Ashtavakra Gita..Bondage and Liberation

ASHTAVAKRA  GITA

Bondage and Liberation

                                  
Ashtavakra said:

8.3

If the mind is attached to any experience,
this is bondage.
When the mind is detached from all experience,
this is liberation.

8.4

When there is no " I"
there is only liberation.
When "I" appears
bondage appears with it.
knowing this,
it is effortless to refrain
from accepting and rejecting.

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Ashtavakra Gita...Bondage and Liberation

ASHTAVAKRA  GITA

Bondage and Liberation

                                  
Ashtavakra said:

8.1

When the mind desires or grieves things
accepts or rejects things,
is pleased or displeased by things-
this is bondage.

8.2

When the mind does not
desire or grieve,
accept or reject
become pleased or displeased,
liberation is at hand.

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Ashtavakra Gita...Nature of Self-Realization

ASHTAVAKRA GITA   
               
Nature of Self-Realization
                                  
Janaka said:

7.4

The Self is not in objects,
nor are objects in the pure and infinite Self.
The Self is tranquil,
free of attachment and desire.
In this alone  I abide.

7.5

I am Awareness alone.
The world is passing show.
How can thoughts arise
of acceptance  or rejection?
And where?

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Ashtavakra Gita...Nature of Self-Realization

ASHTAVAKRA GITA   
               
Nature of Self-Realization
                                  
Janaka said:

7.1

In me, the shoreless ocean,
the ark of universe
drifts here and there
on the winds of its nature.
I am not impatient.

7.2

In me, the shoreless ocean,
let the waves of the universe
rise and fall as they will.
I am neither enhanced nor diminished.

7.3

In me, the shoreless ocean,
the universe is imagined.
I am still and formless.
In this alone I abide.

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Ashtavakra Gita...The Higher Knowledge

ASHTAVAKRA GITA   
               
The Higher Knowledge
                                  
Janaka said:

6.1

I am infinite space;
the universe is a jar.
This I know.
No need to renounce, accept or destroy.

6.2

I am a shoreless ocean;
the universe makes waves.
This I know.
No need to renounce, accept or destroy.

6.3

I am mother-of-pearl;
the universe is the illusion of silver.
This I know.
No need to renounce accept or destroy.

6.4

I am in all beings;
all beings are in me.
This I know.
No need to renounce, accept or destroy.

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Ashtavakra Gita...Four Ways of Dissolution

ASHTAVAKRA GITA   
               
Four Ways to Dissolution
                                  
Ashtavakra said:

5.1

You are immaculate,
touched by nothing.
What is there to renounce?
The mind is complex-let it go.
Know the peace of dissolution.

5.2

The universe arises from you
like foam from the sea.
Know yourself as One.
Enter the peace of dissolution.

5.3

Like an imagined  snake in a rope
the universe appears to exist
in the immaculate Self
but does not.
Seeing this you know:"There is nothing to dissolve."

5.4

You are perfect, changeless,
through misery and happiness,
hope and despair,
life and death.
This is the state of dissolution.

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Ashtavakra Gita..Glorification of Self-Realization

ASHTAVAKRA GITA   
               
Glorification of Self-Realization
                                  
Janaka said

4.4

Who can prevent the great soul,
who knows the universe as Self,
from living life as it comes?

4.5

Of the four kinds of beings,
from Brahma to a blade of grass,
only the sage can renounce
aversion and desire.

4.6

Rare is he who knows himself
as One with no other-
the Lord of the Universe.
He acts as he knows
and is never afraid.

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Ashtavakra Gita...Glorification of Self-Realization

ASHTAVAKRA GITA   
               
Glorification of Self-Realization
                                  
Janaka said

4.1

Surely one who knows Self,
though he plays the game of life,
differs greatly from the world's
bewildered burdened beasts.

4.2

Truly the yogi feels no elation,
though he abides in the exalted state
yearned for by Indra and all the discontended gods.

4.3

Surely one who knows That
is not touched by virtue or vice,
just as space is not touched by smoke,
though it seems to be.

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Ashtavakra Gita...Test of Self-Realization

ASHTAVAKRA GITA   
               
Test of Self- Realization
                                  
3.13

Why should a person of steady mind,
who sees the nothingness of objects,
prefer one thing to another?

