Ashtavakra-Gita
Ashtavakra-Gita
Ashtavakra-Gita
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<strong>Ashtavakra</strong> said:<br />
17.1<br />
One has attained Knowledge<br />
and reaped the fruits of yoga<br />
who is content,<br />
purified of attachments<br />
and at home in solitude.<br />
17.2<br />
The knower of Truth<br />
is never miserable in the world,<br />
for the whole universe<br />
is filled with Himself alone.<br />
17.3<br />
As the foliage of the neem tree<br />
does not please an elephant<br />
who delights in sallaki leaves,<br />
so do sense objects not please<br />
he who delights in Self.<br />
17.4<br />
Rare in the world<br />
is one who does not<br />
relish past enjoyments,<br />
nor yearn for enjoyments to come.<br />
17.5<br />
Those who desire pleasure<br />
and those who desire liberation<br />
are both common in the world.<br />
Rare is the great soul who<br />
desires neither enjoyment<br />
nor liberation.<br />
17.6<br />
Rare is the right-minded person<br />
who neither covets nor shuns<br />
religion, wealth, pleasure,<br />
life or death.<br />
17: The True Knower