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Chapter 2

Janaka’s Wonder at Self-Knowledge (Prakaraṇa 2)Janaka’s Wonder at Self-Knowledge (Prakaraṇa 2)

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2.1

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Janaka

अहो निरञ्जनः शान्तो बोधोऽहं प्रकृतेः परः । एतावन्तमहं कालं मोहेनैव विडम्बितः ॥२.१॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

How wondrous! I am stainless, peaceful awareness, beyond prakṛti. For so long I was misled by delusion.

Roman reading

aho niranjanah shaanto bodho’ham prakriteh parah | etaavantamaham kaalam mohenaiva vidambitah ||2.1||aho nirañjanaḥ śānto bodho’haṃ prakṛteḥ paraḥ | etāvantamahaṃ kālaṃ mohenaiva viḍambitaḥ ||2.1||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Janaka now responds to Ashtavakra’s instruction with astonishment. Instead of locating identity solely in changing experiences, he recognizes the awareness in which those experiences appear. “Beyond prakṛti” expresses the chapter’s nondual standpoint; it need not be read as a practical denial of the body or natural world.

Janaka now responds to Aṣṭāvakra’s instruction with astonishment. Instead of locating identity solely in changing experiences, he recognizes the awareness in which those experiences appear. “Beyond prakṛti” expresses the chapter’s nondual standpoint; it need not be read as a practical denial of the body or natural world.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

अब जनक अष्टावक्र की शिक्षा के उत्तर में अपनी अनुभूति व्यक्त करते हैं। पहले वे अपने को केवल बदलते अनुभवों का पात्र मानते थे; अब वे उन्हें प्रकाशित करने वाली चेतना को अपना गहरा स्वरूप बताते हैं। “प्रकृति से परे” यहाँ अद्वैत का दार्शनिक कथन है, प्रकृति या शरीर के अस्तित्व को व्यवहार में नकारने का आदेश नहीं।

2.2

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Janaka

यथा प्रकाशयाम्येको देहमेनं तथा जगत् । अतो मम जगत्सर्वमथवा न च किञ्चन ॥२.२॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Just as I illumine this body, so I illumine the world. Thus the whole world is mine—or nothing at all belongs to me.

Roman reading

yathaa prakaashayaamyeko dehamenam tathaa jagat | ato mama jagatsarvamathavaa na cha kinchana ||2.2||yathā prakāśayāmyeko dehamenaṃ tathā jagat | ato mama jagatsarvamathavā na ca kiñcana ||2.2||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The seeming contradiction is deliberate. From the perspective of awareness, nothing experienced stands outside the field of knowing; from the perspective of personal possession, nothing can truly be claimed as “mine.” The verse is not granting ownership of the physical world—it challenges the very idea of an isolated owner.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

जनक दो विपरीत दिखाई देने वाले वाक्यों से एक ही बात कहते हैं। यदि समस्त अनुभव एक चेतना में प्रकट है, तो कुछ भी उससे अलग नहीं; पर यदि व्यक्तिगत स्वामित्व की धारणा छोड़ दें, तो “मेरा” कहने को कुछ नहीं बचता। यह भौतिक संपत्ति पर अधिकार का दावा नहीं, अहंकार और एकत्व की पड़ताल है।

2.3

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Janaka

स शरीरमहो विश्वं परित्यज्य मयाधुना । कुतश्चित् कौशलादेव परमात्मा विलोक्यते ॥२.३॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Ah, how wondrous! Having relinquished identification with body and world, I now behold the supreme Self through a certain subtle discernment.

Roman reading

sa shareeramaho vishvam parityajya mayaadhunaa | kutashchit kaushalaadeva paramaatmaa vilokyate ||2.3||sa śarīramaho viśvaṃ parityajya mayādhunā | kutaścit kauśalādeva paramātmā vilokyate ||2.3||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The relinquishment here is primarily of mistaken identification, not a call to abandon one’s physical existence. Janaka describes a change in how he sees body and world, no longer making them his ultimate identity. The “skill” can be understood as subtle insight rather than a magical technique.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

“त्याग” को यहाँ शारीरिक जीवन छोड़ देने के रूप में पढ़ना उचित नहीं। जनक की बात उस मानसिक जकड़न को ढीला करने की है जिसमें शरीर और संसार को अंतिम आत्मपहचान मान लिया जाता है। कौशल किसी जादुई विधि का नाम नहीं; इस प्रसंग में वह दृष्टि-परिवर्तन और विवेक की ओर संकेत करता है।

2.4

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Janaka

यथा न तोयतो भिन्नास्तरङ्गाः फेनबुद्बुदाः । आत्मनो न तथा भिन्नं विश्वमात्मविनिर्गतम् ॥२.४॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

As waves, foam, and bubbles are not separate from water, so the world arising from the Self is not separate from the Self.

