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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

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