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Chapter 3

Testing Self-Knowledge — Prakaraṇa ThreeTesting Self-Knowledge — Prakaraṇa Three

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3.1

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Aṣṭāvakra

अविनाशिनमात्मानमेकं विज्ञाय तत्त्वतः । तवात्मज्ञानस्य धीरस्य कथमर्थार्जने रतिः ॥३.१॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Having truly known the Self as indestructible and one, how can you, a steadfast knower of the Self, still delight in accumulating wealth?

Roman reading

avinaashinamaatmaanamekam vijnaaya tattvatah | tavaatmajnaanasya dheerasya kathamarthaarjane ratih ||3.1||avināśinamātmānamekaṃ vijñāya tattvataḥ | tavātmajñānasya dhīrasya kathamarthārjane ratiḥ ||3.1||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

After Janaka’s declarations of insight, Ashtavakra examines how that insight affects attachment. The verse questions delight in wealth as an ultimate source of identity or safety; it is not a blanket prohibition on earning or responsibly using money. Its sharp question asks whether one’s account of the indestructible Self has actually changed what one clings to.

After Janaka’s declarations of insight, Aṣṭāvakra examines how that insight affects attachment. The verse questions delight in wealth as an ultimate source of identity or safety; it is not a blanket prohibition on earning or responsibly using money. Its sharp question asks whether one’s account of the indestructible Self has actually changed what one clings to.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

जनक के आत्मबोध के दावों के बाद अष्टावक्र पूछते हैं कि क्या वह ज्ञान उनके आकर्षणों में भी दिखाई देता है। प्रश्न धन कमाने के हर कार्य की मनाही नहीं करता; इसका केंद्र धन को सुरक्षा, पहचान और स्थायी संतोष का अंतिम स्रोत बना लेना है। आत्मा की एकता को समझने और भीतर लालसा बनाए रखने के बीच जो तनाव है, वही इस पूरे प्रकरण की जाँच का आरंभ है।

3.2

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Aṣṭāvakra

आत्माज्ञानादहो प्रीतिर्विषयभ्रमगोचरे । शुक्तेरज्ञानतो लोभो यथा रजतविभ्रमे ॥३.२॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Remarkably, ignorance of the Self gives rise to attachment to objects grasped through delusion, just as mistaking a shell for silver produces greed.

Roman reading

aatmaajnaanaadaho preetirvishayabhramagochare | shukterajnaanato lobho yathaa rajatavibhrame ||3.2||ātmājñānādaho prītirviṣayabhramagocare | śukterajñānato lobho yathā rajatavibhrame ||3.2||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

A shell glitters, someone takes it for silver, and desire follows the mistake. The example distinguishes what appears from the value projected onto it. Ashtavakra is not denying that ordinary objects can be useful; he is showing how misidentification can inflate them into promises of lasting fulfillment. Seeing clearly weakens the greed built upon the error.

A shell glitters, someone takes it for silver, and desire follows the mistake. The example distinguishes what appears from the value projected onto it. Aṣṭāvakra is not denying that ordinary objects can be useful; he is showing how misidentification can inflate them into promises of lasting fulfillment. Seeing clearly weakens the greed built upon the error.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

चमकती सीपी को चाँदी मानने पर मन तुरंत पाने की इच्छा करता है। वस्तु नहीं बदली, उसकी पहचान में भूल हुई है। अष्टावक्र इसी उदाहरण से बताते हैं कि विषयों का आकर्षण केवल अनुभव में नहीं, उन पर लगाए गए अर्थ और उम्मीदों में भी बसता है। यहाँ विषयों की संपूर्ण उपयोगिता का निषेध नहीं, गलत आश्रय से पैदा होने वाले लोभ पर प्रश्न है।

3.3

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Aṣṭāvakra

विश्वं स्फुरति यत्रेदं तरङ्गा इव सागरे । सोऽहमस्मीति विज्ञाय किं दीन इव धावसि ॥३.३॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Knowing “I am that in which this universe appears like waves in the ocean,” why do you still rush about as though impoverished?

