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Chapter 18

Śāntiśatakam — One Hundred Verses on PeaceŚāntiśatakam — One Hundred Verses on Peace

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18.1

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

यस्य बोधोदये तावत्स्वप्नवद् भवति भ्रमः । तस्मै सुखैकरूपाय नमः शान्ताय तेजसे ॥१८.१॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Salutations to the peaceful, luminous reality of undivided happiness: when its knowledge dawns, delusion becomes like a dream.

Roman reading

yasya bodhodaye taavatsvapnavad bhavati bhramah | tasmai sukhaikaroopaaya namah shaantaaya tejase ||18.1||yasya bodhodaye tāvatsvapnavad bhavati bhramaḥ | tasmai sukhaikarūpāya namaḥ śāntāya tejase ||18.1||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The opening bows to luminous awareness rather than celebrating a personal achievement. The dream comparison concerns a change in the standing of error: an appearance once treated as ultimately real loses that authority on awakening.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

प्रारंभ किसी व्यक्ति की विजय नहीं, उस ज्ञान-स्वरूप के प्रति नम्रता है। स्वप्न की उपमा बताती है कि पहले सच लगने वाला भ्रम जागने पर अपना अधिकार खो देता है। अनुभवों के होने से इनकार नहीं किया गया है।

18.2

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

अर्जयित्वाखिलान् अर्थान् भोगानाप्नोति पुष्कलान् । न हि सर्वपरित्यागमन्तरेण सुखी भवेत् ॥१८.२॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Even after acquiring every possession and abundant pleasures, one does not become truly happy without relinquishing all possessive attachment.

Roman reading

arjayitvaakhilaan arthaan bhogaanaapnoti pushkalaan | na hi sarvaparityaagamantarena sukhee bhavet ||18.2||arjayitvākhilān arthān bhogānāpnoti puṣkalān | na hi sarvaparityāgamantareṇa sukhī bhavet ||18.2||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The force of renunciation is inward: enjoying or using things differs from requiring them to certify one's completeness. The verse does not by itself demand that someone abandon dependants or destroy useful possessions.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यहाँ 'सर्वपरित्याग' को संपत्ति नष्ट करने का आदेश मानना जल्दबाजी होगी। प्रसंग में भीतर के अधिकार-बोध को छोड़ना प्रमुख है; आवश्यक साधनों का जिम्मेदार उपयोग अलग बात है।

18.3

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

कर्तव्यदुःखमार्तण्डज्वालादग्धान्तरात्मनः । कुतः प्रशमपीयूषधारासारमृते सुखम् ॥१८.३॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

How can one scorched inwardly by the blazing burden of duties find happiness without a cooling stream of peace?

Roman reading

kartavyaduhkhamaartandajvaalaadagdhaantaraatmanah | kutah prashamapeeyooshadhaaraasaaramrite sukham ||18.3||kartavyaduḥkhamārtaṇḍajvālādagdhāntarātmanaḥ | kutaḥ praśamapīyūṣadhārāsāramṛte sukham ||18.3||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse targets the scorching psychology of compulsive obligation. Responsible action can continue, but the feverish identification with every task as a test of personal worth can soften.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

कर्म करना और हर काम को अपने अस्तित्व पर लदा बोझ बना लेना समान नहीं हैं। अष्टावक्र दूसरे भाव को चुनौती देते हैं; सामाजिक कर्तव्यों की उपेक्षा इसका आशय नहीं है।

18.4

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

भवोऽयं भावनामात्रो न किञ्चित् परमार्थतः । नास्त्यभावः स्वभावानां भावाभावविभाविनाम् ॥१८.४॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The world of becoming appears through conceptual imagination; the reality that illuminates judgments of existence and nonexistence is not thereby absent.

Roman reading

bhavo’yam bhaavanaamaatro na kinchit paramaarthatah | naastyabhaavah svabhaavaanaam bhaavaabhaavavibhaavinaam ||18.4||bhavo’yaṃ bhāvanāmātro na kiñcit paramārthataḥ | nāstyabhāvaḥ svabhāvānāṃ bhāvābhāvavibhāvinām ||18.4||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

This difficult formulation distinguishes changing appearances from the presence by which they are known. Its precise grammar deserves review, and the claim of appearance must not erase the practical reality of suffering.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

भाव और अभाव का कठिन वाक्य तत्त्वमीमांसा से जुड़ा है। यह सामान्य दुनिया को असत्य कहकर दूसरों के दुःख से मुँह फेरने का प्रमाण नहीं है; शब्दार्थ स्वतंत्र संस्कृत समीक्षा में जाँचना होगा।

18.5

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

न दूरं न च सङ्कोचाल्लब्धमेवात्मनः पदम् । निर्विकल्पं निरायासं निर्विकारं निरञ्जनम् ॥१८.५॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The Self's abode is neither distant nor won by constriction: it is beyond alternatives, effortless, unchanging and stainless.

Roman reading

na dooram na cha sankochaallabdhamevaatmanah padam | nirvikalpam niraayaasam nirvikaaram niranjanam ||18.5||na dūraṃ na ca saṅkocāllabdhamevātmanaḥ padam | nirvikalpaṃ nirāyāsaṃ nirvikāraṃ nirañjanam ||18.5||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse redirects a search conceived as travel toward recognition of what is already present. Practice may clarify attention, but cannot manufacture the awareness whose nature is being considered.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

दूर की वस्तु खोजने की आदत यहाँ छोड़ने को कहा गया है। अपनी जागरूकता की पहचान कोई स्थानांतरण नहीं; साधना ध्यान तैयार कर सकती है पर आत्मा को बना नहीं सकती।

18.6

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

व्यामोहमात्रविरतौ स्वरूपादानमात्रतः । वीतशोका विराजन्ते निरावरणदृष्टयः ॥१८.६॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

When bewilderment falls away and true nature is recognized, those whose vision is unobstructed shine free of fundamental sorrow.

Roman reading

vyaamohamaatraviratau svaroopaadaanamaatratah | veetashokaa viraajante niraavaranadrishtayah ||18.6||vyāmohamātraviratau svarūpādānamātrataḥ | vītaśokā virājante nirāvaraṇadṛṣṭayaḥ ||18.6||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Freedom from sorrow here names the transformation of fundamental self-misunderstanding. It should not be read as the clinical claim that a wise person cannot feel grief or bodily pain.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

'शोकहीनता' को किसी व्यक्ति में कभी दुःख न आने का चिकित्सकीय दावा न बनाया जाए। इसका लक्ष्य मूल आत्मभ्रम है, जो अनुभवों के बीच असुरक्षा को बढ़ाता है।

18.7

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

समस्तं कल्पनामात्रमात्मा मुक्तः सनातनः । इति विज्ञाय धीरो हि किमभ्यस्यति बालवत् ॥१८.७॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Knowing appearances as conceptual constructions and the Self as eternally free, why would the wise keep rehearsing attainment like a child?

Roman reading

samastam kalpanaamaatramaatmaa muktah sanaatanah | iti vijnaaya dheero hi kimabhyasyati baalavat ||18.7||samastaṃ kalpanāmātramātmā muktaḥ sanātanaḥ | iti vijñāya dhīro hi kimabhyasyati bālavat ||18.7||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The paradox criticizes practice treated as a way of producing an already-free Self. It does not show that learning, meditation, or ethical preparation is universally useless.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह अभ्यास-विरोधी तीखा प्रश्न उस अभ्यास पर है जो पहले से मुक्त आत्मा को भविष्य की उपलब्धि बनाता है। अध्ययन, ध्यान और नैतिक अनुशासन का स्थान संदर्भ के अनुसार बना रह सकता है।

18.8

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

आत्मा ब्रह्मेति निश्चित्य भावाभावौ च कल्पितौ । निष्कामः किं विजानाति किं ब्रूते च करोति किम् ॥१८.८॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Once the Self is known as Brahman and notions of being and nonbeing are seen as imagined divisions, what must the desireless person know, say or do to complete himself?

Roman reading

aatmaa brahmeti nishchitya bhaavaabhaavau cha kalpitau | nishkaamah kim vijaanaati kim broote cha karoti kim ||18.8||ātmā brahmeti niścitya bhāvābhāvau ca kalpitau | niṣkāmaḥ kiṃ vijānāti kiṃ brūte ca karoti kim ||18.8||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

These rhetorical questions challenge the sense of an unfinished self that must be completed by more knowledge or performance. They do not cancel communication or ordinary work.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

प्रश्न सामान्य बोलचाल या ज्ञान के समाप्त होने का नहीं, 'मुझे अभी कुछ हासिल करना शेष है' वाली बेचैनी के ढलने का है। व्यवहार तब भी चल सकता है।

18.9

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

अयं सोऽहमयं नाहमिति क्षीणा विकल्पना । सर्वमात्मेति निश्चित्य तूष्णीम्भूतस्य योगिनः ॥१८.९॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

For the yogin who knows all as the Self, the divisions 'this am I' and 'that am I not' fade into inner stillness.

Roman reading

ayam so’hamayam naahamiti ksheenaa vikalpanaa | sarvamaatmeti nishchitya tooshneembhootasya yoginah ||18.9||ayaṃ so’hamayaṃ nāhamiti kṣīṇā vikalpanā | sarvamātmeti niścitya tūṣṇīmbhūtasya yoginaḥ ||18.9||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Inner silence means less possessive division, not the loss of practical distinctions between people. Nonduality and respect for others' boundaries need not conflict.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह बाहरी पहचान के व्यावहारिक अंतर मिटाने की माँग नहीं है। अद्वैत के स्तर पर आत्मा की अविभाज्यता और समाज में व्यक्तियों की अलग जिम्मेदारियाँ साथ समझी जा सकती हैं।

Original / source text

Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

न विक्षेपो न चैकाग्र्यं नातिबोधो न मूढता । न सुखं न च वा दुःखमुपशान्तस्य योगिनः ॥१८.१०॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

For the quieted yogin, distraction or concentration, unusual knowledge or confusion, happiness or sorrow no longer defines the deepest identity.

Roman reading

na vikshepo na chaikaagryam naatibodho na moodhataa | na sukham na cha vaa duhkhamupashaantasya yoginah ||18.10||na vikṣepo na caikāgryaṃ nātibodho na mūḍhatā | na sukhaṃ na ca vā duḥkhamupaśāntasya yoginaḥ ||18.10||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

States still arise in experience. The philosophical point is that no single state of mind has ultimate authority to define awareness; it is not advice to neglect mental health.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

अनुभव में ये अवस्थाएँ दिखाई दे सकती हैं; श्लोक कहता है कि आत्मस्वरूप किसी एक अवस्था पर निर्भर नहीं। मनोवैज्ञानिक कठिनाई का उपचार छोड़ना इसका अभिप्राय नहीं है।

18.11

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

स्वाराज्ये भैक्षवृत्तौ च लाभालाभे जने वने । निर्विकल्पस्वभावस्य न विशेषोऽस्ति योगिनः ॥१८.११॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Whether ruling or living on alms, gaining or losing, dwelling among people or in a forest, the undivided yogin remains inwardly the same.

Roman reading

svaaraajye bhaikshavrittau cha laabhaalaabhe jane vane | nirvikalpasvabhaavasya na vishesho’sti yoginah ||18.11||svārājye bhaikṣavṛttau ca lābhālābhe jane vane | nirvikalpasvabhāvasya na viśeṣo’sti yoginaḥ ||18.11||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse separates inner sufficiency from social status and location. It does not claim poverty and wealth have identical practical effects or remove duties toward those in need.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

परिस्थिति की वास्तविक विषमता से आँख मूँदना समता नहीं है। उपमा समझाती है कि व्यक्ति की आत्मिक पूर्णता बाहरी पद या ठिकाने से तय नहीं होती।

18.12

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

क्व धर्मः क्व च वा कामः क्व चार्थः क्व विवेकिता । इदं कृतमिदं नेति द्वन्द्वैर्मुक्तस्य योगिनः ॥१८.१२॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

For the yogin freed from inner dualities of 'done' and 'undone,' the categories of duty, gain, desire and discriminating achievement cease to define ultimate identity.

Roman reading

kva dharmah kva cha vaa kaamah kva chaarthah kva vivekitaa | idam kritamidam neti dvandvairmuktasya yoginah ||18.12||kva dharmaḥ kva ca vā kāmaḥ kva cārthaḥ kva vivekitā | idaṃ kṛtamidaṃ neti dvandvairmuktasya yoginaḥ ||18.12||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The traditional life-goals are invoked to question achievement as the ground of Selfhood. This is a metaphysical critique, not a cancellation of responsible ethical decision-making.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

पुरुषार्थों की सूची को सामाजिक नियमों का निषेध पढ़ना उचित नहीं। अष्टावक्र यहाँ सिद्धि के मानदंड पर प्रश्न उठाते हैं, व्यवहार में निर्णय की आवश्यकता पर नहीं।

18.13

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

कृत्यं किमपि नैवास्ति न कापि हृदि रञ्जना । यथा जीवनमेवेह जीवन्मुक्तस्य योगिनः ॥१८.१३॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

For one free while living there is no binding inner agenda or clinging fascination; life proceeds as it comes.

