v kati
Let the world wave rise or subside according to its own nature in
you, the great ocean. It is no gain or loss to you.
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tta cinmtrarpo'si na te bhinnamida jagat
ata kasya katha kutra heyopdeyakalpan
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ekasminnavyaye nte cidke'male tvayi
kuto janma kuto karma kuto'hakra eva ca
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aya so'hamaya nha vibhgamiti satyaja
sarvamtmeti nicitya nisakalpa sukh Bhava
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tavaivjnato viva tvameka paramrthata
tvatto'nyo nsti sasr nsasr ca kacana
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bhrntimtramida viva na kiciditi nicay
nirvsana sphrtimtro na kicidiva myati
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eka eva bhavbhodhvsdasti bhaviyati
na te bandho'sti moko v ktyaktya sukha cara
Only one thing has existed, exists and will exist in the ocean of
being. You have no bondage or liberation. Live happily and
fulfilled.
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m sakalpavikalpbhy citta kobhaya cinmaya
upamya sukha tiha svtmanynandavigrahe
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tyajaiva dhyna sarvatra m kicid hdi dhraya
tm tva mukta evsi ki vimya kariyasi
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Chapter 16
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avakra uvca
cakva u v tta nnstryanekaa
tathpi na tava svsthya sarvavismarad te
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bhoga karma samdhi v kuru vija tathpi te
citta nirastasarvamatyartha rocayiyati
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ystsakalo dukh naina jnti kacana
anenaivopadeena dhanya prpnoti nirvtim
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vypre khidyate yastu nimeonmeayorapi
tasylasya dhurasya sukha nanyasya kasyacit
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ida ktamida neti dvadvairmukta yad mana
dharmrthakmamokeu nirapeka tad bhavet
When the mind is freed from such pairs of opposites as, "I have
done this", and "I have not done that", it becomes indifferent to
merit, wealth, sensuality and liberation.
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virakto viayadve rg viayalolupa
grahamokavihnastu na virakto na rgavn
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heyopdeyat tvatsasraviapkura
sph jvati yvad vai nirvicradaspadam
-
pravttau jyate rgo nirvttau dvea eva hi
nirdvandvo blavad dhmn evameva vyavasthita
Desire springs from usage, and aversion from abstension, but the
wise man is free from the pairs of opposites like a child, and
becomes established.
-
htumicchati sasra rg dukhajihsay
vtargo hi nirdukhastasminnapi na khidyati
77
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yasybhimno moke'pi dehe'pi mamat tath
na ca jn na v yog kevala dukhabhgasau
-
haro yadyupade te hari kamalajo'pi v
tathpi na tava svthya sarvavismaradte
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Chapter 17
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avakra uvca
tena jnaphala prpta yogbhysaphala tath
tpta svacchendriyo nitya ekk ramate tu ya
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na kadcijjagatyasmin tattvaj hanta khidyati
yata ekena teneda pra brahmamaalam
79
Ashtavakra Gita
-
na jtu viay ke'pi svrma harayantyam
sallakpallavaprtamivebha nibapallav
The man who is not attached to the things he has enjoyed, and
does not hanker after the things he has not enjoyed, such a man
is hard to find.
80
Ashtavakra Gita
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bubhukuriha sasre mumukurapi dyate
bhogamokanirkk viralo hi mahaya
Those who desire pleasure and those who desire liberation are
both found in samsara, but the great souled man who desires
neither pleasure nor liberation is rare indeed.
-
dharmrthakmamokeu jvite marae tath
kasypyudracittasya heyopdeyat na hi
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He feels no desire for the elimination of all this, nor anger at its
continuing, so the lucky man lives happily with whatever
sustinence presents itself.
-
ktrtho'nena jnenetyeva galitadh kt
payan van span jighrann anannaste yath sukham
-
ny dirvth ce vikalnndriyi ca
na sph na viraktirv kasasrasgare
82
Ashtavakra Gita
In him for whom the ocean of samsara has dried up, there is
neither attachment or aversion. His gaze is vacant, his behaviour
purposeless, and his senses inactive.