Roman reading

vishvam sphurati yatredam tarangaa iva saagare | so’hamasmeeti vijnaaya kim deena iva dhaavasi ||3.3||viśvaṃ sphurati yatredaṃ taraṅgā iva sāgare | so’hamasmīti vijñāya kiṃ dīna iva dhāvasi ||3.3||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Waves arise in an ocean without making the ocean incomplete. Ashtavakra applies that picture to a seeker who claims to know awareness as the ground of experience yet still chases fulfillment as though fundamentally lacking something. The criticism is of compulsive inward poverty, not of ordinary effort or purposeful work.

Waves arise in an ocean without making the ocean incomplete. Aṣṭāvakra applies that picture to a seeker who claims to know awareness as the ground of experience yet still chases fulfillment as though fundamentally lacking something. The criticism is of compulsive inward poverty, not of ordinary effort or purposeful work.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

समुद्र में लहरों का उठना समुद्र की कमी नहीं दिखाता। उसी तरह आत्मा को सभी अनुभवों का आधार मानने वाला व्यक्ति भीतर किसी अनिवार्य कमी से संचालित क्यों हो? “दीन की तरह दौड़ना” इच्छाओं के पीछे विवश होकर भागने का चित्र है, कार्यशील जीवन की निंदा नहीं। यह श्लोक स्थिर आत्मपहचान और बेचैन खोज के बीच अंतर उजागर करता है।

3.4

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Aṣṭāvakra

श्रुत्वापि शुद्धचैतन्यमात्मानमतिसुन्दरम् । उपस्थेऽत्यन्तसंसक्तो मालिन्यमधिगच्छति ॥३.४॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Even after hearing that the Self is pure and supremely beautiful awareness, one who remains excessively absorbed in sensual gratification clouds that insight.

Roman reading

shrutvaapi shuddhachaitanyamaatmaanamatisundaram | upasthe’tyantasamsakto maalinyamadhigachchhati ||3.4||śrutvāpi śuddhacaitanyamātmānamatisundaram | upasthe’tyantasaṃsakto mālinyamadhigacchati ||3.4||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The term upastha refers specifically to the sexual organ or sexual gratification. Ashtavakra’s concern is excessive fixation despite having heard the teaching about awareness. The text’s severe language is best read as a critique of compulsive attachment rather than as a claim that bodies, intimacy, or sexuality are inherently impure. Hearing a teaching and embodying it are not the same.

The term upastha refers specifically to the sexual organ or sexual gratification. Aṣṭāvakra’s concern is excessive fixation despite having heard the teaching about awareness. The text’s severe language is best read as a critique of compulsive attachment rather than as a claim that bodies, intimacy, or sexuality are inherently impure. Hearing a teaching and embodying it are not the same.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यहाँ “उपस्थ” विशेष रूप से काम-इंद्रिय की ओर संकेत करता है; अर्थ को छिपाकर सामान्य आनंद तक सीमित करना ठीक नहीं होगा। फिर भी श्लोक शरीर या स्वस्थ निकटता को स्वभावतः दूषित नहीं कहता। अष्टावक्र का लक्ष्य उस अतिशय आसक्ति की आलोचना है जो समझे हुए सत्य को व्यवहार में गौण कर देती है। “मलिनता” आध्यात्मिक विवेक के धुँधले पड़ने का रूपक है।

3.5

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Aṣṭāvakra

सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि । मुनेर्जानत आश्चर्यं ममत्वमनुवर्तते ॥३.५॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

It is astonishing that a sage who knows the Self in all beings, and all beings in the Self, should still retain possessiveness.