Roman reading

krityam kimapi naivaasti na kaapi hridi ranjanaa | yathaa jeevanameveha jeevanmuktasya yoginah ||18.13||kṛtyaṃ kimapi naivāsti na kāpi hṛdi rañjanā | yathā jīvanameveha jīvanmuktasya yoginaḥ ||18.13||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The statement of 'nothing to do' speaks to compulsion and self-definition, not literal inability to act. Daily relationships and obligations can remain fully meaningful.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

'कोई काम नहीं' कहने का आशय सभी गतिविधियों का नाश नहीं है। कर्तव्य के साथ जुड़ी आत्म-पहचान का कठोर आग्रह ढीला पड़ता है।

18.14

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

क्व मोहः क्व च वा विश्वं क्व तद् ध्यानं क्व मुक्तता । सर्वसङ्कल्पसीमायां विश्रान्तस्य महात्मनः ॥१८.१४॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

For one resting beyond the reach of conceptual projections, where do delusion, world, meditation or liberation remain as problems to settle?

Roman reading

kva mohah kva cha vaa vishvam kva tad dhyaanam kva muktataa | sarvasankalpaseemaayaam vishraantasya mahaatmanah ||18.14||kva mohaḥ kva ca vā viśvaṃ kva tad dhyānaṃ kva muktatā | sarvasaṅkalpasīmāyāṃ viśrāntasya mahātmanaḥ ||18.14||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The rhetoric looks back from the supposed culmination of inquiry, when even the means are not clung to. It is not a license to demean seekers whose practices are still helpful.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह साधन की चरम सीमा पर पहुँचकर उसके प्रति भी आग्रह न रखने का चित्र है। अभ्यास करने वाले अन्य साधकों पर इसे श्रेष्ठता जताने के लिए नहीं लगाया जाना चाहिए।

18.15

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

येन विश्वमिदं दृष्टं स नास्तीति करोतु वै । निर्वासनः किं कुरुते पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति ॥१८.१५॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

One may deny the world one has perceived; the desireless person, however, sees without making perception into bondage.

Roman reading

yena vishvamidam drishtam sa naasteeti karotu vai | nirvaasanah kim kurute pashyannapi na pashyati ||18.15||yena viśvamidaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ sa nāstīti karotu vai | nirvāsanaḥ kiṃ kurute paśyannapi na paśyati ||18.15||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Metaphysical denial can itself become another fixation. The contrast is with a person whose seeing is no longer arranged around acquisition and avoidance.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

सिर्फ 'जगत नहीं है' कहना नया मत बन सकता है। दृष्टि के पीछे लोभ और स्वामित्व की पकड़ मिटना श्लोक का सूक्ष्म विषय है।

18.16

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

येन दृष्टं परं ब्रह्म सोऽहं ब्रह्मेति चिन्तयेत् । किं चिन्तयति निश्चिन्तो द्वितीयं यो न पश्यति ॥१८.१६॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

One who has glimpsed Brahman may meditate 'I am Brahman'; but what conceptual rehearsal remains for one who no longer posits a second reality?

Roman reading

yena drishtam param brahma so’ham brahmeti chintayet | kim chintayati nishchinto dviteeyam yo na pashyati ||18.16||yena dṛṣṭaṃ paraṃ brahma so’haṃ brahmeti cintayet | kiṃ cintayati niścinto dvitīyaṃ yo na paśyati ||18.16||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

A declaration of identity can serve as a contemplative aid. The verse imagines a recognition so settled that repeating the formula to secure it becomes unnecessary.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

महावाक्य का चिंतन एक सहायक उपाय हो सकता है। यहाँ उस अवस्था की बात है जिसमें वाक्य का अर्थ भीतर स्पष्ट हो चुका हो और बार-बार प्रमाण की चाह न रही हो।

18.17

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

दृष्टो येनात्मविक्षेपो निरोधं कुरुते त्वसौ । उदारस्तु न विक्षिप्तः साध्याभावात्करोति किम् ॥१८.१७॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

A person troubled by distraction seeks restraint; the one not inwardly distracted has no further state to engineer.

Roman reading

drishto yenaatmavikshepo nirodham kurute tvasau | udaarastu na vikshiptah saadhyaabhaavaatkaroti kim ||18.17||dṛṣṭo yenātmavikṣepo nirodhaṃ kurute tvasau | udārastu na vikṣiptaḥ sādhyābhāvātkaroti kim ||18.17||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

A practice is meaningful relative to a problem. The verse distinguishes the effort to steady an unsettled mind from the ease of one no longer treating steadiness as a prize.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

प्रयत्न और उसका अभाव अलग अवस्थाओं के अनुरूप हैं। ध्यान को लेकर यह सार्वभौमिक आज्ञा नहीं कि किसी को मन का प्रशिक्षण नहीं करना चाहिए।

18.18

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

धीरो लोकविपर्यस्तो वर्तमानोऽपि लोकवत् । न समाधिं न विक्षेपं न लोपं स्वस्य पश्यति ॥१८.१८॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The wise may participate in ordinary society yet find neither distraction, a prized trance, nor loss of the Self in their true nature.

Roman reading

dheero lokaviparyasto vartamaano’pi lokavat | na samaadhim na vikshepam na lopam svasya pashyati ||18.18||dhīro lokaviparyasto vartamāno’pi lokavat | na samādhiṃ na vikṣepaṃ na lopaṃ svasya paśyati ||18.18||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Outward normality and inward freedom are not opposites. The verse resists treating exceptional meditative behavior as a necessary sign of realization.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

बाहरी चलन सामान्य रह सकता है जबकि भीतरी पहचान बदल चुकी हो। समता का परीक्षण दूसरों के हावभाव से करना संभव नहीं।

18.19

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

भावाभावविहीनो यस्तृप्तो निर्वासनो बुधः । नैव किञ्चित्कृतं तेन लोकदृष्ट्या विकुर्वता ॥१८.१९॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The fulfilled sage, free from fixation on existence and nonexistence, may appear active to others without claiming ultimate authorship of action.

Roman reading

bhaavaabhaavaviheeno yastripto nirvaasano budhah | naiva kinchitkritam tena lokadrishtyaa vikurvataa ||18.19||bhāvābhāvavihīno yastṛpto nirvāsano budhaḥ | naiva kiñcitkṛtaṃ tena lokadṛṣṭyā vikurvatā ||18.19||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Non-doership here is a metaphysical account of identity, not immunity from the consequences of choices. That distinction is essential whenever the verse meets practical life.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह अद्वैत का अकर्तृत्व है, कानून या नैतिक परिणामों से छूट नहीं। कर्म और उसके प्रभाव व्यवहार की दुनिया में बने रहते हैं।

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

प्रवृत्तौ वा निवृत्तौ वा नैव धीरस्य दुर्ग्रहः । यदा यत्कर्तुमायाति तत्कृत्वा तिष्ठतः सुखम् ॥१८.२०॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The wise cling neither to activity nor withdrawal; they do what comes appropriately and remain at ease.

Roman reading

pravrittau vaa nivrittau vaa naiva dheerasya durgrahah | yadaa yatkartumaayaati tatkritvaa tishthatah sukham ||18.20||pravṛttau vā nivṛttau vā naiva dhīrasya durgrahaḥ | yadā yatkartumāyāti tatkṛtvā tiṣṭhataḥ sukham ||18.20||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

This verse values flexibility rather than a fixed ideology of work or inactivity. Responsiveness to circumstances can coexist with deep nonattachment.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यहाँ अकर्मण्यता की नहीं, लचीली स्वतंत्रता की प्रशंसा है। परिस्थिति समझना, दूसरों की जरूरत देखना और उचित कर्म चुनना तब भी आवश्यक है।

18.21

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

निर्वासनो निरालम्बः स्वच्छन्दो मुक्तबन्धनः । क्षिप्तः संस्कारवातेन चेष्टते शुष्कपर्णवत् ॥१८.२१॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Unbound by craving or dependence, the sage's movements are likened to a dry leaf stirred by the wind of residual tendencies.

Roman reading

nirvaasano niraalambah svachchhando muktabandhanah | kshiptah samskaaravaatena cheshtate shushkaparnavat ||18.21||nirvāsano nirālambaḥ svacchando muktabandhanaḥ | kṣiptaḥ saṃskāravātena ceṣṭate śuṣkaparṇavat ||18.21||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The wind-and-leaf image illustrates action without possessive ownership. It should not be pressed into the claim that the sage becomes incapable of judgment.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

सूखे पत्ते की उपमा सहज गति समझाती है, विवेक का पूर्ण अभाव नहीं। पुराने संस्कार कैसे कार्य करते हैं, यह दार्शनिक समीक्षा का विषय है।

18.22

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

असंसारस्य तु क्वापि न हर्षो न विषादता । स शीतलमना नित्यं विदेह इव राजये ॥१८.२२॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The cool-minded sage, released from binding worldliness, shines as though beyond bodily identification and the tyranny of elation and despair.

Roman reading

asamsaarasya tu kvaapi na harsho na vishaadataa | sa sheetalamanaa nityam videha iva raajaye ||18.22||asaṃsārasya tu kvāpi na harṣo na viṣādatā | sa śītalamanā nityaṃ videha iva rājaye ||18.22||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse uses 'as if bodiless' to describe freedom from possessive identification. It does not declare the body unreal for purposes of health or care.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

'विदेह इव' उपमा है, शारीरिक आवश्यकताओं की अस्वीकृति नहीं। आनंद और पीड़ा का अनुभव होने पर भी उनके अधीन न होने की बात है।

18.23

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

कुत्रापि न जिहासास्ति नाशो वापि न कुत्रचित् । आत्मारामस्य धीरस्य शीतलाच्छतरात्मनः ॥१८.२३॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

In the clear-hearted sage delighted in the Self, there is no compulsive need to discard something or expectation that something else must arrive.

Roman reading

kutraapi na jihaasaasti naasho vaapi na kutrachit | aatmaaraamasya dheerasya sheetalaachchhataraatmanah ||18.23||kutrāpi na jihāsāsti nāśo vāpi na kutracit | ātmārāmasya dhīrasya śītalācchatarātmanaḥ ||18.23||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The absence of craving does not prohibit improving harmful conditions. What falls away is the idea that completion hinges on endless acquisition or rejection.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

दुःखद परिस्थिति को सुधारना फिर भी उचित हो सकता है। त्याग और ग्रहण को अपनी स्थायी पहचान बनाने वाली आतुरता पर प्रश्न है।

18.24

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

प्रकृत्या शून्यचित्तस्य कुर्वतोऽस्य यदृच्छया । प्राकृतस्येव धीरस्य न मानो नावमानता ॥१८.२४॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The naturally unpossessive sage acts as circumstances require without being inwardly governed by praise or insult.

Roman reading

prakrityaa shoonyachittasya kurvato’sya yadrichchhayaa | praakritasyeva dheerasya na maano naavamaanataa ||18.24||prakṛtyā śūnyacittasya kurvato’sya yadṛcchayā | prākṛtasyeva dhīrasya na māno nāvamānatā ||18.24||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Freedom from social approval does not mean indifference to just criticism. The focus is the loss of egoic dependence on reputation.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह निर्लज्जता नहीं, बाहरी प्रतिक्रिया पर निर्भरता कम होना है। दूसरों की युक्तिसंगत आलोचना सुनना और उससे सीखना बना रह सकता है।

18.25

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

कृतं देहेन कर्मेदं न मया शुद्धरूपिणा । इति चिन्तानुरोधी यः कुर्वन्नपि करोति न ॥१८.२५॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Understanding that bodily action occurs while pure awareness is not an individual agent, one acts without claiming ultimate doership.

Roman reading

kritam dehena karmedam na mayaa shuddharoopinaa | iti chintaanurodhee yah kurvannapi karoti na ||18.25||kṛtaṃ dehena karmedaṃ na mayā śuddharūpiṇā | iti cintānurodhī yaḥ kurvannapi karoti na ||18.25||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The sharp distinction between action and awareness belongs to the nondual standpoint. Real-world accountability, repair of harm and consideration for others continue at the practical level.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

अकर्तृत्व का यह सूत्र बार-बार आता है, इसलिए जिम्मेदारी की सीमा स्पष्ट रखनी चाहिए। व्यवहार में किसी को चोट पहुँचे तो क्षतिपूर्ति और उत्तरदायित्व के प्रश्न समाप्त नहीं होते।

18.26

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

अतद्वादीव कुरुते न भवेदपि बालिशः । जीवन्मुक्तः सुखी श्रीमान् संसरन्नपि शोभते ॥१८.२६॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The liberated person lives and acts in the world with ease, without requiring a special philosophical performance.

Roman reading

atadvaadeeva kurute na bhavedapi baalishah | jeevanmuktah sukhee shreemaan samsarannapi shobhate ||18.26||atadvādīva kurute na bhavedapi bāliśaḥ | jīvanmuktaḥ sukhī śrīmān saṃsarannapi śobhate ||18.26||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The teaching discourages measuring awakening by spiritual slogans or the appearance of wisdom. Ordinary participation need not contradict inward release.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

आध्यात्मिकता को बोलचाल की शैली या प्रदर्शन से मापना कठिन है। बाहरी चुप्पी या वाचालता निर्णायक प्रमाण नहीं है।

18.27

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

नानाविचारसुश्रान्तो धीरो विश्रान्तिमागतः । न कल्पते न जानाति न शृणोति न पश्यति ॥१८.२७॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

After the exhaustion of endless thinking, the wise rest without turning imagination, knowing, hearing or seeing into fresh projects of self-definition.