3.14

He who is unattached,
untouched by opposites,
free of desire,
experiences neither pleasure nor pain
as events pass through.

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Ashtavakra Gita...Test of Self-Realization

ASHTAVAKRA GITA   
               
Test of Self- Realization
                                  
3.11

Realizing the universe  is illusion,
having lost all curiosity,
how can one of steady mind fear death?

3.12

With whom can be compare
the great soul
who, content knowing Self,
remains desireless  in disappointment ?

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Ashtavakra Gita...Test of Self-Realization

ASHTAVAKRA GITA   
               
Test of Self- Realization
                                  
Ashtavakra said:

3.9

Whether acclaimed or tormented
the serene sage abides in the Self.
He is neither gratified nor angered.

3.10

A great soul
witnesses his body's actions
as if they were another's.
How can praise or blame disturb him?

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Ashtavakra Gita...Test of Self-Realization

ASHTAVAKRA GITA   
               
Test of Self- Realization
                                  
Ashtavakra said:

3.7

Strange that knowing lust
as an enemy of knowledge,
one so weak and nearing death
should still crave sensual pleasure.

3.8

Strange that one who is unattached
to the things of this world and the next
who can discriminate between the transient and the timeless,
who yearns for freedom,
should yet fear the dissolution of the body.

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Ashtavakra Gita...Test of Self-Realization

ASHTAVAKRA GITA   
               
Test of Self- Realization
                                  
Ashtavakra said:

3.4

Having realized yourself as pure Awareness ,
as beautiful beyond description,
how can you remain a slave to lust?

3.5

It is strange
That in a sage who has realized
Self in All and All in Self
this sense of ownership should continue.

3.6

Strange that one abiding in the Absolute,
intent on freedom,
should be vulnerable to lust
and weakend by amorous pastimes.

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Ashtavakra Gita..Test of Self-Realization

ASHTAVAKRA GITA   
               
Test of Self- Realization
                                  
Ashtavakra said:

3.1

Having realized yourself as One,
being serene and indestructible,
why do you desire wealth?

3.2

Just as imagining  silver in mother-of-pearl,
causes greed to arise,
so does ignorance of Self
cause desire for illusion.

3.3

Having realized yourself as That
in which the waves of the world rise and fall,
why do you run around in turmoil?

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Ashtavakra Gita: Test of Self- Realization (Text 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 )

ASHTAVAKRA GITA   
               
Test of Self- Realization
                                  
Ashtavakra said:

3.1

Know self as indestructible and one. How could a wise man having self-knowledge can like acquiring wealth?॥1॥

अविनाशिनमात्मानं
एकं विज्ञाय तत्त्वतः।
तवात्मज्ञानस्य धीरस्य
कथमर्थार्जने रतिः॥३- १॥

आत्मा को अविनाशी और एक जानो । उस आत्म-ज्ञान को प्राप्त कर, किसी बुद्धिमान व्यक्ति की  रूचि धन अर्जित करने में कैसे हो सकती है॥१॥

3.2

Not knowing self leads to attachment in false sense objects just as mistakenly understanding mother of pearl as silver invokes greed.॥2॥

आत्माज्ञानादहो
प्रीतिर्विषयभ्रमगोचरे।
शुक्तेरज्ञानतो लोभो
यथा रजतविभ्रमे॥३- २॥

स्वयं के अज्ञान से भ्रमवश विषयों से लगाव हो जाता है 

जैसे सीप में चाँदी का भ्रम होने पर उसमें लोभ उत्पन्न हो जाता है॥२॥

3.3

This world originates from self like waves from the sea. Recognizing, "I am That", why run like a poor?॥3॥

विश्वं स्फुरति यत्रेदं
तरङ्गा इव सागरे।
सोऽहमस्मीति विज्ञाय
किं दीन इव धावसि॥३- ३॥

सागर से लहरों के समान जिससे यह विश्व उत्पन्न होता है, 

वह मैं ही हूँ जानकर तुम एक दीन जैसे कैसे भाग सकते हो॥३॥

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Ashtavakra Gita: Joy of Self-Realization (Text 2.23, 2.24,2.25)