Roman reading

yathaa na toyato bhinnaastarangaah phenabudbudaah | aatmano na tathaa bhinnam vishvamaatmavinirgatam ||2.4||yathā na toyato bhinnāstaraṅgāḥ phenabudbudāḥ | ātmano na tathā bhinnaṃ viśvamātmavinirgatam ||2.4||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Water takes the forms of waves, foam, and bubbles without becoming a second substance. The metaphor clarifies the nondual claim that diversity of appearance need not imply ultimate separation of being. Janaka uses it to explore the relation between the changing world and underlying awareness.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

जल और उसकी विविध आकृतियों का दृष्टांत अद्वैत का मुख्य सूत्र स्पष्ट करता है: रूप अनेक दिखाई पड़ सकते हैं, पर आधार एक हो सकता है। तरंग को स्वतंत्र पदार्थ मानना भूल है; वह जल की ही एक अवस्था है। इसी प्रकार जनक जगत को चेतना से असंबद्ध दूसरी सत्ता नहीं मानते।

2.5

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Janaka

तन्तुमात्रो भवेदेव पटो यद्वद्विचारितः । आत्मतन्मात्रमेवेदं तद्वद्विश्वं विचारितम् ॥२.५॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Just as a cloth, when examined, proves to be nothing but threads, so the world, when examined, proves to be nothing apart from the Self.

Roman reading

tantumaatro bhavedeva pato yadvadvichaaritah | aatmatanmaatramevedam tadvadvishvam vichaaritam ||2.5||tantumātro bhavedeva paṭo yadvadvicāritaḥ | ātmatanmātramevedaṃ tadvadviśvaṃ vicāritam ||2.5||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

A cloth is a useful name for a pattern of threads, yet it is not a separate material beyond them. The verse invites examination beneath names and forms to what supports them. It is a philosophical analogy about dependence, not a claim that physical objects literally consist of consciousness as a scientific material.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

वस्त्र की अलग पहचान उपयोगी है, लेकिन उसके घटक धागे हैं। जनक इसी तरह नाम और रूप के पीछे उनका आधार खोजने को कहते हैं। दृष्टांत भौतिक विज्ञान का सिद्धांत नहीं, ध्यानपूर्वक विवेचन का दार्शनिक अभ्यास है: किसी वस्तु को अंतिम, स्वतंत्र सत्ता मानने से पहले उसके आधार को देखें।

2.6

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Janaka

यथैवेक्षुरसे क्लृप्ता तेन व्याप्तैव शर्करा । तथा विश्वं मयि क्लृप्तं मया व्याप्तं निरन्तरम् ॥२.६॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

As sugar formed from sugarcane juice is pervaded by its source, so the world appearing in me is continually pervaded by me.

Roman reading

yathaivekshurase klriptaa tena vyaaptaiva sharkaraa | tathaa vishvam mayi klriptam mayaa vyaaptam nirantaram ||2.6||yathaivekṣurase klṛptā tena vyāptaiva śarkarā | tathā viśvaṃ mayi klṛptaṃ mayā vyāptaṃ nirantaram ||2.6||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

This image joins origin and pervasion: sugar bears the quality of the juice from which it is made. Janaka similarly describes the world as appearing within and pervaded by awareness. His “me” refers to the Self he has recognized, not to King Janaka’s personal ego acquiring cosmic power.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह तीसरा दृष्टांत उत्पत्ति और व्याप्ति को साथ रखता है। जनक के अनुसार संसार केवल आत्मा से निकला हुआ नहीं, उसी मूल सत्य की उपस्थिति में अनुभव होता है। “मुझसे व्याप्त” को व्यक्ति जनक के अहंकार की सर्वशक्ति के रूप में नहीं, सार्वभौमिक चेतना के रूप में समझना चाहिए।

2.7

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Janaka

आत्माज्ञानाज्जगद्भाति आत्मज्ञानान्न भासते । रज्ज्वज्ञानादहिर्भाति तज्ज्ञानाद्भासते न हि ॥२.७॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Through ignorance of the Self, the world appears as an independent reality; with knowledge of the Self, that appearance loses its hold. Likewise a rope mistaken for a snake ceases to seem a snake when recognized.

