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AshtavakraGita (English)

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Ashtavakra says Salutations to theOne, blissful,serene light likeawareness whichremoves delusionlike a dream.1

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One may indulge inall sorts of pleasureby acquiring variousobjects ofenjoyment, but onecannot be trulyhappy without theirinnerrenunciation.2

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How can there behappiness, for onewhose mind is burntby the intenseflame of what to bedone and what notto be done. Howcan one attain blissof the nectarstream of peacewithout beingdesireless?3

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This existence isjust imagination. Itis nothing in reality,but there is no nonbeing for naturesthat know how todistinguish beingfrom non being.4

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The realm of one'sown self is not faraway, and nor canit be achieved bythe addition oflimitations to itsnature. It is

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unimaginable,effortless,unchanging andspotless.5

By the simpleelimination ofdelusion and therecognition of one'strue nature, thosewhose vision isunclouded live freefrom sorrow.6

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Knowing everythingas just imagination,and himself aseternally free, howshould the wiseman behave like afool?7

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Knowing himself tobe God and beingand nonbeing justimagination, whatshould the man freefrom desire learn,say or do?8



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Considerations like'I am this' or 'I amnot this' arefinished for the yogiwho has gone silentrealising 'Everythingis myself'.9

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For the yogi whohas found peace,there is nodistraction or onepointedness, nohigher knowledgeor ignorance, nopleasure and nopain.10

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The dominion ofheaven or beggary,gain or loss, lifeamong men or inthe forest, thesemake no differenceto a yogi whosenature it is to befree fromdistinctions.11



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There is no religion,wealth, sensualityor discriminationfor a yogi free fromthe pairs ofopposites such as 'Ihave done this' and'I have not donethat'.12

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There is nothingneeding to be done,or any attachmentin his heart for theyogi liberated whilestill alive. Thingsare just for alifetime.13

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There is nodelusion, world,meditation on That,or liberation for thepacified great soul.All these things arejust the realm ofimagination.14

He by whom all thisis seen may wellmake out he



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doesn't exist, butwhat is thedesireless one todo? Even in seeinghe does notsee.15

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He by whom theSupreme Brahma isseen may think 'Iam Brahma', butwhat is he to thinkwho is withoutthought, and whosees noduality.16

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He by whom innerdistraction is seenmay put an end toit, but the nobleone is notdistracted. Whenthere is nothing toachieve, what is heto do?17

The wise man,unlike the worldly



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man, does not seeinner stillness,distraction or faultin himself, evenwhen living like aworldly man.18

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Nothing is done byhim who is freefrom being and nonbeing, who iscontented,desireless and wise,even if in theworld's eyes hedoes act.19

The wise man whojust goes on doingwhat presents itselffor him to do,encounters nodifficulty in eitheractivity orinactivity.20

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He who isdesireless, selfreliant,



independent andfree of bondsfunctions like adead leaf blownabout by the windof causality.21

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There is neither joynor sorrow for onewho hastranscendedsamsara. He livesalways with apeaceful mind andas if without abody.22

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He whose joy is inhimself, and who ispeaceful and purewithin has no desirefor renunciation orsense of loss inanything.23



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For the man with anaturally emptymind, doing just ashe pleases, there isno such thing aspride or falsehumility, as there isfor the naturalman.24

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This action wasdone by the bodybut not by me'. Thepurenaturedperson thinking likethis, is not actingeven whenacting.25

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He who actswithout being ableto say why, but notbecause he is afool, he is oneliberated while stillalive, happy andblessed. He thriveseven insamsara.26



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He who has hadenough of endlessconsiderations andhas attained topeace, does notthink, know, hearor see.27

He who is beyondmental stillness anddistraction, doesnot desire eitherliberation oranything else.Recognising thatthings are justconstructions of theimagination, thatgreat soul lives asGod here andnow.28

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He who feelsresponsibilitywithin, acts evenwhen not acting,but there is nosense of done orundone for the wise



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man who is freefrom the sense ofresponsibility.29

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The mind of theliberated man is notupset or pleased. Itshines unmoving,desireless, and freefrom doubt.30

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He whose minddoes not set out tomeditate or act,meditates and actswithout anobject.31

A stupid man isbewildered whenhe hears the real



truth, while even aclever man ishumbled by it justlike the fool.32

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The ignorant makea great effort topractice onepointedness and thestopping of thought,while the wise seenothing to be doneand remain inthemselves likethose asleep.33

The stupid does notattain cessationwhether he acts orabandons action,while the wise manfind peace withinsimply by knowingthe truth.34