ASHTAVAKRA GITA  : Joy of Self-Realization
                                  
Janaka  said

2.23

Amazingly,

as soon as the mental winds arise in the infinite ocean of myself, 

many waves of surprising worlds come into existence.॥23॥

अहो भुवनकल्लोलै-
र्विचित्रैर्द्राक् समुत्थितं।
मय्यनंतमहांभोधौ
चित्तवाते समुद्यते॥ २-२३॥

आश्चर्य, मुझ अनंत महासागर में चित्तवायु उठने पर ब्रह्माण्ड रूपी विचित्र तरंगें उपस्थित हो जाती हैं॥२३॥

2.24

As soon as these mental winds subside in the infinite ocean of myself, 

the world boat of trader-like 'jeeva' gets destroyed as if by misfortune.॥24॥

मय्यनंतमहांभोधौ
चित्तवाते प्रशाम्यति।
अभाग्याज्जीववणिजो
जगत्पोतो विनश्वरः॥ २-२४॥

मुझ अनंत महासागर में चित्तवायु के शांत होने पर जीव रूपी वणिक का संसार रूपी जहाज जैसे दुर्भाग्य से नष्ट हो जाता है॥२४॥

2.25

And how wonderful it is!
In the limitless ocean of Myself,
waves of beings
arise, collide, play for a time,
then disappear-as is their nature.

मय्यनन्तमहांभोधा-
वाश्चर्यं जीववीचयः।
उद्यन्ति घ्नन्ति खेलन्ति
प्रविशन्ति स्वभावतः॥२-२५॥

आश्चर्य, मुझ अनंत महासागर में जीव रूपी लहरें उत्पन्न होती हैं, 

मिलती हैं, खेलती हैं और स्वभाव से मुझमें प्रवेश कर जाती हैं॥२५॥

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Ashtavakra Gita: Joy of Self-Realization (Text 20,21,22)

ASHTAVAKRA GITA : Joy of Self-Realization

                                  
Janaka  said

2.20

The body, heaven and hell, bondage and liberation, and fear, these are all unreal.
Are these my concern?
I, who am pure Awareness?

शरीरं स्वर्गनरकौ
बन्धमोक्षौ भयं तथा।
कल्पनामात्रमेवैतत्
किं मे कार्यं चिदात्मनः॥ २-२०॥

शरीर, स्वर्ग, नरक, बंधन, मोक्ष और भय ये सब कल्पना मात्र ही हैं, 

इनसे मुझ चैतन्य स्वरुप का क्या प्रयोजन है॥२०॥

2.21

Amazingly, I do not see duality in a crowd, 

it also appear desolate. 

Now who is there to have an attachment with.॥21॥

अहो जनसमूहेऽपि
न द्वैतं पश्यतो मम।
अरण्यमिव संवृत्तं
क्व रतिं करवाण्यहम्॥२-२१॥

आश्चर्य कि मैं लोगों के समूह में भी दूसरे को नहीं देखता हूँ, 

वह भी निर्जन ही प्रतीत होता है। अब मैं किससे मोह करूँ॥२१॥

2.22

I am not the body.
I do not have a body.
I am Awareness, not a person.
My thirst for life bound me
to a seeming of life.

नाहं देहो न मे देहो
जीवो नाहमहं हि चित्।
अयमेव हि मे बन्ध
आसीद्या जीविते स्पृहा॥ २-२२॥

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Lift Your Spirit with Joy of Color---Happy Holi !!!!

तेरे संग मैंने खेली, मेरी कल्पना की होली,

यही बात मैंने अब तक, तुमसे नहीं है बोली,

कोई रंग ना बिखेरा,

ना गुलाल ही उड़ाया,

सुन्दर ये रूप तेरा,

बस प्रेम से सजाया,

मेरी कल्पना से निकलो, आजाओ खेलो होली!

यही बात मैंने अब तक, तुमसे नहीं है बोली!!

Lift Your Spirit with Joy of Color - 

By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

There is a famous story associated with the festival:

The word purana comes from the Sanskrit word 'pura nava', which means 'that which is new in the city'. It is a new way of presenting things. Puranas are full of colorful illustrations and stories. On the surface they may appear to be mere fantasy, but actually they contain subtle truths.