Roman reading

aatmaajnaanaajjagadbhaati aatmajnaanaanna bhaasate | rajjvajnaanaadahirbhaati tajjnaanaadbhaasate na hi ||2.7||ātmājñānājjagadbhāti ātmajñānānna bhāsate | rajjvajñānādahirbhāti tajjñānādbhāsate na hi ||2.7||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

In the rope–snake example, the rope never disappears; only the false identification ends. The teaching therefore focuses on how a mistaken reading of experience can be corrected by insight. This is the Advaita interpretation of the verse, not evidence that the external world vanishes when someone gains knowledge.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

रस्सी-सर्प का उदाहरण वास्तविक वस्तु के लुप्त हो जाने की बात नहीं कहता: रस्सी पहले भी थी, बाद में भी है; भ्रमित व्याख्या बदलती है। इसी तरह अध्याय का दावा जगत के अनुभव को मिटाना नहीं, उसके बारे में अज्ञानजन्य स्वतंत्र-सत्ता की धारणा को बदलना है। यह अद्वैत की परंपरागत व्याख्या है।

2.8

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Janaka

प्रकाशो मे निजं रूपं नातिरिक्तोऽस्म्यहं ततः । यदा प्रकाशते विश्वं तदाहं भास एव हि ॥२.८॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Awareness as illumination is my own nature; I am not separate from it. When the world appears, I am the very illuminating presence in which it appears.

Roman reading

prakaasho me nijam roopam naatirikto’smyaham tatah | yadaa prakaashate vishvam tadaaham bhaasa eva hi ||2.8||prakāśo me nijaṃ rūpaṃ nātirikto’smyahaṃ tataḥ | yadā prakāśate viśvaṃ tadāhaṃ bhāsa eva hi ||2.8||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

“Light” here means the capacity of experience to be known, rather than a claim about visible brightness. Janaka shifts attention from things that appear to the knowing presence through which they are apprehended. The verse continues the chapter’s move away from a limited personal identity toward consciousness itself.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यहाँ प्रकाश भौतिक रोशनी से अधिक “जानने की उपस्थिति” का रूपक है। आँखें दृश्य को देखती हैं, पर अनुभव का ज्ञात होना चेतना से संबद्ध है—जनक इसी बात को प्रधानता देते हैं। इसलिए वे वस्तुओं को देखने वाले एक छोटे अहं से आगे अपने स्वरूप की बात कर रहे हैं।

2.9

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Janaka

अहो विकल्पितं विश्वमज्ञानान्मयि भासते । रूप्यं शुक्तौ फणी रज्जौ वारि सूर्यकरे यथा ॥२.९॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

How wondrous! Through ignorance the imagined world appears in me, like silver in a shell, a snake in a rope, or water in a sunlit mirage.

Roman reading

aho vikalpitam vishvamajnaanaanmayi bhaasate | roopyam shuktau phanee rajjau vaari sooryakare yathaa ||2.9||aho vikalpitaṃ viśvamajñānānmayi bhāsate | rūpyaṃ śuktau phaṇī rajjau vāri sūryakare yathā ||2.9||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The three examples show how an appearance can be interpreted incorrectly. A glittering shell is mistaken for silver; a rope for a snake; a mirage for water. In Advaita, calling the world “imagined” questions its independent ultimate status, not the practical reality of everyday consequences.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

तीन भ्रांतियों से जनक अनुभव और उसकी व्याख्या के बीच अंतर बताते हैं। चमकती सीपी को चाँदी और मरुस्थल में झिलमिलाहट को पानी मानना अनुभूति का गलत निष्कर्ष है। संसार को “कल्पित” कहने का आशय अद्वैत में उसकी परम स्वतंत्र सत्ता पर प्रश्न है, न कि दैनिक अनुभवों की उपयोगिता का पूर्ण निषेध।

2.10

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Original / source text

Janaka

मत्तो विनिर्गतं विश्वं मय्येव लयमेष्यति । मृदि कुम्भो जले वीचिः कनके कटकं यथा ॥२.१०॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The world arises from me and returns into me, just as a pot depends on clay, a wave on water, and a bracelet on gold.

Roman reading

matto vinirgatam vishvam mayyeva layameshyati | mridi kumbho jale veechih kanake katakam yathaa ||2.10||matto vinirgataṃ viśvaṃ mayyeva layameṣyati | mṛdi kumbho jale vīciḥ kanake kaṭakaṃ yathā ||2.10||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Three images emphasize the continuity of a substance beneath changing forms. Pots change while clay remains, bracelets change while gold remains, and waves rise and fall in water. Janaka uses such dependence to explain the unchanging basis of appearances within a nondual worldview.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यहाँ जनक तीन उपमाओं से नाम-रूप और उनके आधार का संबंध समझाते हैं। घड़े का आकार टूट सकता है, मिट्टी बनी रहती है; सोने का आभूषण बदल सकता है, सोना बना रहता है। इस दृष्टि में प्रकट जगत परिवर्तनशील है, जबकि उसके मूल सत्य को अविच्छिन्न माना गया है।

2.11

Original / source text

Janaka

अहो अहं नमो मह्यं विनाशो यस्य नास्ति मे । ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तं जगन्नाशोऽपि तिष्ठतः ॥२.११॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Wonder! I bow to my true Self, which is not destroyed even if the whole world, from Brahma down to a blade of grass, passes away.Wonder! I bow to my true Self, which is not destroyed even if the whole world, from Brahmā down to a blade of grass, passes away.