Roman reading

naanaavichaarasushraanto dheero vishraantimaagatah | na kalpate na jaanaati na shrinoti na pashyati ||18.27||nānāvicārasuśrānto dhīro viśrāntimāgataḥ | na kalpate na jānāti na śṛṇoti na paśyati ||18.27||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The negations are deliberately paradoxical; they do not describe literal blindness or deafness. They undo the mental habit of seeking final security in each new thought.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

इन निषेधों को इंद्रिय-क्रियाओं के शाब्दिक लोप की तरह न पढ़ें। संदर्भ में ज्ञान का दावा और उसके सहारे अहंकार बनाना ढलता है।

18.28

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

असमाधेरविक्षेपान् न मुमुक्षुर्न चेतरः । निश्चित्य कल्पितं पश्यन् ब्रह्मैवास्ते महाशयः ॥१८.२८॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Seeing concentration and distraction as conceptual distinctions, the great-hearted one abides as Brahman rather than chasing a new identity as a seeker.

Roman reading

asamaadheravikshepaan na mumukshurna chetarah | nishchitya kalpitam pashyan brahmaivaaste mahaashayah ||18.28||asamādheravikṣepān na mumukṣurna cetaraḥ | niścitya kalpitaṃ paśyan brahmaivāste mahāśayaḥ ||18.28||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The text does not deny the practical usefulness of concentration. It questions making a special mental state the condition of ultimate freedom.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

एकाग्रता उपयोगी हो सकती है, किंतु आत्मा को उसी अनुभव तक सीमित नहीं करना चाहिए। लक्ष्य की अनवरत भूख स्वयं बाधा बनती है।

18.29

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

यस्यान्तः स्यादहङ्कारो न करोति करोति सः । निरहङ्कारधीरेण न किञ्चिदकृतं कृतम् ॥१८.२९॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

With egoic appropriation, even inaction becomes self-assertion; without it, action need not bind the wise.

Roman reading

yasyaantah syaadahankaaro na karoti karoti sah | nirahankaaradheerena na kinchidakritam kritam ||18.29||yasyāntaḥ syādahaṅkāro na karoti karoti saḥ | nirahaṅkāradhīreṇa na kiñcidakṛtaṃ kṛtam ||18.29||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The contrast is about identification, not the number of visible actions. One can make inactivity a proud achievement, or act conscientiously without possessive self-display.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

कर्म की मात्रा के स्थान पर कर्तापन का भाव निर्णायक है। यह विरोधाभास आत्मदर्शन को लक्ष्य बनाता है, सामाजिक उत्तरदायित्व को नहीं मिटाता।

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

नोद्विग्नं न च सन्तुष्टमकर्तृ स्पन्दवर्जितम् । निराशं गतसन्देहं चित्तं मुक्तस्य राजते ॥१८.३०॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The liberated mind is portrayed as free from agitation, possessive satisfaction, demanding hope and fundamental doubt, shining in non-doership.

Roman reading

nodvignam na cha santushtamakartri spandavarjitam | niraasham gatasandeham chittam muktasya raajate ||18.30||nodvignaṃ na ca santuṣṭamakartṛ spandavarjitam | nirāśaṃ gatasandehaṃ cittaṃ muktasya rājate ||18.30||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse sketches a settled disposition, not emotional anaesthesia. Its freedom is from the demands that turn every feeling into a threat to identity.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

शब्दों का जोर स्थायी आत्मिक पकड़ पर है, हर क्षण किसी भावना के न होने पर नहीं। शांत मन को सुन्न मन समझना भूल होगी।

18.31

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

निर्ध्यातुं चेष्टितुं वापि यच्चित्तं न प्रवर्तते । निर्निमित्तमिदं किन्तु निर्ध्यायेति विचेष्टते ॥१८.३१॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

When the mind is no longer driven to meditate or perform, contemplation and action can nevertheless arise without a self-seeking motive.

Roman reading

nirdhyaatum cheshtitum vaapi yachchittam na pravartate | nirnimittamidam kintu nirdhyaayeti vicheshtate ||18.31||nirdhyātuṃ ceṣṭituṃ vāpi yaccittaṃ na pravartate | nirnimittamidaṃ kintu nirdhyāyeti viceṣṭate ||18.31||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The passage reverses the ordinary causal story: action need not always be fueled by a project of becoming someone. Spontaneity is not the same as heedlessness.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह सहजता उस सूक्ष्म भेद को खोलती है जिसमें प्रयास एक मजबूरी नहीं रहता। ध्यान का अनुभव हो सकता है लेकिन उससे अपनी पहचान सिद्ध करने की तड़प नहीं।

18.32

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

तत्त्वं यथार्थमाकर्ण्य मन्दः प्राप्नोति मूढताम् । अथवा याति सङ्कोचममूढः कोऽपि मूढवत् ॥१८.३२॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

On hearing the truth, an unready person may become confused or withdrawn; an unpretentious knower may even appear foolish to others.

Roman reading

tattvam yathaarthamaakarnya mandah praapnoti moodhataam | athavaa yaati sankochamamoodhah ko’pi moodhavat ||18.32||tattvaṃ yathārthamākarṇya mandaḥ prāpnoti mūḍhatām | athavā yāti saṅkocamamūḍhaḥ ko’pi mūḍhavat ||18.32||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse warns that insight cannot be identified simply by impressive speech. Nor is confusion, incapacity or ignorance itself evidence of realization.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

शास्त्र की भाषा हर श्रोता पर एक जैसी नहीं पड़ती। इस श्लोक से किसी की बौद्धिक अक्षमता को आध्यात्मिक श्रेष्ठता का प्रमाण नहीं बनाया जा सकता।

18.33

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

एकाग्रता निरोधो वा मूढैरभ्यस्यते भृशम् । धीराः कृत्यं न पश्यन्ति सुप्तवत्स्वपदे स्थिताः ॥१८.३३॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Some strive intensely for concentration and control; the wise are pictured as naturally resting in their own nature.

Roman reading

ekaagrataa nirodho vaa moodhairabhyasyate bhrisham | dheeraah krityam na pashyanti suptavatsvapade sthitaah ||18.33||ekāgratā nirodho vā mūḍhairabhyasyate bhṛśam | dhīrāḥ kṛtyaṃ na paśyanti suptavatsvapade sthitāḥ ||18.33||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The distinction is between training that is still needed and a claim that the Self must be manufactured. The line is sharp, so its pastoral use requires care.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

दूसरों के अभ्यास को नीचा दिखाना इसका उपयोगी अर्थ नहीं। जहाँ चित्त अस्थिर हो, अनुशासन सहायक हो सकता है; पर साध्य को स्वनिर्मित वस्तु न मानें।

18.34

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

अप्रयत्नात् प्रयत्नाद् वा मूढो नाप्नोति निर्वृतिम् । तत्त्वनिश्चयमात्रेण प्राज्ञो भवति निर्वृतः ॥१८.३४॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Neither forcing effort nor adopting effortlessness as a pose grants peace to the confused; clear recognition of truth brings rest to the discerning.

Roman reading

aprayatnaat prayatnaad vaa moodho naapnoti nirvritim | tattvanishchayamaatrena praajno bhavati nirvritah ||18.34||aprayatnāt prayatnād vā mūḍho nāpnoti nirvṛtim | tattvaniścayamātreṇa prājño bhavati nirvṛtaḥ ||18.34||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

One can make 'not trying' another strategy for acquisition. The verse shifts attention from manipulating methods to understanding the mistaken premise of the search.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

अप्रयत्न भी एक नया प्रदर्शन बन सकता है। श्लोक व्यवहार की उपयोगिता से अधिक आत्मा की अस्मिता को गलत लक्ष्य मानने पर जोर देता है।

18.35

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

शुद्धं बुद्धं प्रियं पूर्णं निष्प्रपञ्चं निरामयम् । आत्मानं तं न जानन्ति तत्राभ्यासपरा जनाः ॥१८.३५॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Absorption in practice alone can obscure recognition of the pure, aware, beloved, complete and unsullied Self.

Roman reading

shuddham buddham priyam poornam nishprapancham niraamayam | aatmaanam tam na jaananti tatraabhyaasaparaa janaah ||18.35||śuddhaṃ buddhaṃ priyaṃ pūrṇaṃ niṣprapañcaṃ nirāmayam | ātmānaṃ taṃ na jānanti tatrābhyāsaparā janāḥ ||18.35||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The critique concerns attachment to the means, not a categorical dismissal of all disciplines. The Self is not an object produced by a successful exercise.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

अभ्यास का मूल उद्देश्य समझना आवश्यक है। साधन जब स्वयं प्रतिष्ठा का साधन बन जाए तो उसके पार की दृष्टि खो जाती है; यह समग्र योग-निषेध नहीं है।

18.36

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

नाप्नोति कर्मणा मोक्षं विमूढोऽभ्यासरूपिणा । धन्यो विज्ञानमात्रेण मुक्तस्तिष्ठत्यविक्रियः ॥१८.३६॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Liberation is not a product manufactured through repetitive action; insight reveals the unchanging freedom of the sage.

Roman reading

naapnoti karmanaa moksham vimoodho’bhyaasaroopinaa | dhanyo vijnaanamaatrena muktastishthatyavikriyah ||18.36||nāpnoti karmaṇā mokṣaṃ vimūḍho’bhyāsarūpiṇā | dhanyo vijñānamātreṇa muktastiṣṭhatyavikriyaḥ ||18.36||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The central question is whether an unchanging Self can be generated by a temporal procedure. Reflection can clarify error; it does not manufacture its own ground.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

अष्टावक्र कारण और परिणाम की भाषा को चेतना पर लागू करने से रोकते हैं। श्रवण-मनन की भूमिका नकारे बिना वे अंतिम सत्य को समयबद्ध उपलब्धि नहीं मानते।

18.37

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

मूढो नाप्नोति तद् ब्रह्म यतो भवितुमिच्छति । अनिच्छन्नपि धीरो हि परब्रह्मस्वरूपभाक् ॥१८.३७॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The seeker who tries to become Brahman keeps it at a distance; the wise do not require that desire to share in ultimate reality.

Roman reading

moodho naapnoti tad brahma yato bhavitumichchhati | anichchhannapi dheero hi parabrahmasvaroopabhaak ||18.37||mūḍho nāpnoti tad brahma yato bhavitumicchati | anicchannapi dhīro hi parabrahmasvarūpabhāk ||18.37||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

A future-tense spiritual identity can perpetuate separation. The verse contrasts becoming with recognizing the reality that is not made by ambition.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

भविष्य की उपलब्धि की कल्पना ही द्वैत का रूप ले सकती है। ज्ञान का संकेत अपने को पहले से बुनियादी रूप में देखने की ओर है।

18.38

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

निराधारा ग्रहव्यग्रा मूढाः संसारपोषकाः । एतस्यानर्थमूलस्य मूलच्छेदः कृतो बुधैः ॥१८.३८॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Grasping for supports feeds the cycle of bondage; discerning people cut the root of this harmful dependence.

Roman reading

niraadhaaraa grahavyagraa moodhaah samsaaraposhakaah | etasyaanarthamoolasya moolachchhedah krito budhaih ||18.38||nirādhārā grahavyagrā mūḍhāḥ saṃsārapoṣakāḥ | etasyānarthamūlasya mūlacchedaḥ kṛto budhaiḥ ||18.38||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The image of cutting the root refers to compulsive existential dependence, not refusing practical help or social support when they are needed.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

बाहरी सहारे लेना स्वाभाविक और कभी आवश्यक भी है। यहाँ परम आधार को वस्तुओं में ढूँढ़ने वाली मानसिक पकड़ को निशाना बनाया गया है।

18.39

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

न शान्तिं लभते मूढो यतः शमितुमिच्छति । धीरस्तत्त्वं विनिश्चित्य सर्वदा शान्तमानसः ॥१८.३९॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The person who grasps at peace as an achievement fails to find it; insight brings a quieter relation to experience.

Roman reading

na shaantim labhate moodho yatah shamitumichchhati | dheerastattvam vinishchitya sarvadaa shaantamaanasah ||18.39||na śāntiṃ labhate mūḍho yataḥ śamitumicchati | dhīrastattvaṃ viniścitya sarvadā śāntamānasaḥ ||18.39||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Trying to seize quietude can preserve the disturbance it was meant to cure. Relaxation techniques still have value; the verse questions their promotion into an ultimate identity.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

इच्छा का लक्ष्य बदल जाने से उसकी जकड़न नहीं जाती। इस श्लोक की पहचान 'शांति चाहिए' की बेचैनी को समझने से है, न कि विश्राम तकनीकों का उपहास करने से।

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

क्वात्मनो दर्शनं तस्य यद् दृष्टमवलम्बते । धीरास्तं तं न पश्यन्ति पश्यन्त्यात्मानमव्ययम् ॥१८.४०॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The Self is not found by clinging to a visible object; the wise recognize the imperishable awareness in which objects are known.