An asura king, Hiranyakashyap, wanted everyone to worship him. But his son Prahalad was a devotee of Lord Narayana, the king's sworn enemy. Angry, the king wanted Holika, his sister to get rid of Prahalad. Empowered to withstand fire; Holika sat on a burning pyre holding Prahalad on her lap. But it was Holika who was burnt, Prahalad came out unharmed.

Hiranyakashyap symbolizes one who is gross. Prahalad embodies innocence, faith and bliss/joy. The spirit cannot be confined to love material only. Hiranyakashyap wanted all the joy to come from the material world. It did not happen that way. The individual jivatma cannot be bound to the material forever. It’s natural to eventually move towards Narayana, one's higher self.

Holika stands for the past burdens that try to burn Prahalad's innocence. But Prahlad, so deeply rooted in Narayana Bhakthi could burn all past impressions (sanskaras) and joy springs up with new colors. Life becomes a celebration. Burning the past, you gear up for a new beginning. Your emotions, like fire, burn you. But when there is a fountain of colors, they add charm to your life. In ignorance, emotions are a bother; in knowledge, the same emotions add colors

Each emotion is associated with a color- Anger with red, jealousy with green, vibrancy and happiness with yellow, love with pink, vastness with blue, peace with white, sacrifice with saffron and knowledge with violet.

Knowing the essence of the festival, enjoy the day with Wisdom.

Ashtavakra Gita: Joy of Self-Realization (Text 2.18, 2.19)

ASHTAVAKRA GITA : Joy of Self-Realization   

                                               
Janaka  said :

2.18

For me there is neither bondage nor liberation. 

I am peaceful and without support. 

This world though imagined in me, 

does not exist in me in reality.॥18॥

न मे बन्धोऽस्ति मोक्षो वा
भ्रान्तिः शान्तो निराश्रया।
अहो मयि स्थितं विश्वं
वस्तुतो न मयि स्थितम्॥२-१८॥

न मुझे कोई बंधन है और न कोई मुक्ति का भ्रम। 

मैं शांत और आश्रयरहित हूँ। 

मुझमें स्थित यह विश्व भी वस्तुतः मुझमें स्थित नहीं है॥१८॥

2.19

Definitely this world along with this body is non-existent.

Only pure, conscious self exists. 

What else is there to be imagined now?॥19॥

सशरीरमिदं विश्वं
न किंचिदिति निश्चितं।
शुद्धचिन्मात्र आत्मा च
तत्कस्मिन् कल्पनाधुना॥२-१९।

यह निश्चित है कि इस शरीर सहित यह विश्व अस्तित्वहीन है, 

केवल शुद्ध, चैतन्य आत्मा का ही अस्तित्व है। 

अब इसमें क्या कल्पना की जाये॥१९॥

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Ashtavakra Gita: Joy of Self-Realization (Text 2.16, 2.17)

ASHTAVAKRA GITA  : Joy of Self-Realization
                                  
Janaka  said :

2.16

Definitely, duality (distinction/Looking at one and seeing many) is the cause of all misery.

The only cure is to realize

what is seen is not there.
I am One-aware, blissful, immaculate. ॥16॥

द्वैतमूलमहो दुःखं नान्य-
त्तस्याऽस्ति भेषजं।
दृश्यमेतन् मृषा सर्वं
एकोऽहं चिद्रसोमलः॥ २-१६॥

द्वैत (भेद)  सभी दुखों का मूल कारण है। इसकी इसके अतिरिक्त कोई और औषधि नहीं है कि यह सब जो दिखाई दे रहा है वह सब असत्य है। मैं एक, चैतन्य और निर्मल हूँ॥१६॥

2.17

I am of the nature of light only, due to ignorance I have imagined other attributes in me. By reasoning thus, I exist eternally and without cause.॥17॥

बोधमात्रोऽहमज्ञानाद्
उपाधिः कल्पितो मया।
एवं विमृशतो नित्यं
निर्विकल्पे स्थितिर्मम॥ २-१७॥

मैं केवल ज्ञान स्वरुप हूँ, अज्ञान से ही मेरे द्वारा स्वयं में अन्य गुण कल्पित किये गए हैं, ऐसा विचार करके मैं सनातन और कारणरहित रूप से स्थित हूँ॥१७॥