Roman reading

sarvabhooteshu chaatmaanam sarvabhootaani chaatmani | munerjaanata aashcharyam mamatvamanuvartate ||3.5||sarvabhūteṣu cātmānaṃ sarvabhūtāni cātmani | munerjānata āścaryaṃ mamatvamanuvartate ||3.5||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Knowing the Self in all beings should challenge possessiveness. Ashtavakra draws a distinction between care and ownership: one can love someone without reducing that person to an extension of one’s ego. The verse tests whether nondual vision changes how a person relates to others, rather than remaining merely a lofty statement.

Knowing the Self in all beings should challenge possessiveness. Aṣṭāvakra draws a distinction between care and ownership: one can love someone without reducing that person to an extension of one’s ego. The verse tests whether nondual vision changes how a person relates to others, rather than remaining merely a lofty statement.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

सबमें एक आत्मा देखने का अर्थ केवल एक सुंदर विचार दोहराना नहीं है। यदि किसी व्यक्ति से हम इतना चिपक जाएँ कि उसे अपनी वस्तु समझने लगें, तो एकत्व की हमारी घोषणा अधूरी रहती है। यह श्लोक प्रेम और स्वामित्व के बीच भेद कराता है। करुणापूर्ण संबंध संभव हैं, लेकिन दूसरे व्यक्ति को “मेरा” कहकर नियंत्रित करने का आग्रह आत्मबोध से मेल नहीं खाता।

3.6

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Aṣṭāvakra

आस्थितः परमाद्वैतं मोक्षार्थेऽपि व्यवस्थितः । आश्चर्यं कामवशगो विकलः केलिशिक्षया ॥३.६॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

How astonishing that one established in the highest nonduality and intent on liberation should still be ruled by craving and unsettled by habits of pleasure.

Roman reading

aasthitah paramaadvaitam mokshaarthe’pi vyavasthitah | aashcharyam kaamavashago vikalah kelishikshayaa ||3.6||āsthitaḥ paramādvaitaṃ mokṣārthe’pi vyavasthitaḥ | āścaryaṃ kāmavaśago vikalaḥ keliśikṣayā ||3.6||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The teacher contrasts professed nondual insight with behavior still ruled by desire. Habit can persist even when a person has a convincing philosophical vocabulary. The verse invites honest self-observation—whether cravings dictate choices—rather than a blanket condemnation of every pleasure or a license to judge others.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

केवल “मैं अद्वैत जानता हूँ” कह देना वासनाओं के समाप्त होने का प्रमाण नहीं। अष्टावक्र अभ्यास से बनी आदत और गहरी समझ के अंतर को पहचानते हैं। श्लोक का तीखा स्वर आत्मपरीक्षण के लिए है: क्या इच्छा हमारे निर्णयों को अपने कब्जे में ले लेती है? इसे सुख के हर रूप का विरोध या दूसरे लोगों के जीवन की कठोर जाँच का साधन नहीं बनाना चाहिए।

3.7

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Aṣṭāvakra

उद्भूतं ज्ञानदुर्मित्रमवधार्यातिदुर्बलः । आश्चर्यं काममाकाङ्क्षेत् कालमन्तमनुश्रितः ॥३.७॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

How strange that someone, recognizing the rising craving as an enemy of insight and being frail before time, should still seek it.

Roman reading

udbhootam jnaanadurmitramavadhaaryaatidurbalah | aashcharyam kaamamaakaankshet kaalamantamanushritah ||3.7||udbhūtaṃ jñānadurmitramavadhāryātidurbalaḥ | āścaryaṃ kāmamākāṅkṣet kālamantamanuśritaḥ ||3.7||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse links the fragility of human life with desire that interferes with clear seeing. Recognizing a craving as an obstacle does not guarantee freedom from it. Rather than cultivating fear of death, the passage sharpens a question of priorities: why surrender limited time and attention to what one already recognizes as entrapping?