Roman reading

kvaatmano darshanam tasya yad drishtamavalambate | dheeraastam tam na pashyanti pashyantyaatmaanamavyayam ||18.40||kvātmano darśanaṃ tasya yad dṛṣṭamavalambate | dhīrāstaṃ taṃ na paśyanti paśyantyātmānamavyayam ||18.40||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse examines the structure of seeing itself. Any object offered as the final observer remains something observed, leaving the central inquiry unresolved.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यहाँ देखने वाले और देखे जाने वाले का संबंध जांचा गया है। आत्मा को एक और चित्र की तरह खोजने से वही समस्या लौट आती है।

18.41

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

क्व निरोधो विमूढस्य यो निर्बन्धं करोति वै । स्वारामस्यैव धीरस्य सर्वदासावकृत्रिमः ॥१८.४१॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Forceful suppression can itself become bondage; for one delighted in the Self, stillness is uncontrived.

Roman reading

kva nirodho vimoodhasya yo nirbandham karoti vai | svaaraamasyaiva dheerasya sarvadaasaavakritrimah ||18.41||kva nirodho vimūḍhasya yo nirbandhaṃ karoti vai | svārāmasyaiva dhīrasya sarvadāsāvakṛtrimaḥ ||18.41||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

A technique of restraint may be helpful, yet a fixation on control can become another chain. The distinction is between skillful training and an identity built on repression.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

अनुशासन और दमन में अंतर है। मन की उचित देखभाल से अलग, कठोर नियंत्रण के प्रति आत्माभिमान को श्लोक चुनौती देता है।

18.42

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

भावस्य भावकः कश्चिन् न किञ्चिद् भावकोपरः । उभयाभावकः कश्चिद् एवमेव निराकुलः ॥१८.४२॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Some meditate upon being and others upon nothingness; one beyond fixation on both remains undisturbed.

Roman reading

bhaavasya bhaavakah kashchin na kinchid bhaavakoparah | ubhayaabhaavakah kashchid evameva niraakulah ||18.42||bhāvasya bhāvakaḥ kaścin na kiñcid bhāvakoparaḥ | ubhayābhāvakaḥ kaścid evameva nirākulaḥ ||18.42||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The contrast concerns two opposing metaphysical concepts. Neither concept is allowed to become a substitute for the awareness in which conceptual thinking takes place.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

भाव और अभाव के पक्ष चुनना बौद्धिक बहस बन सकता है। श्लोक तर्क को तिरस्कृत नहीं करता बल्कि अवधारणाओं को आत्मा का पूर्ण स्थानापन्न बनने से रोकता है।

18.43

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

शुद्धमद्वयमात्मानं भावयन्ति कुबुद्धयः । न तु जानन्ति संमोहाद्यावज्जीवमनिर्वृताः ॥१८.४३॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Merely imagining the pure nondual Self is not the same as knowing it; persistent conceptual fixation may leave a person restless.

Roman reading

shuddhamadvayamaatmaanam bhaavayanti kubuddhayah | na tu jaananti sammohaadyaavajjeevamanirvritaah ||18.43||śuddhamadvayamātmānaṃ bhāvayanti kubuddhayaḥ | na tu jānanti saṃmohādyāvajjīvamanirvṛtāḥ ||18.43||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Concepts are useful pointers, but repeating a picture of nonduality is not the same as dissolving false identification. The verse challenges conceptual complacency.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

अद्वैत का शब्दचित्र भी वस्तु बन सकता है। समझ और कल्पना के इस अंतर में सच्ची जिज्ञासा की जरूरत बनी रहती है।

18.44

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

मुमुक्षोर्बुद्धिरालम्बमन्तरेण न विद्यते । निरालम्बैव निष्कामा बुद्धिर्मुक्तस्य सर्वदा ॥१८.४४॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The seeking mind looks for a support; the freed mind rests without dependence upon an external object of hope.

Roman reading

mumukshorbuddhiraalambamantarena na vidyate | niraalambaiva nishkaamaa buddhirmuktasya sarvadaa ||18.44||mumukṣorbuddhirālambamantareṇa na vidyate | nirālambaiva niṣkāmā buddhirmuktasya sarvadā ||18.44||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Teachers and methods may support inquiry. 'Without support' points to ultimate inward nondependence, not rejection of community or assistance.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ग्रंथ, गुरु और समुदाय सहायक हो सकते हैं। 'निरालंब' को मानवीय संबंधों या सहायता का निषेध नहीं, अंतिम मानसिक निर्भरता का ढलना समझें।

18.45

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

विषयद्वीपिनो वीक्ष्य चकिताः शरणार्थिनः । विशन्ति झटिति क्रोडं निरोधैकाग्रसिद्धये ॥१८.४५॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Frightened by sense-objects figured as tigers, seekers hurry toward the shelter of concentrated restraint.

Roman reading

vishayadveepino veekshya chakitaah sharanaarthinah | vishanti jhatiti krodam nirodhaikaagrasiddhaye ||18.45||viṣayadvīpino vīkṣya cakitāḥ śaraṇārthinaḥ | viśanti jhaṭiti kroḍaṃ nirodhaikāgrasiddhaye ||18.45||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The tiger image depicts practice animated by fear of temptation. Restraint may be useful, but the emotional foundation of a practice matters too.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह काव्यात्मक रूपक भय से प्रेरित साधना को दिखाता है। विषयों से सावधानी उपयोगी हो सकती है, पर डर को स्थायी आध्यात्मिक आधार बनाना अलग बात है।

18.46

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

निर्वासनं हरिं दृष्ट्वा तूष्णीं विषयदन्तिनः । पलायन्ते न शक्तास्ते सेवन्ते कृतचाटवः ॥१८.४६॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Before the lion of freedom from craving, the elephant-like sense-objects lose their power to dominate.

Roman reading

nirvaasanam harim drishtvaa tooshneem vishayadantinah | palaayante na shaktaaste sevante kritachaatavah ||18.46||nirvāsanaṃ hariṃ dṛṣṭvā tūṣṇīṃ viṣayadantinaḥ | palāyante na śaktāste sevante kṛtacāṭavaḥ ||18.46||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The animal imagery reverses the previous verse's fear. Freedom is described not as destroying sensation, but as ceasing to be overrun by it.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

अष्टावक्र पिछली उपमा को उलटते हैं: भयभीत भागना और निर्भय होना अलग हैं। इंद्रियाँ शत्रु नहीं; उनका दास बनना समस्या है।

18.47

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

न मुक्तिकारिकां धत्ते निःशङ्को युक्तमानसः । पश्यन् शृण्वन् स्पृशन् जिघ्रन्नश्नन्नास्ते यथासुखम् ॥१८.४७॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The unafraid, integrated person does not manufacture an appearance of liberation; seeing, hearing, touching, smelling and eating continue naturally.

Roman reading

na muktikaarikaam dhatte nihshanko yuktamaanasah | pashyan shrinvan sprishan jighrannashnannaaste yathaasukham ||18.47||na muktikārikāṃ dhatte niḥśaṅko yuktamānasaḥ | paśyan śṛṇvan spṛśan jighrannaśnannāste yathāsukham ||18.47||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse is particularly concrete: ordinary sensing continues. The challenge is to spiritual performance, not to the validity of embodied living.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

इस श्लोक में सामान्य जीवन की गरिमा है। आत्मबोध का अर्थ न इंद्रियों का बंद होना है न धार्मिक प्रदर्शन की जरूरत।

18.48

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

वस्तुश्रवणमात्रेण शुद्धबुद्धिर्निराकुलः । नैवाचारमनाचारमौदास्यं वा प्रपश्यति ॥१८.४८॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Clear understanding of reality loosens fixation on the labels 'proper conduct,' 'improper conduct' and 'indifference.'

Roman reading

vastushravanamaatrena shuddhabuddhirniraakulah | naivaachaaramanaachaaramaudaasyam vaa prapashyati ||18.48||vastuśravaṇamātreṇa śuddhabuddhirnirākulaḥ | naivācāramanācāramaudāsyaṃ vā prapaśyati ||18.48||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

This is a high-risk verse for misreading. Its metaphysical freedom from classificatory fixation does not make unethical conduct acceptable in real relationships.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

इस कठिन कथन का दुरुपयोग आचारहीनता की छूट के रूप में नहीं करना चाहिए। अद्वैत की परम दृष्टि और दैनिक नैतिक विवेक को अलग स्तरों पर समझना आवश्यक है।

18.49

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

यदा यत्कर्तुमायाति तदा तत्कुरुते ऋजुः । शुभं वाप्यशुभं वापि तस्य चेष्टा हि बालवत् ॥१८.४९॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The straightforward person does what arises, with a childlike simplicity beyond self-conscious calculation.

Roman reading

yadaa yatkartumaayaati tadaa tatkurute rijuh | shubham vaapyashubham vaapi tasya cheshtaa hi baalavat ||18.49||yadā yatkartumāyāti tadā tatkurute ṛjuḥ | śubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ vāpi tasya ceṣṭā hi bālavat ||18.49||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The reference to good and bad acts requires serious scrutiny. Childlike spontaneity is an image of innocence of self-display, not a warrant to cause harm.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

'शुभ अथवा अशुभ' का उल्लेख कठिन है; इसे क्षति पहुँचाने की अनुमति बनाना गलत होगा। बालवत् का अर्थ अहंकाररहित सहजता है, उत्तरदायित्व का अभाव नहीं।

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

स्वातन्त्र्यात्सुखमाप्नोति स्वातन्त्र्याल्लभते परम् । स्वातन्त्र्यान्निर्वृतिं गच्छेत्स्वातन्त्र्यात् परमं पदम् ॥१८.५०॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

From inward freedom come happiness, recognition of the highest, repose and the supreme state.

Roman reading

svaatantryaatsukhamaapnoti svaatantryaallabhate param | svaatantryaannirvritim gachchhetsvaatantryaat paramam padam ||18.50||svātantryātsukhamāpnoti svātantryāllabhate param | svātantryānnirvṛtiṃ gacchetsvātantryāt paramaṃ padam ||18.50||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse repeats 'freedom' to emphasize release from inner coercion. It should not be equated with a right to override others' autonomy.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

स्वातंत्र्य का अर्थ मनमाना व्यवहार नहीं, वासना की मजबूरी से मुक्ति है। इस आधार पर सुख पराधीन परिस्थितियों से कम बँधता है।

18.51

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

अकर्तृत्वमभोक्तृत्वं स्वात्मनो मन्यते यदा । तदा क्षीणा भवन्त्येव समस्ताश्चित्तवृत्तयः ॥१८.५१॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

When the Self is no longer identified as an individual doer and enjoyer, constricting movements of mind diminish.

Roman reading

akartritvamabhoktritvam svaatmano manyate yadaa | tadaa ksheenaa bhavantyeva samastaashchittavrittayah ||18.51||akartṛtvamabhoktṛtvaṃ svātmano manyate yadā | tadā kṣīṇā bhavantyeva samastāścittavṛttayaḥ ||18.51||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The distinction concerns ultimate self-identification. It does not remove ordinary agency for choices, obligations or their effects.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह अहंकार के केंद्र में छिपे 'मैं ही सबका स्वामी हूँ' भाव का परीक्षण है। दैनिक कर्म का साधारण कर्तृत्व व्यवहार में फिर भी महत्त्व रखता है।

18.52

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

उच्छृङ्खलाप्यकृतिका स्थितिर्धीरस्य राजते । न तु सस्पृहचित्तस्य शान्तिर्मूढस्य कृत्रिमा ॥१८.५२॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The wise person's uncontrived freedom may appear irregular, while a desire-driven imitation of quiet is merely artificial.

Roman reading

uchchhrinkhalaapyakritikaa sthitirdheerasya raajate | na tu sasprihachittasya shaantirmoodhasya kritrimaa ||18.52||ucchṛṅkhalāpyakṛtikā sthitirdhīrasya rājate | na tu saspṛhacittasya śāntirmūḍhasya kṛtrimā ||18.52||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

This verse distinguishes authentic ease from theatrical calm. It must not be invoked to excuse misconduct or treat every eccentricity as evidence of wisdom.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

बाहरी मानदंड से सबका फैसला न करें, पर असामान्य व्यवहार को स्वतः आध्यात्मिक छूट भी न दें। श्लोक की कसौटी भीतर का आग्रह है।

18.53

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

विलसन्ति महाभोगैर्विशन्ति गिरिगह्वरान् । निरस्तकल्पना धीरा अबद्धा मुक्तबुद्धयः ॥१८.५३॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Unbound sages may enjoy rich circumstances or retire to mountain caves; neither setting is their essential identity.

Roman reading

vilasanti mahaabhogairvishanti girigahvaraan | nirastakalpanaa dheeraa abaddhaa muktabuddhayah ||18.53||vilasanti mahābhogairviśanti girigahvarān | nirastakalpanā dhīrā abaddhā muktabuddhayaḥ ||18.53||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Luxury and austerity can both become identities. The verse treats circumstances as variable rather than measures of realization. No one of these lifestyles can guarantee a release from possessiveness.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

जीवन शैली का चुनाव मुक्ति की परिभाषा नहीं है। भोग और विरक्ति दोनों बाहरी रूप हैं; मूल प्रश्न निर्भरता का है।

18.54

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

श्रोत्रियं देवतां तीर्थमङ्गनां भूपतिं प्रियम् । दृष्ट्वा सम्पूज्य धीरस्य न कापि हृदि वासना ॥१८.५४॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The wise may honor teachers, deities, sacred places, loved ones or rulers without becoming inwardly possessed by craving.