-
na jagarti na nidrti nonmlati na mlati
aho parada kvpi vartate muktacetasa
-
sarvatra dyate svastha sarvatra vimalaya
samastavsan mukto mukta sarvatra rjate
83
Ashtavakra Gita
-
payan van span jighrann anan ghan vadan vrajan
hitnhitairmukto mukta eva mahaya
-
na nindati na ca stauti na hyati na kupyati
na dadti na ghti mukta sarvatra nrasa
-
snurg striya dv mtyu v samupasthitam
avihvalaman svastho mukta eva mahaya
84
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-
sukhe dukhe nare nry sapatsu vipatsu ca
vieo naiva dhrasya sarvatra samadarina
-
na his naiva kruya nauddhatya na ca dnat
ncarya naiva ca kobha kasasarae nare
85
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-
na mukto viayadve na v viayalolupa
asasaktaman nitya prptprptamupnute
-
samdhnasamdhnahithitavikalpan
nyacitto na jnti kaivalyamiva sasthita
86
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manaprakasamohasvapnajyavivarjita
da kmapi saprpto bhaved galitamnasa
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Chapter 18
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avakra uvca
yasya bodhodaye tvatsvapnavad bhavati bhrama
tasmai sukhaikarpya nama ntya tejase
-
arjayitvkhiln arthn bhognpnoti pukaln
na hi sarvaparityjamantarea sukh bhavet
88
Ashtavakra Gita
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kartavyadukhamrtaajvldagdhntartmana
kuta praamapyadhrsramte sukham
How can there be happiness, for one who has been burnt inside
by the blistering sun of the pain of thinking that there are things
that still need doing, without the rain of the nectar of peace?
-
bhavo'ya bhvanmtro na kicit paramarthata
nstyabhva svabhvan bhvbhvavibhvinm
89
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na dra na ca sakocllabdhamevtmana padam
nirvikalpa nirysa nirvikra nirajanam
The realm of one's self is not far away, and nor can it be achieved
by the addition of limitations to its nature. It is unimaginable,
effortless, unchanging and spotless.
-
vymohamtraviratau svarpdnamtrata
vtaok virjante nirvaraadaya
90
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tm brahmeti nicitya bhvbhvau ca kalpitau
nikma ki vijnti ki brte ca karoti kim
-
aya so'hamaya nha iti k vikalpan
sarvamtmeti nicitya tbhtasya yogina
91
Ashtavakra Gita
Considerations like "I am this" or "I am not this" are finished for
the yogi who has gone silent realising "Everything is myself".
-
na vikepo na caikgrya ntibodho na mhat
na sukha na ca v dukha upantasya yogina
For the yogi who has found peace, there is no distraction or one-
pointedness, no higher knowledge or ignorance, no pleasure and
no pain.
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svrjye bhaikavttau ca lbhlbhe jane vane
nirvikalpasvabhvasya na vieo'sti yogina
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kva dharma kva ca v kma kva crtha kva vivekit
ida ktamida neti dvandvairmuktasya yogina
-
ktya kimapi naivsti na kpi hdi rajan
yath jvanameveha jvanmuktasya yogina
93
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yena vivamida da sa nstti karotu vai
nirvsana ki kurute payannapi na payati
He by whom all this is seen may well make out it doesn't exist,
but what is the desireless one to do. Even in seeing it he does not
see it.
-
yena da para brahma so'ha brahmeti cintayet
ki cintayati nicinto dvitya yo na payati
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do yentmavikepo nirodha kurute tvasau
udrastu na vikipta sdhybhvtkaroti kim
-
dhro lokaviparyasto vartamno'pi lokavat
no samdhi na vikepa na lopa svasya payati
The wise man, unlike the worldly man, does not see inner
stillness, distraction or fault in himself, even when living like a
worldly man.
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bhvbhvavihno yastpto nirvsano budha
naiva kicitkta tena lokady vikurvat
-
pravttau v nivttau v naiva dhrasya durgraha
yad yatkartumyti tatktv tihate sukham
The wise man who just goes on doing what presents itself for
him to do, encounters no difficulty in either activity or inactivity.
96
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asasrasya tu kvpi na haro na vidit
sa talahaman nitya videha iva rjaye
There is neither joy nor sorrow for one who has transcended
samsara. With a peaceful mind he lives as if without a body.