Roman reading

aho aham namo mahyam vinaasho yasya naasti me | brahmaadistambaparyantam jagannaasho’pi tishthatah ||2.11||aho ahaṃ namo mahyaṃ vināśo yasya nāsti me | brahmādistambaparyantaṃ jagannāśo’pi tiṣṭhataḥ ||2.11||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Janaka’s salutation is not ordinary self-congratulation. He honors the imperishable awareness he takes to be his deepest nature, even as all created forms are subject to change. The span from Brahma to a blade of grass gives the statement a cosmic scale within the text’s theology.

Janaka’s salutation is not ordinary self-congratulation. He honors the imperishable awareness he takes to be his deepest nature, even as all created forms are subject to change. The span from Brahmā to a blade of grass gives the statement a cosmic scale within the text’s theology.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

“मुझे नमस्कार” कहना व्यक्तिगत आत्मप्रशंसा नहीं है। जनक उस अविनाशी चेतना को प्रणाम करते हैं जिसे वे सब परिवर्तन के बीच स्थिर मानते हैं। ब्रह्मा से तृण तक का विस्तार यह जताता है कि नश्वरता की चर्चा केवल छोटी वस्तुओं की नहीं, समूची सृष्टि की है।

2.12

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Janaka

अहो अहं नमो मह्यमेकोऽहं देहवानपि । क्वचिन्न गन्ता नागन्ता व्याप्य विश्वमवस्थितः ॥२.१२॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Wonder! Salutations to my Self: though appearing embodied, I remain one, neither going nor coming, abiding as that which pervades the whole world.

Roman reading

aho aham namo mahyameko’ham dehavaanapi | kvachinna gantaa naagantaa vyaapya vishvamavasthitah ||2.12||aho ahaṃ namo mahyameko’haṃ dehavānapi | kvacinna gantā nāgantā vyāpya viśvamavasthitaḥ ||2.12||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The body moves, but Janaka describes the all-pervading Self as beyond spatial travel. His point concerns the distinction between changing embodiment and the nondual awareness he identifies with. This is not a claim that Janaka as a historical person can be physically present everywhere.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

शरीर की गति और आत्मा की कथित अचलता के बीच जनक भेद करते हैं। देह यात्रा करती है, बदलती है, पर जिस चेतना को वे सर्वव्यापक कहते हैं, उसके लिए आना-जाना लागू नहीं होता। इस वाक्य को भौतिक रूप से हर स्थान पर उपस्थित होने का व्यक्तिगत दावा समझना ठीक नहीं।

2.13

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Janaka

अहो अहं नमो मह्यं दक्षो नास्तीह मत्समः । असंस्पृश्य शरीरेण येन विश्वं चिरं धृतम् ॥२.१३॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Wonder! Salutations to my Self, whose power is incomparable: without physically touching the world through the body, it sustains the whole.

Roman reading

aho aham namo mahyam daksho naasteeha matsamah | asamsprishya shareerena yena vishvam chiram dhritam ||2.13||aho ahaṃ namo mahyaṃ dakṣo nāstīha matsamaḥ | asaṃspṛśya śarīreṇa yena viśvaṃ ciraṃ dhṛtam ||2.13||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

This apparent boasting concerns the Self, not personal superiority over others. The “power” invoked is awareness’s foundational role in the appearance of experience. Knowing need not involve consciousness physically grasping each object; the imagery conveys that distinction.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

जनक के “मुझसे अधिक समर्थ कौन” जैसे शब्द अतिरेकपूर्ण प्रतीत हो सकते हैं। यहाँ सामर्थ्य शरीर की क्रियाशक्ति नहीं, चेतना की आधारभूत भूमिका है। अनुभवों का संसार चेतना में जाना जाता है, जबकि उसे जानने के लिए आत्मा को किसी वस्तु की तरह छूना नहीं पड़ता।

2.14

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Janaka

अहो अहं नमो मह्यं यस्य मे नास्ति किञ्चन । अथवा यस्य मे सर्वं यद्वाङ्मनसगोचरम् ॥२.१४॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Wonder! Salutations to my Self: nothing belongs to me—or everything reached by speech and mind belongs to me.