Roman reading

shrotriyam devataam teerthamanganaam bhoopatim priyam | drishtvaa sampoojya dheerasya na kaapi hridi vaasanaa ||18.54||śrotriyaṃ devatāṃ tīrthamaṅganāṃ bhūpatiṃ priyam | dṛṣṭvā sampūjya dhīrasya na kāpi hṛdi vāsanā ||18.54||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Respect and devotion do not necessarily entail dependence. One can value a person or sacred place without making it the source of one's ultimate identity.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

सम्मान और आसक्ति का अंतर इस श्लोक का सौंदर्य है। किसी के प्रति श्रद्धा रखना स्वतंत्र विवेक छोड़ देने के बराबर नहीं है।

18.55

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

भृत्यैः पुत्रैः कलत्रैश्च दौहित्रैश्चापि गोत्रजैः । विहस्य धिक्कृतो योगी न याति विकृतिं मनाक् ॥१८.५५॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Even if mocked by household members or relatives, the yogin need not become inwardly distorted by insult.

Roman reading

bhrityaih putraih kalatraishcha dauhitraishchaapi gotrajaih | vihasya dhikkrito yogee na yaati vikritim manaak ||18.55||bhṛtyaiḥ putraiḥ kalatraiśca dauhitraiścāpi gotrajaiḥ | vihasya dhikkṛto yogī na yāti vikṛtiṃ manāk ||18.55||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Resilience does not require tolerating abuse. The point is the freedom not to let another's mockery decide one's whole sense of self.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

दुर्व्यवहार सहते रहना कोई आध्यात्मिक कर्तव्य नहीं। समता के साथ सीमाएँ तय करना और अपमानजनक स्थिति सुधारना संभव है।

18.56

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

सन्तुष्टोऽपि न सन्तुष्टः खिन्नोऽपि न च खिद्यते । तस्याश्चर्यदशां तां तां तादृशा एव जानते ॥१८.५६॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The liberated person can appear pleased or troubled without being ultimately captured by either condition; only those similarly situated grasp this paradox.

Roman reading

santushto’pi na santushtah khinno’pi na cha khidyate | tasyaashcharyadashaam taam taam taadrishaa eva jaanate ||18.56||santuṣṭo’pi na santuṣṭaḥ khinno’pi na ca khidyate | tasyāścaryadaśāṃ tāṃ tāṃ tādṛśā eva jānate ||18.56||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The paradox separates an experienced feeling from total identification with it. This is not emotional denial, but a claim about the abiding ground beneath fluctuation.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

भावना की उपस्थिति और उससे आत्मपरिचय बनाना दो अलग बातें हैं। 'न संतुष्ट' का कथन साधारण संतोष का निषेध नहीं करता।

18.57

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

कर्तव्यतैव संसारो न तां पश्यन्ति सूरयः । शून्याकारा निराकारा निर्विकारा निरामयाः ॥१८.५७॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The binding sense of 'I must endlessly do' sustains worldliness; the clear-sighted are not defined by that burden.

Roman reading

kartavyataiva samsaaro na taam pashyanti soorayah | shoonyaakaaraa niraakaaraa nirvikaaraa niraamayaah ||18.57||kartavyataiva saṃsāro na tāṃ paśyanti sūrayaḥ | śūnyākārā nirākārā nirvikārā nirāmayāḥ ||18.57||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse addresses compulsive duty-identification, not the abolition of care or moral commitments. One can serve without treating every task as an existential verdict.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

जिम्मेदारी और 'कर्तव्यतैव संसारः' की जकड़न अलग हैं। परिवार, समाज और स्वयं की देखभाल का काम फिर भी करना पड़ सकता है।

18.58

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

अकुर्वन्नपि सङ्क्षोभाद् व्यग्रः सर्वत्र मूढधीः । कुर्वन्नपि तु कृत्यानि कुशलो हि निराकुलः ॥१८.५८॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Someone may remain agitated while doing nothing, while a discerning person can work actively without inner turmoil.

Roman reading

akurvannapi sankshobhaad vyagrah sarvatra moodhadheeh | kurvannapi tu krityaani kushalo hi niraakulah ||18.58||akurvannapi saṅkṣobhād vyagraḥ sarvatra mūḍhadhīḥ | kurvannapi tu kṛtyāni kuśalo hi nirākulaḥ ||18.58||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse gives a practical test of the distinction between activity and bondage. Stopping action does not automatically quiet a troubled mind.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह अध्याय की महत्वपूर्ण व्यावहारिक शिक्षा है: बाहरी गतिविधि और मन की जकड़न एक ही चीज नहीं। सच्ची शांति भागने पर निर्भर नहीं।

18.59

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

सुखमास्ते सुखं शेते सुखमायाति याति च । सुखं वक्ति सुखं भुङ्क्ते व्यवहारेऽपि शान्तधीः ॥१८.५९॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The peaceful person sits, sleeps, travels, speaks and eats with natural ease amid ordinary transactions.

Roman reading

sukhamaaste sukham shete sukhamaayaati yaati cha | sukham vakti sukham bhunkte vyavahaare’pi shaantadheeh ||18.59||sukhamāste sukhaṃ śete sukhamāyāti yāti ca | sukhaṃ vakti sukhaṃ bhuṅkte vyavahāre’pi śāntadhīḥ ||18.59||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The list of everyday acts restores ordinary life to the center of the teaching. No ceremonial performance is required for natural inward repose.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यहाँ जीवन के सामान्य दृश्य आध्यात्मिक अर्थ पाते हैं। जागरूकता किसी दुर्लभ मुद्रा में ही नहीं, दैनिक व्यवहार में भी समझी जाती है।

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

स्वभावाद्यस्य नैवार्तिर्लोकवद् व्यवहारिणः । महाह्रद इवाक्षोभ्यो गतक्लेशः सुशोभते ॥१८.६०॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

While engaging the world like anyone else, the sage remains deep and steady as a great lake, free from fundamental agitation.

Roman reading

svabhaavaadyasya naivaartirlokavad vyavahaarinah | mahaahrada ivaakshobhyo gatakleshah sushobhate ||18.60||svabhāvādyasya naivārtirlokavad vyavahāriṇaḥ | mahāhrada ivākṣobhyo gatakleśaḥ suśobhate ||18.60||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The lake image is about depth rather than a perfectly motionless surface. Inner steadiness may coexist with responsive, visible activity.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

झील का रूपक निष्क्रियता नहीं, गहराई बताता है। सतह पर लहरें हो सकती हैं पर पूरी पहचान उसी से तय नहीं होती।

18.61

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

निवृत्तिरपि मूढस्य प्रवृत्ति रुपजायते । प्रवृत्तिरपि धीरस्य निवृत्तिफलभागिनी ॥१८.६१॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Even withdrawal can become a new occupation for the confused, while the wise may act and yet remain inwardly at rest.

Roman reading

nivrittirapi moodhasya pravritti rupajaayate | pravrittirapi dheerasya nivrittiphalabhaaginee ||18.61||nivṛttirapi mūḍhasya pravṛtti rupajāyate | pravṛttirapi dhīrasya nivṛttiphalabhāginī ||18.61||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The reversal shows that bondage is not measured simply by movement. An elaborate project of avoiding work may be as consuming as activity itself.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

अष्टावक्र एक बार फिर बाहरी कर्म की गिनती के बदले मानसिक आसक्ति का प्रश्न उठाते हैं। निष्क्रियता को ही मुक्ति समझना अपूर्ण है।

18.62

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

परिग्रहेषु वैराग्यं प्रायो मूढस्य दृश्यते । देहे विगलिताशस्य क्व रागः क्व विरागता ॥१८.६२॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

For one whose craving even for bodily identity has dissolved, attachment to possessions and the pride of renouncing them both lose their grip.

Roman reading

parigraheshu vairaagyam praayo moodhasya drishyate | dehe vigalitaashasya kva raagah kva viraagataa ||18.62||parigraheṣu vairāgyaṃ prāyo mūḍhasya dṛśyate | dehe vigalitāśasya kva rāgaḥ kva virāgatā ||18.62||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Austerity can become another possession of the ego. Freedom from possessiveness is distinct from neglecting basic bodily welfare. The body may still deserve attentive care and protection.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

वैराग्य स्वयं छवि बन सकता है। इस कथन को शारीरिक स्वास्थ्य की चिंता छोड़ने की आज्ञा समझना अनुचित होगा।

18.63

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

भावनाभावनासक्ता दृष्टिर्मूढस्य सर्वदा । भाव्यभावनया सा तु स्वस्थस्यादृष्टिरूपिणी ॥१८.६३॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The unsettled mind clings to imagining or rejecting imagined forms; the inwardly established one is not defined by either conceptual posture.

Roman reading

bhaavanaabhaavanaasaktaa drishtirmoodhasya sarvadaa | bhaavyabhaavanayaa saa tu svasthasyaadrishtiroopinee ||18.63||bhāvanābhāvanāsaktā dṛṣṭirmūḍhasya sarvadā | bhāvyabhāvanayā sā tu svasthasyādṛṣṭirūpiṇī ||18.63||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The compounds are compressed and require philological review. Provisionally the verse questions identification with both positive and negative modes of imagination.

Other languages and readings
ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह कठिन विचार कल्पना के उपयोग और उसके अधीन हो जाने का अंतर दिखाता है। सटीक संस्कृत समास विशेषज्ञ समीक्षा में जाँचना होगा।

18.64

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

सर्वारम्भेषु निष्कामो यश्चरेद् बालवन् मुनिः । न लेपस्तस्य शुद्धस्य क्रियमाणेऽपि कर्मणि ॥१८.६४॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The sage who acts without craving and with childlike simplicity is not inwardly stained by activity.

Roman reading

sarvaarambheshu nishkaamo yashchared baalavan munih | na lepastasya shuddhasya kriyamaane’pi karmani ||18.64||sarvārambheṣu niṣkāmo yaścared bālavan muniḥ | na lepastasya śuddhasya kriyamāṇe’pi karmaṇi ||18.64||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Childlike describes a lack of self-advertising possessiveness. It does not erase the duties and consequences of an adult's decisions.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह निष्कपटता के पक्ष में कथन है; बच्चों जैसी जवाबदेही-विहीनता का आदर्श नहीं। कर्म का बाहरी प्रभाव बना रहता है।

18.65

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

स एव धन्य आत्मज्ञः सर्वभावेषु यः समः । पश्यन् शृण्वन् स्पृशन् जिघ्रन्न् अश्नन्निस्तर्षमानसः ॥१८.६५॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Blessed is the knower who remains even-minded and free from craving while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling and eating.

Roman reading

sa eva dhanya aatmajnah sarvabhaaveshu yah samah | pashyan shrinvan sprishan jighrann ashnannistarshamaanasah ||18.65||sa eva dhanya ātmajñaḥ sarvabhāveṣu yaḥ samaḥ | paśyan śṛṇvan spṛśan jighrann aśnannistarṣamānasaḥ ||18.65||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Ordinary sensory life continues. The verse places liberation in the relation to experience, not in a necessary elimination of experience itself.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

आत्मज्ञान इंद्रियों का विरोधी नहीं; उनका गुलाम होने से स्वतंत्रता है। आनंद का अनुभव और निर्भरता में भेद बनाए रखना चाहिए।

18.66

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

क्व संसारः क्व चाभासः क्व साध्यं क्व च साधनम् । आकाशस्येव धीरस्य निर्विकल्पस्य सर्वदा ॥१८.६६॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

For the wise whose nature is as open as space, what ultimate hold do worldliness, appearance, goal and method retain?

Roman reading

kva samsaarah kva chaabhaasah kva saadhyam kva cha saadhanam | aakaashasyeva dheerasya nirvikalpasya sarvadaa ||18.66||kva saṃsāraḥ kva cābhāsaḥ kva sādhyaṃ kva ca sādhanam | ākāśasyeva dhīrasya nirvikalpasya sarvadā ||18.66||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The sky metaphor describes openness not enclosed by objectives. A tool can remain useful without being mistaken for ultimate reality.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

आकाश का रूपक असीमता का संकेत है। उपयोगी साधनों को उनके प्रयोजन पर छोड़ देना और उन्हें परम सत्य न मानना अलग बातें हैं।

18.67

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

स जयत्यर्थसंन्यासी पूर्णस्वरसविग्रहः । अकृत्रिमोऽनवच्छिन्ने समाधिर्यस्य वर्तते ॥१८.६७॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The one whose inner absorption is effortless and unbroken, whose fullness depends on no possession, is celebrated as truly victorious.

Roman reading

sa jayatyarthasamnyaasee poornasvarasavigrahah | akritrimo’navachchhinne samaadhiryasya vartate ||18.67||sa jayatyarthasaṃnyāsī pūrṇasvarasavigrahaḥ | akṛtrimo’navacchinne samādhiryasya vartate ||18.67||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse describes ongoing inward composure rather than a score in meditative performance. Its victory is over possessive dependence, not over other people.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

'समाधि' यहाँ केवल विशेष आसन या समाधि-अवधि नहीं, आत्मस्वरूप में सहज स्थिरता का संकेत है। विजय बाहरी प्रतिस्पर्धा की नहीं है।

18.68

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन ज्ञाततत्त्वो महाशयः । भोगमोक्षनिराकाङ्क्षी सदा सर्वत्र नीरसः ॥१८.६८॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

In brief, the knower of reality is not consumed by the wish for pleasures or even by anxiety to possess liberation.