-
kutrpi na jihssti no vpi na kutracit
tmrmasya dhrasya talcchatartmana
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prakty nyacittasya kurvato'sya yadcchay
prktasyeva dhrasya na mno nvamnat
-
kta dehena karmeda na may uddharpi
iti cintnurodh ya kurvannapi karoti na
"This action was done by the body but not by me."The pure
natured person thinking like this, is not acting even when acting.
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He who acts without being able to say why, but is not thereby a
fool, he is one liberated while still alive, happy and blessed. He is
happy even in samsara.
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nvicrasurnto dhro virntimgata
na kalpate na jti na oti na payati
-
asamdheravikepn na mumukurna cetara
nicitya kalpita payan brahmaivste mahaya
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yasynta sydahakro na karoti karoti sa
nirahakradhrea na kicidakta ktam
-
nodvigna na ca santuamakart spandavarjitam
nira gatasandeha citta muktasya rjate
100
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nirdhytu ceitu vpi yaccitta na pravartate
nirnimittamida kitu nirdhyyeti viceate
-
tattva yathrthamkarya manda prpnoti mhatm
athav yti sakocamamha ko'pi mhavat
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ekgrat nirodho v mhairabhyasyate bham
dhr ktya na payanti suptavatsvapade sthit
101
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aprayatnt prayatnd v mho npnoti nirvtim
tattvanicayamtrea prjo bhavati nirvta
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uddha buddha priya pra niprapaca nirmayam
tmna ta na jnanti tatrbhysapar jan
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npnoti karma moka vimho'bhysarpi
dhanyo vijnamtrea muktastihatyavikriya
-
mho npnoti tad brahma yato bhavitumicchati
anicchannapi dhro hi parabrahmasvarpabhk
103
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na nti labhate mho yata amitumicchati
dhrastattva vinicitya sarvad ntamnasa
The stupid does not find peace because he is wanting it, while
the wise discriminating the truth is always peaceful minded.
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kvtmano darana tasya yad damavalabate
dhrsta ta na payanti payantytmnamavyayam
104
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kva nirodho vimhasya yo nirbandha karoti vai
svrmasyaiva dhrasya sarvadsvaktrima
-
bhvasya bhvaka kacin na kicid bhvakopara
ubhaybhvaka kacid evameva nirkula
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.
105
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uddhamadvayamtmna bhvayanti kubuddhaya
na tu jnanti samohdyvajjvamanirvt
-
mumukorbuddhirlabamantarea na vidyate
nirlabaiva nikm buddhirmuktasya sarvad
The mind of the man seeking liberation can find no resting place
within, but the mind of the liberated man is always free from
desire by the very fact of being without a resting place.
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nirvsana hari dv t viayadantina
palyante na aktste sevante ktacava
Seeing the desireless lion the elephants of the senses silently run
away, or, if they cannot, serve him like flatterers.
na muktikrik dhatte niako yuktamnasa
payan van span jighrannanannste yathsukham
107
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The man who is free from doubts and whose mind is free does
not bother about means of liberation. Whether seeing, hearing,
feeling smelling or tasting, he lives at ease.
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vasturavaamtrea uddhabuddhirnirkula
naivcramancramaudsya v prapayati
-
yad yatkartumyti tad tatkurute ju
ubha vpyaubha vpi tasya ce hi blavat
108
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svtatrytsukhampnoti svtatryllabhate param
svtatrynnirvti gacchetsvtatryt parama padam
-
akarttvamabhokttva svtmano manyate yad
tad k bhavantyeva samastcittavttaya
When one sees oneself as neither the doer nor the reaper of the
consequences, then all mind waves come to an end.
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vilasanti mahbhogairvianti girigahvarn
nirastakalpan dhr abaddh muktabuddhaya
-
rotriya devat trthamagan bhpati priyam
dv sapjya dhrasya na kpi hdi vsan
110
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bhtyai putrai kalatraica dauhitraicpi gotrajai
vihasya dhikkto yog na yti vikti mank
A yogi is not in the least put out even when humiliated by the
ridicule of servants, sons, wives, grandchildren or other relatives.