Roman reading

aho aham namo mahyam yasya me naasti kinchana | athavaa yasya me sarvam yadvaanmanasagocharam ||2.14||aho ahaṃ namo mahyaṃ yasya me nāsti kiñcana | athavā yasya me sarvaṃ yadvāṅmanasagocaram ||2.14||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

This verse returns to the paradox of 2.2. Without an appropriating ego, nothing can be possessed; in a vision of nonseparation, nothing is alien to the Self. Both expressions belong to contemplative insight, not to legal property claims.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह पद 2.2 की विरोधाभासी शिक्षा को फिर उठाता है। जब निजी अधिकार और अहंता को छोड़ा जाता है तो स्वामित्व शून्य दिखता है; जब सबको एक आत्मा में देखा जाता है तो कोई वस्तु पराई नहीं लगती। दोनों कथन एक आध्यात्मिक दृष्टिकोण की भाषा हैं, संपत्ति संबंधी कानूनी दावा नहीं।

2.15

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Janaka

ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं तथा ज्ञाता त्रितयं नास्ति वास्तवम् । अज्ञानाद्भाति यत्रेदं सोऽहमस्मि निरञ्जनः ॥२.१५॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Knowledge, the known, and the knower do not ultimately form three separate realities. I am the stainless awareness in which this triad appears through ignorance.

Roman reading

jnaanam jneyam tathaa jnaataa tritayam naasti vaastavam | ajnaanaadbhaati yatredam so’hamasmi niranjanah ||2.15||jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ tathā jñātā tritayaṃ nāsti vāstavam | ajñānādbhāti yatredaṃ so’hamasmi nirañjanaḥ ||2.15||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Ordinary experience distinguishes a knower, an act of knowing, and an object known. Janaka does not make those distinctions useless in practical life; he questions whether they are ultimately independent. The verse expresses a central nondual insight about the common basis of the triad.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

व्यवहार में जानने वाला, ज्ञान और विषय तीन रूपों में सामने आते हैं। जनक इनकी उपयोगिता नहीं मिटाते, बल्कि कहते हैं कि परम आत्मदृष्टि से उनका अंतिम आधार अलग-अलग नहीं है। इस त्रिपुटी को समझना आत्मा और अनुभव के बीच स्थायी दीवार खड़ी न करने का मार्ग बनता है।

2.16

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Janaka

द्वैतमूलमहो दुःखं नान्यत्तस्यास्ति भेषजम् । दृश्यमेतन्मृषा सर्वमेकोऽहं चिद्रसोऽमलः ॥२.१६॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

How remarkable! The root of suffering is dualistic separation; its remedy is to discern that appearances are not ultimately independent and that I am one stainless essence of awareness.

Roman reading

dvaitamoolamaho duhkham naanyattasyaasti bheshajam | drishyametanmrishaa sarvameko’ham chidraso’malah ||2.16||dvaitamūlamaho duḥkhaṃ nānyattasyāsti bheṣajam | dṛśyametanmṛṣā sarvameko’haṃ cidraso’malaḥ ||2.16||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Janaka traces spiritual suffering to the assumption of ultimate separation. The passage should not be used to dismiss physical pain, injustice, or psychological distress as inconsequential. The suggested “medicine” is a shift of understanding: recognizing a nondual basis amid diverse experiences.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

जनक दुःख के आध्यात्मिक मूल को अलगाव की मान्यता में देखते हैं। इसका अर्थ यह नहीं कि शारीरिक पीड़ा, सामाजिक अन्याय या मानसिक कष्ट असत्य कहकर अनदेखे कर दिए जाएँ। अध्याय जिस “औषधि” की बात करता है वह दृष्टि में परिवर्तन है: अनुभव की विविधता के बीच चैतन्य के एकत्व को समझना।

2.17

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Janaka

बोधमात्रोऽहमज्ञानादुपाधिः कल्पितो मया । एवं विमृशतो नित्यं निर्विकल्पे स्थितिर्मम ॥२.१७॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

I am awareness alone. Through ignorance I imagined limiting attributes upon myself. Reflecting in this way, I abide in a state free from compulsive conceptual division.

Roman reading

bodhamaatro’hamajnaanaadupaadhih kalpito mayaa | evam vimrishato nityam nirvikalpe sthitirmama ||2.17||bodhamātro’hamajñānādupādhiḥ kalpito mayā | evaṃ vimṛśato nityaṃ nirvikalpe sthitirmama ||2.17||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Limiting attributes include the labels and roles one may mistake for one’s whole identity. Janaka does not imply that such roles cease to function; he ceases to give them ultimate authority. “Without conceptual division” points to nondual steadiness rather than dullness or unconsciousness.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

उपाधि वे नाम और विशेषताएँ हैं जिनसे व्यक्ति अपनी पूरी पहचान बना लेता है—जैसे पद, भूमिका, सफलता या असफलता। जनक इन्हें व्यवहार से मिटाने के बजाय उनका अंतिम सत्य होने का आग्रह छोड़ते हैं। “निर्विकल्प” यहाँ जड़ निष्क्रियता नहीं, गहरे आत्मबोध की निश्चिंतता है।

2.18

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Janaka

न मे बन्धोऽस्ति मोक्षो वा भ्रान्तिः शान्ता निराश्रया । अहो मयि स्थितं विश्वं वस्तुतो न मयि स्थितम् ॥२.१८॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

For my true Self there is neither bondage nor liberation; unsupported delusion has subsided. Wonder! The world seems to rest in me, yet in ultimate truth it does not stand as something separate within me.

