Ashtavakra-Gita
Ashtavakra-Gita
Ashtavakra-Gita
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<strong>Ashtavakra</strong> said:<br />
9.1<br />
Opposing forces,<br />
duties done and left undone—<br />
when does it end<br />
and for whom?<br />
Considering this, be ever desireless,<br />
let go of all things,<br />
and to the world turn an indifferent eye.<br />
9.2<br />
Rare and blessed is one<br />
whose desire to live,<br />
to enjoy and to know,<br />
has been extinguished by observing<br />
the ways of men.<br />
9.3<br />
Seeing all things as threefold suffering,<br />
the sage becomes still.<br />
Insubstantial, transient, contemptible--<br />
the world is fit only for rejection.<br />
9.4<br />
Was there an age or time<br />
men existed without opposites?<br />
Leave the opposites behind.<br />
Be content with what comes.<br />
Perfection.<br />
9: Detachment<br />
9.5<br />
The greatest seers, saints and yogis<br />
agree on very little.<br />
Seeing this,<br />
who could not be indifferent to knowledge<br />
and become still?