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santuo'pi na santua khinno'pi na ca khidyate
tasycaryada t t td eva jnate
111
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kartavyataiva sasro na t payanti sraya
nykr nirkr nirvikr nirmay
-
akurvannapi sakobhd vyagra sarvatra mhadh
kurvannapi tu ktyni kualo hi nirkula
112
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svabhvdyasya naivrtirlokavad vyavahria
mahhda ivkobhyo gataklea sa obhate
-
nivttirapi mhasya pravtti rupajyate
pravttirapi dhrasya nivttiphalabhgin
113
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parigraheu vairgya pryo mhasya dyate
dehe vigalitasya kva rga kva virgat
A fool often shows aversion towards his belongings, but for him
whose attachment to the body has dropped away, there is neither
attachment nor aversion.
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bhvanbhvansakt dirmhasya sarvad
bhvyabhvanay s tu svasthasydirpi
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sarvrabheu nikmo yacared blavan muni
na lepastasya uddhasya kriyamo'pi karmai
For the seer who behaves like a child, without desire in all
actions, there is no attachment for such a pure one even in the
work he does.
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sa eva dhanya tmaja sarvabhveu ya sama
payan van span jighrann anannistaramnasa
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sa jayatyarthasanys prasvarasavigraha
aktrimo'navacchinne samdhiryasya vartate
-
bahuntra kimuktena jtatattvo mahaya
bhogamokanirkk sad sarvatra nrasa
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In brief, the great-souled man who has come to know the Truth is
without desire for either pleasure or liberation, and is always and
everywhere free from attachment.
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mahaddi jagaddvaita nmamtravijbhitam
vihya uddhabodhasya ki ktyamavaiyate
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bhramabhtamida sarva kicinnstti nicay
alakyasphuraa uddha svabhvenaiva myati
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uddhasphuraarpasya dyabhvamapayata
kva vidhi kva vairgya kva tyga kva amo'pi v
-
sphurato'nantarpea prakti ca na payata
kva bandha kva ca v moka kva hara kva vidit
For him who shines with the radiance of Infinity and is not
subject to natural causality there is neither bondage, liberation,
pleasure nor pain.
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akaya gatasantpamtmna payato mune
kva vidy ca kva v viva kva deho'ha mameti v
-
nirodhdni karmi jahti jaadhryadi
manorathn pralpca kartumpnotyatatkat
119
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manda rutvpi tadvastu na jahti vimhatm
nirvikalpo bahiryatndantarviayallasa
A fool does not get rid of his stupidity even on hearing the truth.
He may appear outwardly free from imaginations, but inside he
is hankering after the senses still.
-
jnd galitakarm yo lokadypi karmakt
npnotyavasara karma vaktumeva na kicana
Though in the eyes of the world he is active, the man who has
shed action through knowledge finds no means of doing or
speaking anything.
120
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kva tama kva prako v hna kva ca na kicana
nirvikrasya dhrasya nirtakasya sarvad
For the wise man who is always unchanging and fearless there is
neither darkness nor light nor destruction, nor anything.
-
kva dhairya kva vivekitva kva nirtakatpi v
anirvcyasvabhvasya nisvabhvasya yogina
-
na svargo naiva narako jvanmuktirna caiva hi
bahuntra kimuktena yogady na kicana
121
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There is neither heaven nor hell nor even liberation during life. In
a nutshell, in the sight of the seer nothing exists at all.
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naiva prrthayate lbha nlbhennuocati
dhrasya tala cittamamtenaiva pritam
The dispassionate does not praise the good or blame the wicked.
Content and equal in pain and pleasure, he sees nothing that
needs doing.
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dhro na dvei sasramtmna na didkati
harmaravinirmukto na mto na ca jvati
The wise man does not dislike samsara or seek to know himself.
Free from pleasure and impatience, he is not dead and he is not
alive.
-
nisneha putradrdau nikmo viayeu ca
nicinta svaarre'pi nira obhate budha
The wise man stands out by being free from anticipation, without
attachment to such things as children or wives, free from desire
for the senses, and not even concerned about his own body.
123
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patatdetu v deho nsya cint mahtmana
svabhvabhmivirntivismteasaste
Let his body rise or fall. The great souled one gives it no thought,
having forgotten all about samsara in coming to rest on the
ground of his true nature.