Roman reading

na me bandho’sti moksho vaa bhraantih shaantaa niraashrayaa | aho mayi sthitam vishvam vastuto na mayi sthitam ||2.18||na me bandho’sti mokṣo vā bhrāntiḥ śāntā nirāśrayā | aho mayi sthitaṃ viśvaṃ vastuto na mayi sthitam ||2.18||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Liberation matters to the seeker who experiences bondage, yet Janaka now speaks from the standpoint of a Self that was never truly confined. The second line holds together appearance and ultimate reality: the world appears “in” awareness, without becoming an independently contained thing. This is advanced nondual language, not a dismissal of spiritual practice.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

आध्यात्मिक मार्ग पर मुक्ति महत्वपूर्ण लक्ष्य है, लेकिन जनक कहते हैं कि जिसने कभी वास्तव में बंधन स्वीकार ही नहीं किया, उस परम आत्मा को मुक्त करने का प्रश्न कहाँ उठेगा? दूसरा वाक्य अनुभव और परम सत्य की दो दृष्टियों को एक साथ रखता है। यह निष्कर्ष अध्याय की उन्नत अद्वैत भाषा का हिस्सा है।

2.19

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Janaka

सशरीरमिदं विश्वं न किञ्चिदिति निश्चितम् । शुद्धचिन्मात्र आत्मा च तत्कस्मिन्कल्पनाधुना ॥२.१९॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Knowing that the world, body included, has no independent ultimate reality and that the Self is pure awareness, what remains as a ground for further imagined divisions?

Roman reading

sashareeramidam vishvam na kinchiditi nishchitam | shuddhachinmaatra aatmaa cha tatkasminkalpanaadhunaa ||2.19||saśarīramidaṃ viśvaṃ na kiñciditi niścitam | śuddhacinmātra ātmā ca tatkasminkalpanādhunā ||2.19||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The phrase “nothing at all” is easily misunderstood as denying everyday existence. Janaka’s concern is with the world’s alleged independent ultimacy, not with the need to live responsibly within it. Insight into awareness loosens the mental constructions built upon separateness.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

“कुछ भी नहीं” को शून्यवादी निषेध समझने पर श्लोक का आशय बदल सकता है। जनक संसार को दैनिक अनुभव से मिटा नहीं रहे, बल्कि उसके स्वाधीन और अंतिम होने को नकारते हैं। जब चेतना को आधार माना गया, तो उस पर बन रही अलगाव की कल्पनाओं की शक्ति घटती है।

2.20

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Janaka

शरीरं स्वर्गनरकौ बन्धमोक्षौ भयं तथा । कल्पनामात्रमेवैतत्किं मे कार्यं चिदात्मनः ॥२.२०॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The body, heaven and hell, bondage and freedom, and fear are mental constructions from the standpoint of pure awareness. What task remains for me as the Self?

Roman reading

shareeram svarganarakau bandhamokshau bhayam tathaa | kalpanaamaatramevaitatkim me kaaryam chidaatmanah ||2.20||śarīraṃ svarganarakau bandhamokṣau bhayaṃ tathā | kalpanāmātramevaitatkiṃ me kāryaṃ cidātmanaḥ ||2.20||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

This is one of the chapter’s boldest statements, relativizing even religious categories before the identity of pure awareness. It is a report of Janaka’s nondual realization within the text, not permission to evade ethical responsibility or ignore the suffering of others.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह अत्यंत निर्भीक अद्वैत कथन है। इसमें धार्मिक धारणाओं और अनुभवों को चेतना की अंतिम प्रकृति के सामने सापेक्ष बताया गया है। यह व्यवहारिक कर्तव्य, नैतिक आचरण या दूसरों की पीड़ा से मुंह मोड़ने की छूट नहीं देता; जनक यहाँ अपनी आत्मानुभूति की भाषा बोलते हैं।

2.21

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Janaka

अहो जनसमूहेऽपि न द्वैतं पश्यतो मम । अरण्यमिव संवृत्तं क्व रतिं करवाण्यहम् ॥२.२१॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

How wondrous! Even among crowds I see no ultimate duality; it is as though I were in a silent forest. In what could I now seek special attachment?