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Ashtavakra Gita: Joy of Self-Realization (Text 2.13, 2.14, 2.15)

ASHTAVAKRA GITA : Joy of Self-Realization
                                  
Janaka  said :

2.13

Amazing! Salutations to me who is skilled and there is no one else like him, who without even touching this body, holds all the world.॥13॥

अहो अहं नमो मह्यं
दक्षो नास्तीह मत्समः।
असंस्पृश्य शरीरेण
येन विश्वं चिरं धृतम्॥२-१३॥

आश्चर्य है, मुझको नमस्कार है, जो कुशल है और जिसके समान कोई और नहीं है, जिसने इस शरीर को बिना स्पर्श करते हुए इस विश्व को अनादि काल से धारण किया हुआ है॥१३॥

2.14

Amazing! Salutations to me who either does not possess anything or possesses anything that could be referred by speech and mind.॥14॥

अहो अहं नमो मह्यं
यस्य मे नास्ति किंचन।
अथवा यस्य मे सर्वं यद्
वाङ्मनसगोचरम्॥२-१४॥

आश्चर्य है, मुझको नमस्कार है, जिसका यह कुछ भी नहीं है अथवा जो भी वाणी और मन से समझ में आता है वह सब जिसका है॥१४॥

2.15

In Reality,
knowledge, the knower, and the knowable
do not exist.
I am the transparent Self
in which through ignorance
they appear.

ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं तथा ज्ञाता
त्रितयं नास्ति वास्तवं।
अज्ञानाद् भाति यत्रेदं
सोऽहमस्मि निरंजनः॥ २-१५॥

ज्ञान, ज्ञेय और ज्ञाता यह तीनों वास्तव में नहीं हैं, यह जो अज्ञानवश दिखाई देता है वह निष्कलंक मैं ही हूँ॥१५॥ 

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Ashtavakra Gita: Joy of Self-Realization (Text 2.11 & 2.12)

ASHTAVAKRA GITA : Joy of Self-Realization
                                  
Janaka  said :

Amazing! Salutations to me who is indestructible and remains even after the destruction of the whole world from Brahma down to the grass.॥11॥

अहो अहं नमो मह्यं
विनाशो यस्य नास्ति मे।
ब्रह्मादिस्तंबपर्यन्तं
जगन्नाशोऽपि तिष्ठतः॥ २-११॥

आश्चर्य है, मुझको नमस्कार है, समस्त विश्व के नष्ट हो जाने पर भी जिसका विनाश नहीं होता, जो तृण से ब्रह्मा तक सबका विनाश होने पर भी विद्यमान रहता है॥११॥

2.12

Amazing! Salutations to me who is one,who appears with body, neither goes nor come anywhere and pervades all the world.॥12॥

अहो अहं नमो मह्यं
एकोऽहं देहवानपि।
क्वचिन्न गन्ता नागन्ता
व्याप्य विश्वमवस्थितः॥ २-१२॥

आश्चर्य है, मुझको नमस्कार है, मैं एक हूँ, शरीर वाला होते हुए भी जो न कहीं जाता है और न कहीं आता है और समस्त विश्व को व्याप्त करके स्थित है॥१२॥

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Ashtavakra Gita : Joy of Self-Realization (Text 2.9,2.10)

ASHTAVAKRA GITA   
               
Joy of Self-Realization
                                  
Janaka  said :

2.9

Amazingly, 

this imagined world appears in me due to ignorance, 

as silver in sea-shell, 

a snake in the rope, 

water in the sunlight.॥9॥

अहो विकल्पितं
विश्वंज्ञानान्मयि भासते।
रूप्यं शुक्तौ फणी रज्जौ
वारि सूर्यकरे यथा॥ २-९॥

आश्चर्य, 

यह कल्पित विश्व अज्ञान से मुझमें दिखाई देता है 

जैसे सीप में चाँदी, 

रस्सी में सर्प और 

सूर्य किरणों में पानी॥९॥

2.10

This world is originated from me and gets absorbed in me, 

like a jug back into clay, 

a wave into water, 

and a bracelet into gold.॥10॥

मत्तो विनिर्गतं विश्वं
मय्येव लयमेष्यति।
मृदि कुम्भो जले वीचिः
कनके कटकं यथा॥ २-१०॥