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People cannot cometo know themselvesby practices pureawareness, clear,complete, beyondmultiplicity andfaultless thoughthey are.35

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The stupid does notachieve liberationeven throughregular practice,but the fortunateremains free andactionless simply bydiscrimination.36

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The stupid does notattain Godheadbecause he wantsto become it, whilethe wise manenjoys the SupremeGodhead withouteven wantingit.37



Even when livingwithout any supportand eager forachievement, thestupid are stillnourishing samsara,while the wise havecut at the very rootof itsunhappiness.38

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The stupid does notfind peace becausehe is wanting it,while the wisediscriminating thetruth is alwayspeacefulminded.39

How can there beself knowledge forhim whoseknowledge dependson what he sees.The wise do not seethis and that, butsee themselves asunending.40



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How can there becessation ofthought for themisguided who isstriving for it. Yet itis there alwaysnaturally for thewise man delightedin self.41

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Some think thatsomething exists,and others thatnothing does. Rareis the man whodoes not thinkeither, and isthereby free fromdistraction.42

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Those of weakintelligence think ofthemselves as purenonduality, butbecause of theirdelusion do notknow this, andremain unfulfilledall their lives.43



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The mind of theman seekingliberation can findno resting placewithin, but themind of theliberated man isalways free fromdesire by the veryfact of beingwithout a restingplace.44

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Seeing the tigers ofthe senses, thefrightened refugeseekers at onceenter the cave insearch of cessationof thought and onepointedness.45

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Seeing thedesireless lion theelephants of thesenses silently runaway, or, if they



cannot, serve himlike courtiers.46

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The man who isfree from doubtsand whose mind isfree does notbother about meansof liberation.Whether seeing,hearing, feelingsmelling or tasting,he lives atease.47

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He whose mind ispure andundistracted fromthe simple hearingof the Truth seesneither somethingto do nor somethingto avoid nor a causeforindifference.48

The straightforwardperson does



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whatever arrives tobe done, good orbad, for his actionsare like those of achild.49

By inner freedomone attainshappiness, by innerfreedom onereaches theSupreme, by innerfreedom one comesto absence ofthought, by innerfreedom to theUltimateState.50

When one seesoneself as neitherthe doer nor thereaper of theconsequences, thenall mind wavescome to anend.51

The spontaneousunassumed



behaviour of thewise is noteworthy,but not thedeliberate,intentional stillnessof the fool.52

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The wise who arerid of imagination,unbound and withunfetteredawareness mayenjoy themselves inthe midst of manygoods, oralternatively go offto mountaincaves.53

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There is noattachment in theheart of a wise manwhether he sees orpays homage to alearned brahmin, acelestial being, aholy place, awoman, a king or afriend.54



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A yogi is not in theleast put out evenwhen humiliated bythe ridicule ofservants, sons,wives,grandchildren orotherrelatives.55

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Even when pleasedhe is not pleased,not suffering evenwhen in pain. Onlythose like him canknow the wonderfulstate of such aman.56

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It is the sense ofresponsibility whichis samsara. Thewise who are of theform of emptiness,formless,unchanging andspotless see no suchthing.57



Even when doingnothing the fool isagitated byrestlessness, whilea skillful manremainsundisturbed evenwhen doing whatthere is to do.58

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Happy he stands,happy he sits,happy sleeps andhappy he comesand goes. Happy hespeaks, and happyhe eats. Such is thelife of a man atpeace.59

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He who by his verynature feels nounhappiness in hisdaily life likeworldly people,remainsundisturbed like agreat lake, allsorrow gone.60



Even abstentionfrom action leads toaction in a fool,while even theaction of the wiseman brings thefruits ofinaction.61

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A fool often showsaversion towardshis belongings, butfor him whoseattachment to thebody has droppedaway, there isneither attachmentnor aversion.62

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The mind of thefool is alwayscaught in anopinion aboutbecoming oravoiding something,but the wise man'snature is to have noopinions aboutbecoming andavoiding.63

For the seer who



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behaves like achild, withoutdesire in all actions,there is noattachment for sucha pure one even inthe work hedoes.64

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Blessed is he whoknows himself andis the same in allstates, with a mindfree from cravingwhether he isseeing, hearing,feeling, smelling ortasting.65

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There is no mansubject to samsara,sense ofindividuality, goalor means to thegoal for the wiseman who is alwaysfree fromimaginations, andunchanging asspace.66

Glorious is he who



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has abandoned allgoals and is theincarnation ofsatisfaction, hisvery nature, andwhose inner focuson theUnconditioned isquitespontaneous.67

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In brief, the greatsouled man who hascome to know theTruth is withoutdesire for eitherpleasure orliberation, and isalways andeverywhere freefromattachment.68