Roman reading

aho janasamoohe’pi na dvaitam pashyato mama | aranyamiva samvrittam kva ratim karavaanyaham ||2.21||aho janasamūhe’pi na dvaitaṃ paśyato mama | araṇyamiva saṃvṛttaṃ kva ratiṃ karavāṇyaham ||2.21||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The forest is a metaphor for inner quiet, not a demand for social withdrawal. Even amid many people, Janaka does not experience the agitated sense of ultimate separation that once drove attachment. Nondual serenity can be expressed in relationship as well as solitude.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

भीड़ और वन का विरोध बाहरी स्थानों का नहीं, अंतर्मन की अवस्था का है। जनक के लिए अनेक लोगों की उपस्थिति भी अलगाव या लालसा का शोर नहीं पैदा करती। यह लोगों से उदासीन या असामाजिक होने का आदेश नहीं; मान्यता यह है कि शांत दृष्टि संबंधों के बीच भी बनी रह सकती है।

2.22

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Janaka

नाहं देहो न मे देहो जीवो नाहमहं हि चित् । अयमेव हि मे बन्ध आसीद्या जीविते स्पृहा ॥२.२२॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

I am not the body, nor does the body ultimately belong to me. I am not merely a limited individual being; I am awareness. Clinging to continued life was my bondage.

Roman reading

naaham deho na me deho jeevo naahamaham hi chit | ayameva hi me bandha aaseedyaa jeevite sprihaa ||2.22||nāhaṃ deho na me deho jīvo nāhamahaṃ hi cit | ayameva hi me bandha āsīdyā jīvite spṛhā ||2.22||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Janaka speaks of the craving that makes physical survival the whole definition of self. The verse must not be read as endorsing self-harm, neglect of life, or refusal of needed care. Its concern is freedom from fear-driven identification, not devaluation of living beings.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

जनक “जीने की इच्छा” को उस भययुक्त चिपकाव के अर्थ में रखते हैं जिसमें अस्तित्व केवल देह से बँधा दिखता है। इसे जीवन का तिरस्कार, आत्महानि या उपचार न लेने की शिक्षा नहीं समझना चाहिए। यहाँ लक्ष्य भय और अहं-आसक्ति का क्षय है, न कि जीवन की उपेक्षा।

2.23

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Janaka

अहो भुवनकल्लोलैर्विचित्रैर्द्राक्समुत्थितम् । मय्यनन्तमहाम्भोधौ चित्तवाते समुद्यते ॥२.२३॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

How wondrous! In me, the boundless ocean of awareness, varied waves of worlds suddenly arise when the wind of mind begins to blow.

Roman reading

aho bhuvanakallolairvichitrairdraaksamutthitam | mayyanantamahaambhodhau chittavaate samudyate ||2.23||aho bhuvanakallolairvicitrairdrāksamutthitam | mayyanantamahāmbhodhau cittavāte samudyate ||2.23||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Janaka develops the ocean metaphor: the Self is the immense ocean, the mind its stirring wind, and worlds the waves. The play of mental activity gives rise to the perception of differentiated appearances. This is contemplative poetry, not a physical cosmology.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

जनक अब महासागर की बड़ी उपमा शुरू करते हैं। आत्मा को असीम जलराशि, मन को वायु और जगत को उठती लहरें कहा गया है। जब मन में विभाजन, कल्पना और गति जागती है, तब अनुभवों की बहुलता स्पष्ट होती है। यह काव्यात्मक आध्यात्मिक रूपक है, भौतिक सृष्टि की वैज्ञानिक प्रक्रिया नहीं।

2.24

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Janaka

मय्यनन्तमहाम्भोधौ चित्तवाते प्रशाम्यति । अभाग्याज्जीववणिजो जगत्पोतो विनश्वरः ॥२.२४॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

When the wind of mind grows still in me, the boundless ocean, the world-boat of the individual soul, imagined as a trader, comes to ruin—an apparent misfortune.