Roman reading

bahunaatra kimuktena jnaatatattvo mahaashayah | bhogamokshaniraakaankshee sadaa sarvatra neerasah ||18.68||bahunātra kimuktena jñātatattvo mahāśayaḥ | bhogamokṣanirākāṅkṣī sadā sarvatra nīrasaḥ ||18.68||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The striking term 'without relish' should not be flattened into emotional coldness. The point is loss of compulsive appetite for attainment.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

'नीरस' शब्द का अर्थ भावनाशून्य और निर्दयी होना नहीं मानना चाहिए। यहाँ रस के प्रति पकड़ हटने की बात है; सटीक अर्थ की समीक्षा चाहिए।

18.69

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

महदादि जगद्द्वैतं नाममात्रविजृम्भितम् । विहाय शुद्धबोधस्य किं कृत्यमवशिष्यते ॥१८.६९॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The multiplicity from cosmic principle onward unfolds in names and concepts; what task could complete pure awareness itself?

Roman reading

mahadaadi jagaddvaitam naamamaatravijrimbhitam | vihaaya shuddhabodhasya kim krityamavashishyate ||18.69||mahadādi jagaddvaitaṃ nāmamātravijṛmbhitam | vihāya śuddhabodhasya kiṃ kṛtyamavaśiṣyate ||18.69||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse borrows cosmological language but asks a question about completeness. Explaining appearances does not imply that awareness needs an additional object.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह सांख्यिक पदावली का अद्वैत पुनर्पाठ है। सृष्टि की व्यावहारिक समझ और आत्मा की परम पूर्णता अलग दृष्टिकोण हैं।

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

भ्रमभूतमिदं सर्वं किञ्चिन्नास्तीति निश्चयी । अलक्ष्यस्फुरणः शुद्धः स्वभावेनैव शाम्यति ॥१८.७०॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Recognizing the apparent world as dependent on misperception, the clear-hearted one rests naturally in the Self.

Roman reading

bhramabhootamidam sarvam kinchinnaasteeti nishchayee | alakshyasphuranah shuddhah svabhaavenaiva shaamyati ||18.70||bhramabhūtamidaṃ sarvaṃ kiñcinnāstīti niścayī | alakṣyasphuraṇaḥ śuddhaḥ svabhāvenaiva śāmyati ||18.70||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

A philosophical claim about illusion is not a warrant to ignore physical dangers. The verse asks about ultimate status, not whether daily causes have consequences.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

'भ्रम' के आधार पर भौतिक जोखिमों की उपेक्षा नहीं करनी चाहिए। अद्वैत की मीमांसा अनुभव का अंतिम आधार पूछती है, सामान्य सावधानी मिटाती नहीं।

18.71

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

शुद्धस्फुरणरूपस्य दृश्यभावमपश्यतः । क्व विधिः क्व च वैराग्यं क्व त्यागः क्व शमोऽपि वा ॥१८.७१॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

For one aware of pure luminous presence, prescriptions, renunciation and mental quiet are no longer ultimate conditions of completeness.

Roman reading

shuddhasphuranaroopasya drishyabhaavamapashyatah | kva vidhih kva cha vairaagyam kva tyaagah kva shamo’pi vaa ||18.71||śuddhasphuraṇarūpasya dṛśyabhāvamapaśyataḥ | kva vidhiḥ kva ca vairāgyaṃ kva tyāgaḥ kva śamo’pi vā ||18.71||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The argument concerns ultimate attainment, not the legitimacy of ethical limits. The distinction of levels is crucial for interpreting these negatives.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

विधि और निषेध पर यह प्रश्न पूर्णता की परम दृष्टि से उठता है। नैतिक नियम और सामाजिक सुरक्षा को इससे निष्प्रभावी नहीं किया जा सकता।

18.72

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

स्फुरतोऽनन्तरूपेण प्रकृतिं च न पश्यतः । क्व बन्धः क्व च वा मोक्षः क्व हर्षः क्व विषादिता ॥१८.७२॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

For one established in limitless awareness, bondage and release, elation and dejection no longer serve as final descriptions of the Self.

Roman reading

sphurato’nantaroopena prakritim cha na pashyatah | kva bandhah kva cha vaa mokshah kva harshah kva vishaaditaa ||18.72||sphurato’nantarūpeṇa prakṛtiṃ ca na paśyataḥ | kva bandhaḥ kva ca vā mokṣaḥ kva harṣaḥ kva viṣāditā ||18.72||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The paired opposites become inadequate as final labels, though emotions and practical circumstances may continue to vary. Their shifting presence does not limit the underlying awareness.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह अनुभवों का नाश नहीं, उनसे स्वतंत्र पहचान है। आनंद या शोक का गुजरना आत्मा की असीमता को घटाता नहीं।

18.73

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

बुद्धिपर्यन्तसंसारे मायामात्रं विवर्तते । निर्ममो निरहङ्कारो निष्कामः शोभते बुधः ॥१८.७३॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

When even the mind's world is seen as changing appearance, the sage without possessiveness, egoic fixation or craving shines naturally.

Roman reading

buddhiparyantasamsaare maayaamaatram vivartate | nirmamo nirahankaaro nishkaamah shobhate budhah ||18.73||buddhiparyantasaṃsāre māyāmātraṃ vivartate | nirmamo nirahaṅkāro niṣkāmaḥ śobhate budhaḥ ||18.73||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Thinking itself becomes something known rather than the final knower. The verse does not deny the value of reasoning in ordinary tasks.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

'बुद्धिपर्यंत' की सीमा महत्वपूर्ण है: विचार का स्वयं एक विषय होना पहचाना जाता है। इससे विचार की उपयोगिता समाप्त नहीं होती।

18.74

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

अक्षयं गतसन्तापमात्मानं पश्यतो मुनेः । क्व विद्या च क्व वा विश्वं क्व देहोऽहं ममेति वा ॥१८.७४॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

For one who knows the imperishable Self beyond fundamental distress, what ultimate place remains for intellectual pride, world, body and possessive 'I' and 'mine'?

Roman reading

akshayam gatasantaapamaatmaanam pashyato muneh | kva vidyaa cha kva vaa vishvam kva deho’ham mameti vaa ||18.74||akṣayaṃ gatasantāpamātmānaṃ paśyato muneḥ | kva vidyā ca kva vā viśvaṃ kva deho’haṃ mameti vā ||18.74||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The challenge is to exclusive bodily identification, not to caring for the body. The rhetorical 'where?' strips the labels of ultimate authority.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

प्रश्न देह को मिटाने का नहीं, उसका एकमात्र परिचय बना लेने की भूल को देखने का है। शारीरिक देखभाल फिर भी महत्वपूर्ण है।

18.75

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

निरोधादीनि कर्माणि जहाति जडधीर्यदि । मनोरथान् प्रलापांश्च कर्तुमाप्नोत्यतत्क्षणात् ॥१८.७५॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

When an unsteady person abandons restraint without insight, fanciful thinking and mental chatter may immediately return.

Roman reading

nirodhaadeeni karmaani jahaati jadadheeryadi | manorathaan pralaapaamshcha kartumaapnotyatatkshanaat ||18.75||nirodhādīni karmāṇi jahāti jaḍadhīryadi | manorathān pralāpāṃśca kartumāpnotyatatkṣaṇāt ||18.75||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

This verse qualifies earlier critiques of technique: abandoning discipline is not equivalent to freedom. Capacity and maturity matter.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह श्लोक अभ्यास के मूल्य पर पहले की तीखी भाषा को संतुलित करता है। तैयारी के बिना 'मैंने साधन छोड़ दिए' कहना मन की अस्थिरता नहीं मिटाता।

18.76

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

मन्दः श्रुत्वापि तद्वस्तु न जहाति विमूढताम् । निर्विकल्पो बहिर्यत्नादन्तर्विषयलालसः ॥१८.७६॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

A person may hear the truth without losing confusion, outwardly imitating stillness while secretly craving sense objects.

Roman reading

mandah shrutvaapi tadvastu na jahaati vimoodhataam | nirvikalpo bahiryatnaadantarvishayalaalasah ||18.76||mandaḥ śrutvāpi tadvastu na jahāti vimūḍhatām | nirvikalpo bahiryatnādantarviṣayalālasaḥ ||18.76||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

A cultivated appearance of detachment is not identical with insight. The verse asks for honesty about what the mind still seeks. Honest inquiry concerns motive as well as outward behavior.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

आध्यात्मिक मुखौटे की आलोचना स्पष्ट है। बाहरी शांति और भीतर की निर्भरता में अंतर होने से प्रामाणिक आत्मपरीक्षण जरूरी है।

18.77

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

ज्ञानाद् गलितकर्मा यो लोकदृष्ट्यापि कर्मकृत् । नाप्नोत्यवसरं कर्तुं वक्तुमेव न किञ्चन ॥१८.७७॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

With the burden of egoic action dissolved through understanding, a sage may appear active while having no private achievement to proclaim.

Roman reading

jnaanaad galitakarmaa yo lokadrishtyaapi karmakrit | naapnotyavasaram kartum vaktumeva na kinchana ||18.77||jñānād galitakarmā yo lokadṛṣṭyāpi karmakṛt | nāpnotyavasaraṃ kartuṃ vaktumeva na kiñcana ||18.77||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The paradox concerns egoic ownership, not loss of functional ability. Activity can remain skilled and responsive. Ordinary tasks can still be undertaken conscientiously and skillfully.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

इसे क्रिया की व्यावहारिक क्षमता का ह्रास न पढ़ें। मुख्य बात अहंकार द्वारा कर्म को प्रतिष्ठा का साधन बनाने से मुक्ति है।

18.78

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

क्व तमः क्व प्रकाशो वा हानं क्व च न किञ्चन । निर्विकारस्य धीरस्य निरातङ्कस्य सर्वदा ॥१८.७८॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

For the steadfast, fearless sage, even darkness and light, loss and gain, or the idea of nothingness do not define ultimate reality.

Roman reading

kva tamah kva prakaasho vaa haanam kva cha na kinchana | nirvikaarasya dheerasya niraatankasya sarvadaa ||18.78||kva tamaḥ kva prakāśo vā hānaṃ kva ca na kiñcana | nirvikārasya dhīrasya nirātaṅkasya sarvadā ||18.78||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The opposites are interrogated at the level of Selfhood. They retain relevance in empirical situations where safety or knowledge matters.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

शब्दों का अर्थ मानसिक स्थिति से अधिक तत्त्वमीमांसा में है। इससे चिकित्सा या सुरक्षा के व्यवहारिक अंतर समाप्त नहीं होते।

18.79

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

क्व धैर्यं क्व विवेकित्वं क्व निरातङ्कतापि वा । अनिर्वाच्यस्वभावस्य निःस्वभावस्य योगिनः ॥१८.७९॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

For the yogin whose nature eludes language, even courage, discrimination and fearlessness are insufficient as final definitions.

Roman reading

kva dhairyam kva vivekitvam kva niraatankataapi vaa | anirvaachyasvabhaavasya nihsvabhaavasya yoginah ||18.79||kva dhairyaṃ kva vivekitvaṃ kva nirātaṅkatāpi vā | anirvācyasvabhāvasya niḥsvabhāvasya yoginaḥ ||18.79||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Positive qualities may be worth cultivating, but no changing trait can fully exhaust the nondual account of awareness. The verse refuses to make a virtue into a fixed self-image.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

गुण अच्छे हो सकते हैं, मगर वे बदलते हुए मानवीय गुण हैं। आत्मस्वरूप को गुणों के जोड़ में बंद न करें।

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

न स्वर्गो नैव नरको जीवन्मुक्तिर्न चैव हि । बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन योगदृष्ट्या न किञ्चन ॥१८.८०॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

From this radical yogic standpoint even heaven, hell and the label 'liberated while living' do not contain the Self.

Roman reading

na svargo naiva narako jeevanmuktirna chaiva hi | bahunaatra kimuktena yogadrishtyaa na kinchana ||18.80||na svargo naiva narako jīvanmuktirna caiva hi | bahunātra kimuktena yogadṛṣṭyā na kiñcana ||18.80||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The text pushes beyond its own categories, including the prized label of liberation. It need not be used to ridicule other religious understandings.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह धार्मिक परंपराओं की विविध मान्यताओं पर निर्णय नहीं, अध्याय की परम दृष्टि है। शब्द और प्रतीक उपयोगी होकर भी अंतिम वास्तविकता नहीं बनते।

18.81

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

नैव प्रार्थयते लाभं नालाभेनानुशोचति । धीरस्य शीतलं चित्तममृतेनैव पूरितम् ॥१८.८१॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The wise neither beg for gain nor collapse under loss; their minds are cool and full as though with nectar.

Roman reading

naiva praarthayate laabham naalaabhenaanushochati | dheerasya sheetalam chittamamritenaiva pooritam ||18.81||naiva prārthayate lābhaṃ nālābhenānuśocati | dhīrasya śītalaṃ cittamamṛtenaiva pūritam ||18.81||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Equanimity should not be confused with failure to manage real losses. It concerns the refusal to let circumstances decide the Self's worth.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह सुन्नता नहीं, लाभ पर आत्ममूल्य निर्भर न होने की शांति है। आर्थिक क्षति की वास्तविक समस्याओं का सामना तब भी आवश्यक है।

18.82

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

न शान्तं स्तौति निष्कामो न दुष्टमपि निन्दति । समदुःखसुखस्तृप्तः किञ्चित् कृत्यं न पश्यति ॥१८.८२॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The desireless sage is not possessed by praising the tranquil or condemning the wicked; contentment is not hostage to such reactions.