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What remains to bedone by the manwho is pureawareness and hasabandonedeverything that canbe expressed inwords from thehighest heaven tothe earthitself?69

The pure man who



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has experiencedthe Indescribableattains peace by hisown nature,realizing that allthis is nothing butillusion, and thatnothing is.70

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There are no rules,dispassion,renunciation ormeditation for onewho is purereceptivity bynature, and admitsno knowable formof being?71

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For him who shineswith the radianceof Infinity and is notsubject to naturalcausality there isneither bondage,liberation, pleasurenor pain.72

Pure illusion reignsin samsara whichwill continue until



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self realisation, butthe enlightenedman lives in thebeauty of freedomfrom me and mine,from the sense ofresponsibility andfrom anyattachment. 73

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For the seer whoknows himself asimperishable andbeyond pain thereis neitherknowledge, a worldnor the sense that Iam the body or thebody mine.74

No sooner does aman of lowintelligence give upactivities like theelimination ofthought than hefalls into mentalchariot racing andbabble.75

A fool does not getrid of his stupidityeven on hearing the



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truth. He mayappear outwardlyfree fromimaginations, butinside he ishankering after thesenses still.76

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Though in the eyesof the world he isactive, the manwho has shed actionthrough knowledgefinds no means ofdoing or speakinganything.77

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For the wise manwho is alwaysunchanging andfearless there isneither darknessnor light nordestruction, noranything.78



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There is neitherfortitude, prudencenor courage for theyogi whose natureis beyonddescription andfree ofindividuality.79

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There is neitherheaven nor hell noreven liberationduring life. In anutshell, in thesight of the seernothing exists atall.80

He neither longs forpossessions norgrieves at theirabsence. The calmmind of the sage isfull of the nectar ofimmortality.81

The dispassionatedoes not praise thegood or blame thewicked. Content



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and equal in painand pleasure, hesees nothing thatneeds doing.82

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The wise man doesnot dislike samsaraor seek to knowhimself. Free frompleasure andimpatience, he isnot dead and he isnot alive.83

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The wise manstands out by beingfree fromanticipation,without attachmentto such things aschildren or wives,free from desire forthe senses, and noteven concernedabout his ownbody.84



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Peace iseverywhere for thewise man who liveson whateverhappens to come tohim, going towherever he feelslike, and sleepingwherever the sunhappens toset.85

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Let his body rise orfall. The greatsouled one gives itno thought, havingforgotten all aboutsamsara in comingto rest on theground of his truenature.86

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The wise man hasthe joy of beingcomplete in himselfand withoutpossessions, actingas he pleases, freefrom duality and ridof doubts, andwithout attachmentto anycreature.87



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The wise manexcels in beingwithout the senseof 'me'. Earth, astone or gold arethe same to him.The knots of hisheart have beenrent asunder, andhe is freed fromgreed andblindness.88

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Who can comparewith thatcontented,liberated soul whopays no regard toanything and has nodesire left in hisheart?89

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Who but the uprightman without desireknows withoutknowing, seeswithout seeing andspeaks withoutspeaking?90



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Beggar or king, heexcels who iswithout desire, andwhose opinion ofthings is rid of'good' and'bad'.91

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There is neitherdissolute behaviournor virtue, noreven discriminationof the truth for thesage who hasreached the goaland is the veryembodiment ofguilelesssincerity.92

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How can onedescribe what isexperienced withinby one desirelessand free from pain,and content to restin himself and ofwhom?93



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The wise man whois contented in allcircumstances isnot asleep even indeep sleep, notsleeping in adream, nor wakingwhen he isawake.94

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The seer is withoutthoughts even whenthinking, withoutsenses among thesenses, withoutunderstanding evenin understandingand without a senseof responsibilityeven in theego.95

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A man with tranquilmind is neitherhappy nor unhappy,neither detachednor attached. He isneither seekingliberation norliberated. He isnothing of these,nothing of



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these.96

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A man with tranquilmind does not getdistracted bydisturbances, inmeditation he doesnot meditate. Ablessed manneither gainsstupidity byhisworldly acts,nordoes he getswisdom.97

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A man with tranquilmind remainsestablished in hisself. Being withoutany duty, he is atpeace. He is alwaysthe same.As he iswithout greed, hedoes not recallwhat he has doneor not done.98

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praised nor getsupset whenblamed. He isneither afraid ofdeath nor attachedto life.99

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A man at peacedoes not run off topopular resorts orto the forest.Wherever, heremains inwhatever conditionhe exists with atranquilmind.100

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