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

इस श्लोक में आत्मबोध के सामने दो बातें रखी जाती हैं—वासना विवेक को ढक सकती है और शरीर का समय सीमित है। फिर भी मन उसी क्षणिक आकर्षण को अंतिम उपलब्धि समझ बैठता है। इसका उद्देश्य मृत्यु का भय फैलाना नहीं, जीवन की सीमितता को स्पष्ट करके प्राथमिकताओं पर विचार कराना है। किस इच्छा का पालन हमें स्वतंत्र बनाता है और कौन सी हमें जकड़ती है, यही इसका व्यावहारिक प्रश्न है।

3.8

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Aṣṭāvakra

इहामुत्र विरक्तस्य नित्यानित्यविवेकिनः । आश्चर्यं मोक्षकामस्य मोक्षादेव विभीषिका ॥३.८॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

How remarkable that one detached from rewards here and hereafter, discerning the lasting from the transient and longing for liberation, should fear liberation itself.

Roman reading

ihaamutra viraktasya nityaanityavivekinah | aashcharyam mokshakaamasya mokshaadeva vibheeshikaa ||3.8||ihāmutra viraktasya nityānityavivekinaḥ | āścaryaṃ mokṣakāmasya mokṣādeva vibhīṣikā ||3.8||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The paradox is psychological as well as philosophical. Someone may sincerely long for release yet fear losing familiar roles, control, or self-image. Ashtavakra asks the aspirant to notice this hidden resistance. Distinguishing the lasting from the transient therefore includes examining attachments that masquerade as spiritual aspirations.

The paradox is psychological as well as philosophical. Someone may sincerely long for release yet fear losing familiar roles, control, or self-image. Aṣṭāvakra asks the aspirant to notice this hidden resistance. Distinguishing the lasting from the transient therefore includes examining attachments that masquerade as spiritual aspirations.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

मोक्ष की इच्छा और मोक्ष से भय साथ-साथ कैसे हो सकते हैं? अष्टावक्र संकेत करते हैं कि व्यक्ति बंधन से मुक्त होना तो चाहता है, पर उससे जुड़ी परिचित पहचान, मान-सम्मान और नियंत्रण की भावना छोड़ने से डर सकता है। यह अंतर्विरोध साधना के भीतर देखने योग्य है। “नित्य-अनित्य विवेक” केवल विचार करने का नाम नहीं, अपनी प्रिय धारणाओं को भी परखने का आग्रह है।

3.9

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Aṣṭāvakra

धीरस्तु भोज्यमानोऽपि पीड्यमानोऽपि सर्वदा । आत्मानं केवलं पश्यन् न तुष्यति न कुप्यति ॥३.९॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

A steady sage, whether enjoying pleasure or undergoing distress, sees the Self alone and is neither carried away by gratification nor overcome by anger.

Roman reading

dheerastu bhojyamaano’pi peedyamaano’pi sarvadaa | aatmaanam kevalam pashyan na tushyati na kupyati ||3.9||dhīrastu bhojyamāno’pi pīḍyamāno’pi sarvadā | ātmānaṃ kevalaṃ paśyan na tuṣyati na kupyati ||3.9||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Pleasure and hardship both occur in life, but the sage does not let either determine ultimate identity. This is equanimity, not numbness or an inability to enjoy life. Nor does the verse require someone to endure abuse or avoid seeking help; it describes a philosophical stance toward experience, not a rule against protecting oneself.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

सुख और पीड़ा जीवन में आते-जाते हैं; अष्टावक्र ऐसी दृष्टि का वर्णन करते हैं जो इनके बीच अपनी मूल पहचान नहीं खोती। “न तुष्यति” को सभी प्रसन्नताओं का निषेध समझना ठीक नहीं—अर्थ है अनुभव में पूरी तरह फँस न जाना। इसी प्रकार पीड़ा में स्थिरता का आदर्श अन्याय या हिंसा को सहते रहने का आदेश नहीं है; उचित संरक्षण और सहायता लेना व्यवहारतः आवश्यक हो सकता है।

3.10

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Original / source text

Aṣṭāvakra

चेष्टमानं शरीरं स्वं पश्यत्यन्यशरीरवत् । संस्तवे चापि निन्दायां कथं क्षुभ्येत् महाशयः ॥३.१०॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

A great-souled person sees even the movements of their own body as they would another body; why should praise or blame disturb such a person?