Roman reading

na shaantam stauti nishkaamo na dushtamapi nindati | samaduhkhasukhastriptah kinchit krityam na pashyati ||18.82||na śāntaṃ stauti niṣkāmo na duṣṭamapi nindati | samaduḥkhasukhastṛptaḥ kiñcit kṛtyaṃ na paśyati ||18.82||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

A refusal to be inwardly consumed by judgment does not bar intervention against harm. Ethical discernment remains a practical necessity.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

निंदा न करने के कथन को हानिकारक कर्म को रोकने से इनकार न समझें। मूल्यांकन और घृणापूर्ण आसक्ति में फर्क संभव है।

18.83

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

धीरो न द्वेष्टि संसारमात्मानं न दिदृक्षति । हर्षामर्षविनिर्मुक्तो न मृतो न च जीवति ॥१८.८३॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The sage neither hates the world nor hunts for the Self as an object, resting beyond compulsive elation and resentment.

Roman reading

dheero na dveshti samsaaramaatmaanam na didrikshati | harshaamarshavinirmukto na mrito na cha jeevati ||18.83||dhīro na dveṣṭi saṃsāramātmānaṃ na didṛkṣati | harṣāmarṣavinirmukto na mṛto na ca jīvati ||18.83||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The closing paradox of being neither dead nor alive concerns metaphysical identity. It is not a suggestion to court danger or disregard life.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

'न मृतो न जीवति' अस्तित्व की एक पारंपरिक विरोधाभासी भाषा है, आत्महानि का संकेत नहीं। जीवन की देखभाल के साथ यह कथन पढ़ना चाहिए।

18.84

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

निःस्नेहः पुत्रदारादौ निष्कामो विषयेषु च । निश्चिन्तः स्वशरीरेऽपि निराशः शोभते बुधः ॥१८.८४॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The discerning person is not possessed by demanding attachment to children, spouse, sensory objects or even bodily identity.

Roman reading

nihsnehah putradaaraadau nishkaamo vishayeshu cha | nishchintah svashareere’pi niraashah shobhate budhah ||18.84||niḥsnehaḥ putradārādau niṣkāmo viṣayeṣu ca | niścintaḥ svaśarīre’pi nirāśaḥ śobhate budhaḥ ||18.84||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

This gendered historical language requires care. Nonpossessiveness must not be interpreted as lovelessness or freedom to neglect dependants.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

'निःस्नेह' को स्नेहहीनता या परिवार की उपेक्षा का आदेश बनाना खतरनाक होगा। यहाँ आसक्ति के चिपकाव और संवेदनशील संबंधों में अंतर है।

18.85

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

तुष्टिः सर्वत्र धीरस्य यथापतितवर्तिनः । स्वच्छन्दं चरतो देशान् यत्रस्तमितशायिनः ॥१८.८५॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The wise remain content in changing circumstances, traveling freely and resting where the day comes to an end.

Roman reading

tushtih sarvatra dheerasya yathaapatitavartinah | svachchhandam charato deshaan yatrastamitashaayinah ||18.85||tuṣṭiḥ sarvatra dhīrasya yathāpatitavartinaḥ | svacchandaṃ carato deśān yatrastamitaśāyinaḥ ||18.85||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The itinerant image expresses independence from location as identity. It does not instruct readers to forgo shelter, planning or personal safety.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

स्थान से परे संतोष को चित्रित किया गया है। फिर भी सुरक्षित आवास, साधन और उचित योजना के मानवीय महत्व से इनकार नहीं है।

18.86

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

पततूदेतु वा देहो नास्य चिन्ता महात्मनः । स्वभावभूमिविश्रान्तिविस्मृताशेषसंसृतेः ॥१८.८६॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

For one resting in the Self, the rise and fall of the body do not unsettle the deepest recognition of awareness.

Roman reading

patatoodetu vaa deho naasya chintaa mahaatmanah | svabhaavabhoomivishraantivismritaasheshasamsriteh ||18.86||patatūdetu vā deho nāsya cintā mahātmanaḥ | svabhāvabhūmiviśrāntivismṛtāśeṣasaṃsṛteḥ ||18.86||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The body's mortality is treated philosophically, not as a reason to refuse medical care or endanger life. Physical vulnerability remains real in daily conduct.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

जन्म-मृत्यु की उग्र भाषा को उपचार त्यागने या जोखिम उठाने का निर्देश कभी नहीं बनाना चाहिए। यह आत्मा और शरीर की पहचान पर दार्शनिक चिंतन है।

18.87

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

अकिञ्चनः कामचारो निर्द्वन्द्वश्छिन्नसंशयः । असक्तः सर्वभावेषु केवलो रमते बुधः ॥१८.८७॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The sage without possessive claims, divided doubts or compulsive conflict enjoys inward freedom amid experience.

Roman reading

akinchanah kaamachaaro nirdvandvashchhinnasamshayah | asaktah sarvabhaaveshu kevalo ramate budhah ||18.87||akiñcanaḥ kāmacāro nirdvandvaśchinnasaṃśayaḥ | asaktaḥ sarvabhāveṣu kevalo ramate budhaḥ ||18.87||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Freedom of movement here is freedom from craving, not freedom from consent, responsibility or concern for others. Respectful conduct remains indispensable in freedom.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

'कामचार' को मनमाना व्यवहार करने की छूट की जगह असक्त सहजता समझना होगा। दूसरों की सीमाओं का सम्मान अपरिहार्य है।

18.88

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

निर्ममः शोभते धीरः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः । सुभिन्नहृदयग्रन्थिर्विनिर्धूतरजस्तमः ॥१८.८८॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

With the knots of the heart loosened, the sage is equally free before clay, stone and gold.

Roman reading

nirmamah shobhate dheerah samaloshtaashmakaanchanah | subhinnahridayagranthirvinirdhootarajastamah ||18.88||nirmamaḥ śobhate dhīraḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ | subhinnahṛdayagranthirvinirdhūtarajastamaḥ ||18.88||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Equal vision does not require calling clay and gold economically identical. It questions whether possession confers greater inward worth.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

समानता का अर्थ वस्तुओं के उपयोगी आर्थिक मूल्य को अस्वीकारना नहीं है। सांसारिक भेद रहते हुए भी आत्मिक मूल्य का निर्धारण उनसे नहीं होता।

18.89

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

सर्वत्रानवधानस्य न किञ्चिद् वासना हृदि । मुक्तात्मनो वितृप्तस्य तुलना केन जायते ॥१८.८९॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The thoroughly fulfilled, desireless person is not constantly preoccupied with objects; with whom can such inward freedom be compared?

Roman reading

sarvatraanavadhaanasya na kinchid vaasanaa hridi | muktaatmano vitriptasya tulanaa kena jaayate ||18.89||sarvatrānavadhānasya na kiñcid vāsanā hṛdi | muktātmano vitṛptasya tulanā kena jāyate ||18.89||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

This difficult adjective should not be turned into praise of inattention to danger. The verse celebrates freedom from grasping, not careless conduct.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

'अनवधान' का अर्थ आवश्यक सावधानी छोड़ना नहीं, आसक्ति से मन के विचलित न रहने की दशा है। सटीक शब्दार्थ समीक्षा योग्य है।

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

जानन्नपि न जानाति पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति । ब्रुवन्न् अपि न च ब्रूते कोऽन्यो निर्वासनादृते ॥१८.९०॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Though knowing, seeing and speaking, the sage does not make these functions into possessive achievements.

Roman reading

jaanannapi na jaanaati pashyannapi na pashyati | bruvann api na cha broote ko’nyo nirvaasanaadrite ||18.90||jānannapi na jānāti paśyannapi na paśyati | bruvann api na ca brūte ko’nyo nirvāsanādṛte ||18.90||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The successive negations are rhetorical. They separate the functioning of knowing, seeing and speaking from the egoic claim to own their results.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ये कथन इंद्रियों या भाषा के शाब्दिक बंद होने की सूचना नहीं हैं। वासनारहितता उनकी मानसिक व्याख्या का केंद्र है।

18.91

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

भिक्षुर्वा भूपतिर्वापि यो निष्कामः स शोभते । भावेषु गलिता यस्य शोभनाशोभना मतिः ॥१८.९१॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

Whether mendicant or ruler, one whose worth is not hostage to good-versus-bad labels and craving shines with freedom.

Roman reading

bhikshurvaa bhoopatirvaapi yo nishkaamah sa shobhate | bhaaveshu galitaa yasya shobhanaashobhanaa matih ||18.91||bhikṣurvā bhūpatirvāpi yo niṣkāmaḥ sa śobhate | bhāveṣu galitā yasya śobhanāśobhanā matiḥ ||18.91||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Roles have unequal practical powers and duties. The verse concerns inward freedom across roles, not the claim that governance and mendicancy are ethically interchangeable.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

राजा और भिक्षु में सामाजिक अधिकार अलग हैं, अतः जिम्मेदारियाँ भी अलग रहेंगी। श्लोक उनके अंतिम आत्मस्वरूप को पद से अलग रखता है।

18.92

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

क्व स्वाच्छन्द्यं क्व सङ्कोचः क्व वा तत्त्वविनिश्चयः । निर्व्याजार्जवभूतस्य चरितार्थस्य योगिनः ॥१८.९२॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

For the fulfilled yogin grounded in guileless simplicity, even freedom, restraint and certainty are not egoic possessions.

Roman reading

kva svaachchhandyam kva sankochah kva vaa tattvavinishchayah | nirvyaajaarjavabhootasya charitaarthasya yoginah ||18.92||kva svācchandyaṃ kva saṅkocaḥ kva vā tattvaviniścayaḥ | nirvyājārjavabhūtasya caritārthasya yoginaḥ ||18.92||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

A person can become proud even of spiritual certainty. The verse keeps the inquiry open against turning insight into a badge of superiority.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

आत्मज्ञान का अहंकार बना लेना भी एक जाल हो सकता है। सहजता का अर्थ असावधानी या ज्ञान-विरोध नहीं है।

18.93

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

आत्मविश्रान्तितृप्तेन निराशेन गतार्तिना । अन्तर्यदनुभूयेत तत् कथं कस्य कथ्यते ॥१८.९३॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

How could the inward experience of one fulfilled in the Self, without craving or torment, be fully conveyed in words—and to whom?

Roman reading

aatmavishraantitriptena niraashena gataartinaa | antaryadanubhooyeta tat katham kasya kathyate ||18.93||ātmaviśrāntitṛptena nirāśena gatārtinā | antaryadanubhūyeta tat kathaṃ kasya kathyate ||18.93||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Language points rather than exhausts what is described. The limitation of verbal description is not an excuse for imprecise Sanskrit or careless interpretation.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह अनुभव की अवर्णनीयता की याद दिलाता है। इसलिए कोई भी व्याख्या संकेत भर है; गुरु-वचन और पाठ-समीक्षा का महत्व फिर भी रहता है।

18.94

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

सुप्तोऽपि न सुषुप्तौ च स्वप्नेऽपि शयितो न च । जागरेऽपि न जागर्ति धीरस्तृप्तः पदे पदे ॥१८.९४॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The wise are portrayed as inwardly free even through sleep, dreaming and waking, not identified with any one state.

Roman reading

supto’pi na sushuptau cha svapne’pi shayito na cha | jaagare’pi na jaagarti dheerastriptah pade pade ||18.94||supto’pi na suṣuptau ca svapne’pi śayito na ca | jāgare’pi na jāgarti dhīrastṛptaḥ pade pade ||18.94||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The paradox is about awareness and states, not a prescription to avoid sleep or a diagnosis of altered consciousness. Rest and sleep still matter for health and everyday functioning.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह योग की पारंपरिक विरोधाभासी अभिव्यक्ति है। इसे नींद न लेने, नींद संबंधी विकार या चेतना के चिकित्सकीय दावे से न जोड़ें।

18.95

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

ज्ञः सचिन्तोऽपि निश्चिन्तः सेन्द्रियोऽपि निरिन्द्रियः । सुबुद्धिरपि निर्बुद्धिः साहङ्कारोऽनहङ्कृतिः ॥१८.९५॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The sage may think without being anxious, use the senses without being ruled by them, and have intelligence without vanity about intelligence.

Roman reading

jnah sachinto’pi nishchintah sendriyo’pi nirindriyah | subuddhirapi nirbuddhih saahankaaro’nahankritih ||18.95||jñaḥ sacinto’pi niścintaḥ sendriyo’pi nirindriyaḥ | subuddhirapi nirbuddhiḥ sāhaṅkāro’nahaṅkṛtiḥ ||18.95||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The paired contradictions separate functional capacities from possessive identity. Understanding does not require the loss of intellect or perception.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

विरोधी पद यह दिखाते हैं कि साधारण क्षमता और उसके प्रति 'मैं' की पकड़ भिन्न हैं। वास्तविक दक्षता नष्ट नहीं होती।

18.96

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

न सुखी न च वा दुःखी न विरक्तो न सङ्गवान् । न मुमुक्षुर्न वा मुक्ता न किञ्चिन्न च किञ्चन ॥१८.९६॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The wise cannot finally be contained by such labels as happy or unhappy, detached or attached, seeker or liberated.