मुझसे उत्पन्न हुआ विश्व मुझमें ही विलीन हो जाता है 

जैसे घड़ा मिटटी में, 

लहर जल में और कड़ा सोने में विलीन हो जाता है॥१०॥

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Ashtavakra Gita: Joy of Self-Realization (Text 2.7, 2.8)

ASHTAVAKRA GITA  : Joy of Self-Realization
                                  
Janaka  said :

2.7

Due to ignorance, self appears as the world; on realizing self it disappears. Due to oversight a rope appears as a snake and on correcting it, snake does not appear any longer.॥7॥

आत्माऽज्ञानाज्जगद्भाति
आत्मज्ञानान्न भासते।
रज्जवज्ञानादहिर्भाति
तज्ज्ञानाद्भासते न हि॥ २-७॥

आत्मा अज्ञानवश ही विश्व के रूप में दिखाई देती है, आत्म-ज्ञान होने पर यह विश्व दिखाई नहीं देता है। रस्सी अज्ञानवश सर्प जैसी दिखाई देती है, रस्सी का ज्ञान हो जाने पर सर्प दिखाई नहीं देता है॥७॥

2.8

Light is my very nature and I am nothing else besides that. 

That light illumines the " I "  as it illumines the world.॥8॥

प्रकाशो मे निजं रूपं
नातिरिक्तोऽस्म्यहं ततः।
यदा प्रकाशते विश्वं
तदाऽहंभास एव हि॥ २-८॥

प्रकाश मेरा स्वरुप है, इसके अतिरिक्त मैं कुछ और नहीं हूँ। वह प्रकाश जैसे इस विश्व को प्रकाशित  करता है वैसे ही इस "मैं" भाव को भी॥८॥

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Ashtavakra Gita: Joy of Self-Realization (Text 2.5, 2.6)

ASHTAVAKRA GITA   
               
Joy of Self-Realization
                                  
Janaka  said :

 2.5

On reasoning, cloth is known to be just thread, 

similarly all this world is self only.॥5॥

तंतुमात्रो भवेदेव
पटो यद्वद्विचारितः।
आत्मतन्मात्रमेवेदं
तद्वद्विश्वं विचारितम्॥२-५॥

जिस प्रकार विचार करने पर वस्त्र तंतु (धागा) मात्र ही ज्ञात होता है, उसी प्रकार यह समस्त विश्व आत्मा मात्र ही है॥५॥

2.6

Just as the sugar made from sugarcane juice has the same flavor, 

similarly this world is made out from me and is constantly pervaded by me.॥6॥

यथैवेक्षुरसे क्लृप्ता
तेन व्याप्तैव शर्करा।
तथा विश्वं मयि क्लृप्तं
मया व्याप्तं निरन्तरम्॥२-६॥

जिस प्रकार गन्ने के रस से बनी शक्कर उससे ही व्याप्त होती है, उसी प्रकार यह विश्व मुझसे ही बना है और निरंतर मुझसे ही व्याप्त है॥६॥

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Ashtavakra Gita: Joy of Self-Realization (Text 2.3 & 2.4)

ASHTAVAKRA GITA    

                

Joy of Self-Realization

                                   

Janaka  said :

 2.3

What a wonder ! Now, having abandoned the entire universe along with the body, through some indescribable skill (born of a secret wisdom), only the Supreme Self is being seen by me.

सशरीरमहो विश्वं 

परित्यज्य मयाऽधुना।

कुतश्चित् कौशलादेव 

परमात्मा विलोक्यते॥२-३॥

अब शरीर सहित इस विश्व को त्याग कर किसी कौशल द्वारा ही मेरे द्वारा परमात्मा का दर्शन किया जाता है॥३॥

2.4

Just as waves, foam and bubbles are not different from water, 

similarly all this world which has emanated from self, is not different from self.॥4॥

यथा न तोयतो भिन्नास्-

तरंगाः फेन बुदबुदाः।

आत्मनो न तथा भिन्नं विश्वमात्मविनिर्गतम् ॥२-४॥

जिस प्रकार पानी लहर, फेन और बुलबुलों से पृथक नहीं है उसी प्रकार आत्मा भी स्वयं से निकले इस विश्व से अलग नहीं है॥४॥

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