Roman reading

cheshtamaanam shareeram svam pashyatyanyashareeravat | samstave chaapi nindaayaam katham kshubhyet mahaashayah ||3.10||ceṣṭamānaṃ śarīraṃ svaṃ paśyatyanyaśarīravat | saṃstave cāpi nindāyāṃ kathaṃ kṣubhyet mahāśayaḥ ||3.10||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Seeing the body as one sees another body is a way of loosening identification, not despising or neglecting it. Praise and criticism then need not create an inflated or shattered self-image. The verse does not forbid learning from criticism; it questions the agitation that comes from making public approval the measure of one’s being.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यहाँ दूसरे शरीर के समान देखना आत्मद्वेष या शरीर की उपेक्षा नहीं, “मैं ही अपनी हर शारीरिक अवस्था हूँ” जैसी पकड़ को ढीला करना है। इसी वजह से प्रशंसा से अहंकार और निंदा से आत्म-विनाश की प्रवृत्ति कम होती है। फिर भी किसी उचित आलोचना को सुनना और व्यवहार सुधारना संभव रहता है; समता का अर्थ जिम्मेदार सीखने से इंकार नहीं।

3.11

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Aṣṭāvakra

मायामात्रमिदं विश्वं पश्यन् विगतकौतुकः । अपि सन्निहिते मृत्यौ कथं त्रस्यति धीरधीः ॥३.११॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

How could a sage of steady understanding, seeing the world as māyā and no longer dazzled by it, tremble in fear even when death approaches?

Roman reading

maayaamaatramidam vishvam pashyan vigatakautukah | api sannihite mrityau katham trasyati dheeradheeh ||3.11||māyāmātramidaṃ viśvaṃ paśyan vigatakautukaḥ | api sannihite mṛtyau kathaṃ trasyati dhīradhīḥ ||3.11||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Within this nondual teaching, māyā questions the world’s independent ultimate status; it does not make ordinary events irrelevant. Someone who does not reduce the Self to bodily change may relate differently to mortality. This is a philosophical ideal, not a criticism of people who fear death, nor a reason to neglect medical care or personal safety.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

अद्वैत में “माया” का अर्थ अनुभूत संसार के हर व्यवहार को झूठा और निरर्थक घोषित करना नहीं, उसकी अंतिम स्वतंत्र सत्ता पर प्रश्न करना है। अष्टावक्र के अनुसार जो स्वयं को केवल बदलते शरीर-मन तक सीमित नहीं मानता, उसके लिए मृत्यु का अर्थ अलग हो जाता है। यह दार्शनिक दृष्टि है; भय महसूस करने वाले व्यक्ति की निंदा या स्वास्थ्य-संबंधी सावधानी की उपेक्षा का आदेश नहीं।

3.12

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Aṣṭāvakra

निःस्पृहं मानसं यस्य नैराश्येऽपि महात्मनः । तस्यात्मज्ञानतृप्तस्य तुलना केन जायते ॥३.१२॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

What comparison can be made for a great soul whose mind remains free from craving even when hopes are disappointed, and who is content in Self-knowledge?

Roman reading

nihspriham maanasam yasya nairaashye’pi mahaatmanah | tasyaatmajnaanatriptasya tulanaa kena jaayate ||3.12||niḥspṛhaṃ mānasaṃ yasya nairāśye’pi mahātmanaḥ | tasyātmajñānatṛptasya tulanā kena jāyate ||3.12||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Nairāśya here concerns frustrated expectations or absence of worldly hope, not necessarily the modern clinical condition of depression. The sage’s contentment is not dependent on every wish being met. Ashtavakra praises freedom from the need to make favorable outcomes the final verdict on one’s worth.