Roman reading

na sukhee na cha vaa duhkhee na virakto na sangavaan | na mumukshurna vaa muktaa na kinchinna cha kinchana ||18.96||na sukhī na ca vā duḥkhī na virakto na saṅgavān | na mumukṣurna vā muktā na kiñcinna ca kiñcana ||18.96||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Even the text's cherished label 'liberated' is provisional. This humility about categories is integral to the chapter's conclusion.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

श्लोक अपनी ही मुक्ति की भाषा से आगे जाने को कहता है। उपाधियों के उपयोगी अर्थ रहते हैं लेकिन वे आत्मस्वरूप का अंतिम माप नहीं।

18.97

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

विक्षेपेऽपि न विक्षिप्तः समाधौ न समाधिमान् । जाड्येऽपि न जडो धन्यः पाण्डित्येऽपि न पण्डितः ॥१८.९७॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

In distraction or meditation, apparent dullness or learning, the sage is not finally defined by those changing states.

Roman reading

vikshepe’pi na vikshiptah samaadhau na samaadhimaan | jaadye’pi na jado dhanyah paanditye’pi na panditah ||18.97||vikṣepe’pi na vikṣiptaḥ samādhau na samādhimān | jāḍye’pi na jaḍo dhanyaḥ pāṇḍitye’pi na paṇḍitaḥ ||18.97||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse neither derides study nor rejects contemplative practice. It refuses to turn changing capacities into a verdict on the Self.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

यह ध्यान अथवा विद्या का उपहास नहीं। श्लोक बताता है कि अवस्था को अहंकार का प्रमाणपत्र बना लेने से स्वतंत्रता अलग है।

18.98

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

मुक्तो यथास्थितिस्वस्थः कृतकर्तव्यनिर्वृतः । समः सर्वत्र वैतृष्ण्यान्न स्मरत्यकृतं कृतम् ॥१८.९८॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The liberated one remains at ease in circumstances, free from compulsive unfinished duty and craving, with an even outlook.

Roman reading

mukto yathaasthitisvasthah kritakartavyanirvritah | samah sarvatra vaitrishnyaanna smaratyakritam kritam ||18.98||mukto yathāsthitisvasthaḥ kṛtakartavyanirvṛtaḥ | samaḥ sarvatra vaitṛṣṇyānna smaratyakṛtaṃ kṛtam ||18.98||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The verse does not imply amnesia or exemption from practical tasks. Rather, one ceases to make existence contingent on an endless checklist of self-completion.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

'कृतकर्तव्य' को किए हुए काम का स्मरण खो देना न पढ़ें। बात यह है कि स्वयं को कभी पर्याप्त न मानने की व्यग्रता समाप्त होती है।

18.99

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

न प्रीयते वन्द्यमानो निन्द्यमानो न कुप्यति । नैवोद्विजति मरणे जीवने नाभिनन्दति ॥१८.९९॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The sage is not inflated by praise or undone by blame, and does not locate ultimate completeness in the contrast between life and death.

Roman reading

na preeyate vandyamaano nindyamaano na kupyati | naivodvijati marane jeevane naabhinandati ||18.99||na prīyate vandyamāno nindyamāno na kupyati | naivodvijati maraṇe jīvane nābhinandati ||18.99||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

Freedom from praise and blame is not a refusal to learn, and equanimity about mortality is never a recommendation to jeopardize life.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

कठोर शब्दों को आत्महानि की प्रेरणा नहीं समझना चाहिए। जीवन को सुरक्षित रखना और आलोचना से सीखना इस समता के विरुद्ध नहीं हैं।

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Aṣṭāvakra (chapter context; independent speaker attribution review pending)

न धावति जनाकीर्णं नारण्यमुपशान्तधीः । यथातथा यत्रतत्र सम एवावतिष्ठते ॥१८.१००॥

ShivGoraksh English Translation

The one of quiet understanding rushes neither into crowds nor into the forest; wherever and however life unfolds, inward steadiness remains.

Roman reading

na dhaavati janaakeernam naaranyamupashaantadheeh | yathaatathaa yatratatra sama evaavatishthate ||18.100||na dhāvati janākīrṇaṃ nāraṇyamupaśāntadhīḥ | yathātathā yatratatra sama evāvatiṣṭhate ||18.100||

Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

The closing verse returns to a plain human choice: neither society nor solitude is the compulsory home of freedom. The Self is not made complete by geography.

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ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

समापन में अध्याय का सार सरल है: पूर्णता किसी विशेष जगह, वेश या स्थिति पर निर्भर नहीं। यह सामाजिक दूरी की मजबूरी भी नहीं है।

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

This is an educational edition; independent textual and specialist review remains incomplete.

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

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  128. 18.26 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  129. 18.26 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  130. 18.26 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  131. 18.27 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  132. 18.27 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  133. 18.27 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  134. 18.27 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  135. 18.27 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  136. 18.28 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  137. 18.28 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  138. 18.28 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  139. 18.28 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  140. 18.28 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  141. 18.29 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  142. 18.29 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  143. 18.29 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  144. 18.29 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  145. 18.29 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  146. 18.30 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  147. 18.30 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  148. 18.30 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  149. 18.30 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  150. 18.30 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  151. 18.31 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  152. 18.31 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  153. 18.31 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  154. 18.31 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  155. 18.31 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  156. 18.32 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  157. 18.32 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  158. 18.32 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  159. 18.32 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  160. 18.32 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  161. 18.33 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  162. 18.33 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  163. 18.33 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  164. 18.33 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  165. 18.33 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  166. 18.34 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  167. 18.34 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  168. 18.34 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  169. 18.34 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  170. 18.34 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  171. 18.35 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  172. 18.35 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  173. 18.35 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  174. 18.35 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  175. 18.35 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  176. 18.36 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  177. 18.36 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  178. 18.36 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  179. 18.36 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  180. 18.36 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  181. 18.37 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  182. 18.37 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  183. 18.37 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  184. 18.37 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  185. 18.37 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  186. 18.38 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  187. 18.38 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  188. 18.38 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  189. 18.38 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  190. 18.38 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  191. 18.39 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  192. 18.39 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  193. 18.39 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  194. 18.39 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  195. 18.39 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  196. 18.40 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  197. 18.40 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  198. 18.40 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  199. 18.40 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  200. 18.40 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  201. 18.41 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  202. 18.41 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  203. 18.41 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  204. 18.41 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  205. 18.41 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  206. 18.42 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  207. 18.42 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  208. 18.42 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  209. 18.42 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  210. 18.42 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  211. 18.43 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  212. 18.43 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  213. 18.43 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  214. 18.43 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  215. 18.43 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  216. 18.44 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  217. 18.44 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  218. 18.44 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  219. 18.44 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  220. 18.44 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  221. 18.45 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  222. 18.45 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  223. 18.45 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  224. 18.45 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  225. 18.45 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  226. 18.46 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  227. 18.46 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  228. 18.46 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  229. 18.46 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  230. 18.46 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  231. 18.47 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  232. 18.47 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  233. 18.47 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  234. 18.47 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  235. 18.47 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  236. 18.48 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  237. 18.48 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  238. 18.48 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  239. 18.48 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  240. 18.48 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  241. 18.49 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  242. 18.49 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  243. 18.49 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  244. 18.49 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  245. 18.49 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  246. 18.50 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  247. 18.50 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  248. 18.50 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  249. 18.50 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  250. 18.50 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  251. 18.51 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  252. 18.51 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  253. 18.51 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  254. 18.51 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  255. 18.51 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  256. 18.52 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  257. 18.52 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  258. 18.52 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  259. 18.52 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  260. 18.52 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  261. 18.53 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  262. 18.53 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  263. 18.53 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  264. 18.53 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  265. 18.53 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  266. 18.54 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  267. 18.54 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  268. 18.54 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  269. 18.54 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  270. 18.54 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  271. 18.55 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  272. 18.55 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  273. 18.55 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  274. 18.55 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  275. 18.55 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  276. 18.56 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  277. 18.56 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  278. 18.56 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  279. 18.56 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  280. 18.56 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  281. 18.57 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  282. 18.57 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  283. 18.57 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  284. 18.57 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  285. 18.57 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  286. 18.58 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  287. 18.58 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  288. 18.58 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  289. 18.58 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  290. 18.58 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  291. 18.59 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  292. 18.59 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  293. 18.59 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  294. 18.59 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  295. 18.59 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  296. 18.60 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  297. 18.60 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  298. 18.60 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  299. 18.60 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  300. 18.60 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  301. 18.61 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  302. 18.61 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  303. 18.61 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  304. 18.61 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  305. 18.61 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  306. 18.62 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  307. 18.62 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  308. 18.62 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  309. 18.62 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  310. 18.62 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  311. 18.63 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  312. 18.63 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  313. 18.63 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  314. 18.63 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  315. 18.63 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  316. 18.64 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  317. 18.64 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  318. 18.64 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  319. 18.64 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  320. 18.64 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  321. 18.65 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  322. 18.65 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  323. 18.65 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  324. 18.65 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  325. 18.65 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  326. 18.66 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  327. 18.66 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  328. 18.66 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  329. 18.66 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  330. 18.66 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  331. 18.67 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  332. 18.67 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  333. 18.67 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  334. 18.67 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  335. 18.67 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  336. 18.68 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  337. 18.68 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  338. 18.68 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  339. 18.68 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  340. 18.68 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  341. 18.69 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  342. 18.69 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  343. 18.69 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  344. 18.69 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  345. 18.69 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  346. 18.70 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  347. 18.70 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  348. 18.70 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  349. 18.70 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  350. 18.70 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  351. 18.71 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  352. 18.71 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  353. 18.71 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  354. 18.71 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  355. 18.71 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  356. 18.72 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  357. 18.72 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  358. 18.72 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  359. 18.72 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  360. 18.72 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  361. 18.73 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  362. 18.73 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  363. 18.73 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  364. 18.73 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  365. 18.73 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  366. 18.74 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  367. 18.74 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  368. 18.74 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  369. 18.74 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  370. 18.74 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  371. 18.75 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  372. 18.75 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  373. 18.75 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  374. 18.75 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  375. 18.75 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  376. 18.76 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  377. 18.76 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  378. 18.76 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  379. 18.76 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  380. 18.76 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  381. 18.77 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  382. 18.77 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  383. 18.77 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  384. 18.77 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  385. 18.77 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  386. 18.78 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  387. 18.78 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  388. 18.78 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  389. 18.78 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  390. 18.78 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  391. 18.79 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  392. 18.79 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  393. 18.79 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  394. 18.79 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  395. 18.79 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  396. 18.80 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  397. 18.80 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  398. 18.80 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  399. 18.80 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  400. 18.80 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  401. 18.81 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  402. 18.81 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  403. 18.81 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  404. 18.81 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  405. 18.81 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  406. 18.82 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  407. 18.82 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  408. 18.82 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  409. 18.82 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  410. 18.82 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  411. 18.83 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  412. 18.83 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  413. 18.83 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  414. 18.83 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  415. 18.83 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  416. 18.84 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  417. 18.84 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  418. 18.84 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  419. 18.84 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  420. 18.84 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  421. 18.85 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  422. 18.85 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  423. 18.85 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  424. 18.85 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  425. 18.85 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  426. 18.86 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  427. 18.86 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  428. 18.86 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  429. 18.86 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  430. 18.86 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  431. 18.87 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  432. 18.87 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  433. 18.87 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  434. 18.87 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  435. 18.87 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  436. 18.88 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  437. 18.88 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  438. 18.88 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  439. 18.88 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  440. 18.88 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  441. 18.89 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  442. 18.89 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  443. 18.89 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  444. 18.89 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  445. 18.89 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  446. 18.90 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  447. 18.90 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  448. 18.90 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  449. 18.90 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  450. 18.90 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  451. 18.91 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  452. 18.91 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  453. 18.91 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  454. 18.91 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  455. 18.91 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  456. 18.92 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  457. 18.92 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  458. 18.92 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  459. 18.92 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  460. 18.92 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  461. 18.93 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  462. 18.93 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  463. 18.93 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  464. 18.93 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  465. 18.93 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  466. 18.94 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  467. 18.94 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  468. 18.94 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  469. 18.94 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  470. 18.94 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  471. 18.95 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  472. 18.95 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  473. 18.95 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  474. 18.95 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  475. 18.95 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  476. 18.96 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  477. 18.96 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  478. 18.96 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  479. 18.96 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  480. 18.96 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  481. 18.97 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  482. 18.97 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  483. 18.97 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  484. 18.97 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  485. 18.97 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  486. 18.98 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  487. 18.98 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  488. 18.98 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  489. 18.98 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  490. 18.98 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  491. 18.99 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  492. 18.99 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  493. 18.99 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  494. 18.99 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  495. 18.99 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  496. 18.100 — Original / source text

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  497. 18.100 — ShivGoraksh Hindi Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  498. 18.100 — ShivGoraksh English Translation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  499. 18.100 — ShivGoraksh Simple Hindi Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization

  500. 18.100 — ShivGoraksh Simple English Explanation

    Khemraj / Lakṣmīveṅkaṭeśvara (1911)

    Supplied chapter/verse numbering; no harmonization