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14: Tranquility<br />

Janaka said:<br />

14.1<br />

Though appearing asleep like other men,<br />

one whose interest in the world is exhausted,<br />

whose mind has been emptied,<br />

who thinks only by inadvertence,<br />

is in Reality awake.<br />

14.2<br />

When desire has melted,<br />

how can there be wealth,<br />

or friends, or the seduction of senses?<br />

What use is scripture and knowledge?<br />

14.3<br />

I have realized the Supreme Self,<br />

the Witness, the One.<br />

I am indifferent<br />

to bondage and freedom.<br />

I have no need for liberation.<br />

14.4<br />

The inner condition<br />

of one who is devoid of doubt<br />

yet moves among creatures of illusion<br />

can only be known by those like him.

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