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ASHTAVAKRA SAMHITA
This by Knowledge : fulfilled sfa
एवं thus गलितधीः with the mind absorbed कृतो content -
hearing touching
smelling अश्नन् eating यथासुखम happily आस्ते lives.
ed seeing
8. Being fulfilled by this' Knowledge²
and with his mind³ absorbed, and conten-
ted, the wise one lives happily, seeing,5
hearing, touching, smelling and eating.
[This as indicated in the present chapter.
2 Knowledge-i.e. of the Self.
3 Mind etc.-The mind is immersed in the glory
of Self-Knowledge and its resultant blessings.
4 Contented-Because
attained.
nothing remains to be
5 Seeing etc. It is not external behaviour that
demarcates a man of Knowledge from an ordinary
human being. The former may have everything in
common with the latter except the feeling of 'I-ness'
and 'mine-ness'.]
शून्या दृष्टिर्वृथा चेष्टा विकलानीन्द्रियाणि च ।
न स्पृहा न विरक्तिर्वा क्षीणसंसारसागरे ॥ ॥
क्षीणसंसारसागरे In one for whom the ocean of the
world has dried up attachment
attachment or not (fis
शून्या vacant चेष्टा action वृथा to no
senses fa inoperative (and).
not fax: non-
his ) fe: look
purpose इन्द्रियाणि
ASHTAVAKRA SAMHITA
This by Knowledge : fulfilled sfa
एवं thus गलितधीः with the mind absorbed कृतो content -
hearing touching
smelling अश्नन् eating यथासुखम happily आस्ते lives.
ed seeing
8. Being fulfilled by this' Knowledge²
and with his mind³ absorbed, and conten-
ted, the wise one lives happily, seeing,5
hearing, touching, smelling and eating.
[This as indicated in the present chapter.
2 Knowledge-i.e. of the Self.
3 Mind etc.-The mind is immersed in the glory
of Self-Knowledge and its resultant blessings.
4 Contented-Because
attained.
nothing remains to be
5 Seeing etc. It is not external behaviour that
demarcates a man of Knowledge from an ordinary
human being. The former may have everything in
common with the latter except the feeling of 'I-ness'
and 'mine-ness'.]
शून्या दृष्टिर्वृथा चेष्टा विकलानीन्द्रियाणि च ।
न स्पृहा न विरक्तिर्वा क्षीणसंसारसागरे ॥ ॥
क्षीणसंसारसागरे In one for whom the ocean of the
world has dried up attachment
attachment or not (fis
शून्या vacant चेष्टा action वृथा to no
senses fa inoperative (and).
not fax: non-
his ) fe: look
purpose इन्द्रियाणि