-
akicana kmacro nirdvandvachinnasaaya
asakta sarvabhveu kevalo ramate budha
124
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The wise man has the joy of being complete in himself and
without possessions, acting as he pleases, free from duality and
rid of doubts, and without attachment to any creature.
The wise man excels in being without the sense of "me". Earth, a
stone or gold are the same to him. The knots of his hard have
been rent asunder, and he is freed from greed and blindness.
-
sarvatrnavadhnasya na kicid vsan hdi
mukttmano vitptasya tulan kena jyate
Who can compare with that contented, liberated soul who pays
no regard to anything and has no desire left in his heart?
125
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jnannapi na jnti payannapi na payati
bruvann api na ca brte ko'nyo nirvsandte
-
bhikurv bhpatirvpi yo nikma sa obhate
bhveu galit yasya obhanobhan mati
-
kva svcchandya kva sakoca kva v tattvavinicaya
nirvyjrjavabhtasya caritrthasya yogina
126
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-
supto'pi na suuptau ca svapne'pi ayito na ca
jgare'pi na jgarti dhrastpta pade pade
127
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ja sacinto'pi nicinta sendriyo'pi nirindriya
subuddhirapi nirbuddhi shakro'nahakti
-
na sukh na ca v dukh na virakto na sagavn
na mumukurna v mukt na kicinnna ca kicana
128
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mukto yathsthitisvastha ktakartavyanirvta
sama sarvatra vaitynna smaratyakta ktam
-
na pryate vandyamno nindyamno na kupyati
naivodvijati marae jvane nbhinandati
129
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-
na dhvati jankra nraya upantadh
yathtath yatratatra sama evvatihate
130
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Chapter 19
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janaka uvca
tattvavijnasandaamdya hdayodart
nvidhaparmaraalyoddhra kto may
-
kva dharma kva ca v kma kva crtha kva vivekit
kva dvaita kva ca v'dvaita svamahimni sthitasya me
131
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kva bhta kva bhaviyad v vartamnamapi kva v
kva dea kva ca v nitya svamahimni sthitasya me
-
kva ctm kva ca vntm kva ubha kvubha yath
kva cint kva ca vcint svamahimni sthitasya me
132
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kva dra kva sampa v bhya kvbhyantara kva v
kva sthla kva ca v skma svamahimni sthitasya me
-
kva mtyurjvita v kva lok kvsya kva laukikam
kva laya kva samdhirv svamahimni sthitasya me
133
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ala trivargakathay yogasya kathaypyalam
ala vijnakathay virntasya mamtmani
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Chapter 20
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janaka uvca
kva bhtni kva deho v kvendriyi kva v mana
kva nya kva ca nairya matsvarpe nirajane
-
kva stra kvtmavijna kva v nirviaya mana
kva tpti kva vittva gatadvandvasya me sad
135
Ashtavakra Gita
For me, free from the sense of dualism, there are no scriptures, no
self-knowledge, no mind free from an object, no satisfaction and
no freedom from desire.
-
kva vidy kva ca vvidy kvha kveda mama kva v
kva bandha kva ca v moka svarpasya kva rpit
-
kva prrabdhni karmi jvanmuktirapi kva v
kva tad videhakaivalya nirvieasya sarvad
136
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kva kart kva ca v bhokt nikriya sphuraa kva v
kvparoka phala v kva nisvabhvasya me sad
-
kva loka kva mumukurv kva yog jnavn kva v
kva baddha kva ca v mukta svasvarpe'hamadvaye
137
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kva pramt prama v kva prameya kva ca pram
kva kicit kva na kicid v sarvad vimalasya me
-
kva vikepa kva caikgrya kva nirbodha kva mhat
kva hara kva vido v sarvad nikriyasya me
138
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kva caia vyavahro v kva ca s paramrthat
kva sukha kva ca v dukha nirvimarasya me sad
-
kva my kva ca sasra kva prtirvirati kva v
kva jva kva ca tadbrahma sarvad vimalasya me
139
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kva pravttirnirvttirv kva mukti kva ca bandhanam
kasthanirvibhgasya svasthasya mama sarvad
-
kvopadea kva v stra kva iya kva ca v guru
kva csti pururtho v nirupdhe ivasya me
140
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