Nairāśya here concerns frustrated expectations or absence of worldly hope, not necessarily the modern clinical condition of depression. The sage’s contentment is not dependent on every wish being met. Aṣṭāvakra praises freedom from the need to make favorable outcomes the final verdict on one’s worth.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यहाँ नैराश्य शब्द का अर्थ आशा या अपेक्षा का टूटना भी है; इसे सीधे आधुनिक नैदानिक अवसाद के समान नहीं मानना चाहिए। आत्मज्ञान से संतोष का आशय यह है कि परिस्थितियों के बदलने पर भी अस्तित्व का आधार नहीं टूटता। अष्टावक्र ऐसी स्वतंत्रता की प्रशंसा करते हैं जिसमें सफलता और असफलता व्यक्ति के मूल्य का अंतिम निर्णय नहीं करतीं।

3.13

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Aṣṭāvakra

स्वभावादेव जानाति दृश्यमेतन्न किञ्चन । इदं ग्राह्यमिदं त्याज्यं स किं पश्यति धीरधीः ॥३.१३॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

A steady sage who naturally knows that the seen world has no independent ultimate substance—why would such a person cling to the divisions “this must be taken” and “that must be rejected”?

Roman reading

svabhaavaadeva jaanaati drishyametanna kinchana | idam graahyamidam tyaajyam sa kim pashyati dheeradheeh ||3.13||svabhāvādeva jānāti dṛśyametanna kiñcana | idaṃ grāhyamidaṃ tyājyaṃ sa kiṃ paśyati dhīradhīḥ ||3.13||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The 1911 print appears to use jānāti (“knows”) where a digital comparison has jānāno (“knowing”); that reading still needs formal collation. The argument concerns the ego’s rigid insistence on acquisition and rejection. It does not cancel ordinary ethical judgment or practical choice, but questions the inward compulsion attached to them.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

मुद्रित १९११ पाठ यहाँ “जानाति” देता प्रतीत होता है, जबकि डिजिटल तुलनात्मक पाठ “जानानो” लिखता है; अंतिम निर्णय के लिए विशेषज्ञ मिलान चाहिए। दोनों की शिक्षा में मुख्य प्रश्न चयन की कठोर अहंकारी पकड़ का है। व्यवहार में लाभ-हानि और नैतिक उचित-अनुचित का विवेक बना रहता है; श्लोक उस भीतर की बेचैनी को देखता है जो सब कुछ पाने और हटाने की विवशता पैदा करती है।

3.14

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Aṣṭāvakra

अन्तस्त्यक्तकषायस्य निर्द्वन्द्वस्य निराशिषः । यदृच्छयागतो भोगो न दुःखाय न तुष्टये ॥३.१४॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

For one whose inner defilements have been relinquished, who is free from dualistic agitation and expectation, enjoyment arriving by chance brings neither suffering nor possessive elation.

Roman reading

antastyaktakashaayasya nirdvandvasya niraashishah | yadrichchhayaagato bhogo na duhkhaaya na tushtaye ||3.14||antastyaktakaṣāyasya nirdvandvasya nirāśiṣaḥ | yadṛcchayāgato bhogo na duḥkhāya na tuṣṭaye ||3.14||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The closing verse distinguishes an experience that happens naturally from craving that demands it. A settled person can receive what comes without building a fragile identity around it. Neither sorrow nor elation dominates. The teaching values freedom from grasping rather than a refusal to feel, care, or respond to the world.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

अध्याय के अंत में अष्टावक्र आसक्ति और सहज उपलब्ध अनुभव के बीच स्पष्ट अंतर रखते हैं। समस्या अनुभव का होना नहीं, उससे आत्मपहचान और अनिवार्य अपेक्षा बाँध लेना है। “न दुःखाय न तुष्टये” अनुभवहीन हो जाना नहीं, अनुकूल-अनुकूलता के बीच भीतर की स्थिरता है। यह किसी के प्रति उदासीनता या सुख-दुःख व्यक्त न करने की बाध्यता नहीं बताता।

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

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  66. 3.14 — Original / source text

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