Roman reading

mayyanantamahaambhodhau chittavaate prashaamyati | abhaagyaajjeevavanijo jagatpoto vinashvarah ||2.24||mayyanantamahāmbhodhau cittavāte praśāmyati | abhāgyājjīvavaṇijo jagatpoto vinaśvaraḥ ||2.24||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The “misfortune” may be deliberately ironic. The trader loses his boat, yet the nondual insight is that the imagined separate self no longer needs a vessel to cross the ocean. The imagery concerns the dissolution of identification, not literal destruction of a person or a prescription to abandon life.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

“दुर्भाग्य” यहाँ सूक्ष्म व्यंग्य भी हो सकता है: व्यापारी के लिए नाव टूटना हानि है, पर जनक की अद्वैत दृष्टि से सीमित जीवभाव का टूटना बंधन का अंत है। ध्यान मन के शांत होने से स्वयं को नष्ट करने की बात नहीं करता; यह उस अलग पहचान की समाप्ति का रूपक है जिससे संसार के साथ अनावश्यक संघर्ष पैदा होता है।

2.25

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Janaka

मय्यनन्तमहाम्भोधावाश्चर्यं जीववीचयः । उद्यन्ति घ्नन्ति खेलन्ति प्रविशन्ति स्वभावतः ॥२.२५॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

How astonishing! In me, the infinite ocean, the waves of individual lives naturally rise, collide, play, and merge back into it.

Roman reading

mayyanantamahaambhodhaavaashcharyam jeevaveechayah | udyanti ghnanti khelanti pravishanti svabhaavatah ||2.25||mayyanantamahāmbhodhāvāścaryaṃ jīvavīcayaḥ | udyanti ghnanti khelanti praviśanti svabhāvataḥ ||2.25||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The closing image returns to water and waves. Individual lives seem to arise, interact, and disappear, while the underlying ocean remains. Janaka’s metaphor holds diversity and underlying unity together; it can invite humility and compassion without erasing real differences between people.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

अध्याय का समापन उसी जल-दृष्टांत से होता है जो पहले भी आया था। तरंगें अलग-अलग दिखाई देती हैं और उनकी गति भी भिन्न है, लेकिन जल का आधार एक रहता है। जनक के लिए यही जीवन की विविधता और मूल एकत्व का संबंध है—एक ऐसा चिंतन जो दूसरों के प्रति करुणा और विनम्रता को भी गहरा कर सकता है।

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Ashtavakra Gita · Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911) · Initial editorial V1

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Original text, translations and explanations remain separate readings. Shared passages appear once with their complete references.

  1. 2.1 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  2. 2.1 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  3. 2.1 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  4. 2.1 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  5. 2.1 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  6. 2.2 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  7. 2.2 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  8. 2.2 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  9. 2.2 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  10. 2.2 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  11. 2.3 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  12. 2.3 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  13. 2.3 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  14. 2.3 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  15. 2.3 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  16. 2.4 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  17. 2.4 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  18. 2.4 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  19. 2.4 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  20. 2.4 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  21. 2.5 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  22. 2.5 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  23. 2.5 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  24. 2.5 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  25. 2.5 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  26. 2.6 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  27. 2.6 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  28. 2.6 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  29. 2.6 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  30. 2.6 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  31. 2.7 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  32. 2.7 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  33. 2.7 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  34. 2.7 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  35. 2.7 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  36. 2.8 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  37. 2.8 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  38. 2.8 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  39. 2.8 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  40. 2.8 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  41. 2.9 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  42. 2.9 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  43. 2.9 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  44. 2.9 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  45. 2.9 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  46. 2.10 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  47. 2.10 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  48. 2.10 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  49. 2.10 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  50. 2.10 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  51. 2.11 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  52. 2.11 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  53. 2.11 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  54. 2.11 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  55. 2.11 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  56. 2.12 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  57. 2.12 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  58. 2.12 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  59. 2.12 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  60. 2.12 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  61. 2.13 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  62. 2.13 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  63. 2.13 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  64. 2.13 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  65. 2.13 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  66. 2.14 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  67. 2.14 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  68. 2.14 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  69. 2.14 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  70. 2.14 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  71. 2.15 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  72. 2.15 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  73. 2.15 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  74. 2.15 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  75. 2.15 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  76. 2.16 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  77. 2.16 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  78. 2.16 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  79. 2.16 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  80. 2.16 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  81. 2.17 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  82. 2.17 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  83. 2.17 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  84. 2.17 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  85. 2.17 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  86. 2.18 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  87. 2.18 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  88. 2.18 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  89. 2.18 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  90. 2.18 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  91. 2.19 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  92. 2.19 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  93. 2.19 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  94. 2.19 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  95. 2.19 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  96. 2.20 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  97. 2.20 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  98. 2.20 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  99. 2.20 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  100. 2.20 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  101. 2.21 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  102. 2.21 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  103. 2.21 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  104. 2.21 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  105. 2.21 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  106. 2.22 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  107. 2.22 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  108. 2.22 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  109. 2.22 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  110. 2.22 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  111. 2.23 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  112. 2.23 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  113. 2.23 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  114. 2.23 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  115. 2.23 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  116. 2.24 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  117. 2.24 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  118. 2.24 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  119. 2.24 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  120. 2.24 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  121. 2.25 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  122. 2.25 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  123. 2.25 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  124. 2.25 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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  125. 2.25 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

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