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ASHTAVAKRA SAMHITA
[Worldly etc.-He is no longer bound by ignor-
ance which causes the rounds of birth and death. He
is illumined and has destroyed bondages of desire and
Karma.
2 No etc. He has transcended the limitations of
Though living in a human body, he is
human nature.
divine.
him.
3 Neither etc.-These opposites do not exist in
He is above them.]
न मुक्तो विषयद्वेष्टा न वा विषयलोलुपः ।
असंसक्तमना नित्यं प्राप्ताप्राप्तमुपाश्नुते ॥१७॥
not
मुक्त: The liberated one विषयद्देष्टा abhorrent of the
objects of the senses
craving for the
objects of the senses न not वा or ( भवति is स: he )
नित्यम् ever असंसक्तमनाः with a detached mind ( सन्
being) प्राप्ताप्राप्त the attained and the unattained उपाश्रुते
enjoys.
17. The liberated one neither¹ abhors
the objects of the senses nor craves them.
Ever with a detached mind he enjoys² the
attained as well as the unattained.
[Neither etc.-Because abhorrence and craving
are both due to attachment, from which a liberated
soul is ever free.
2 Enjoys etc. Attachment is the source of enjoy-
ment to ordinary people. They therefore enjoy a
thing which actually comes into their possession.
ASHTAVAKRA SAMHITA
[Worldly etc.-He is no longer bound by ignor-
ance which causes the rounds of birth and death. He
is illumined and has destroyed bondages of desire and
Karma.
2 No etc. He has transcended the limitations of
Though living in a human body, he is
human nature.
divine.
him.
3 Neither etc.-These opposites do not exist in
He is above them.]
न मुक्तो विषयद्वेष्टा न वा विषयलोलुपः ।
असंसक्तमना नित्यं प्राप्ताप्राप्तमुपाश्नुते ॥१७॥
not
मुक्त: The liberated one विषयद्देष्टा abhorrent of the
objects of the senses
craving for the
objects of the senses न not वा or ( भवति is स: he )
नित्यम् ever असंसक्तमनाः with a detached mind ( सन्
being) प्राप्ताप्राप्त the attained and the unattained उपाश्रुते
enjoys.
17. The liberated one neither¹ abhors
the objects of the senses nor craves them.
Ever with a detached mind he enjoys² the
attained as well as the unattained.
[Neither etc.-Because abhorrence and craving
are both due to attachment, from which a liberated
soul is ever free.
2 Enjoys etc. Attachment is the source of enjoy-
ment to ordinary people. They therefore enjoy a
thing which actually comes into their possession.