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ASHTAVAKRA SAMHITA
47. He who is free from doubts and
has his mind absorbed (in the Self), does
not resort to the means of liberation.
Seeing, hearing, touching, smelling and
eating, he lives happily.
[Seeing etc. This even only apparently, as he
does not ascribe to himself the functions of the
senses. Cf. XVII. 8, 12; XVIII. 65.]
वस्तुश्रवणमात्रेण शुद्धबुद्धिर्निराकुलः ।
नवाचारमनाचारमौदास्यं वा प्रपश्यति ॥४८॥
वस्तुश्रवणमात्रेण By the mere hearing of Truth शुद्धबुद्धि:
of purified intellect fg: unperturbed (:
person ) आचारम् proper conduct अनाचारम् improper
conduct चौदास्यं indifference वा or न not एव indeed
प्रपश्यति sees.
48. He whose mind has been purified
and freed from distraction by the mere
hearing about the Truth, does² not see pro-
per or improper act or inaction.
[Whose etc.-This is a rare case of Self-realisa-
tion. It is said that no sooner does an aspirant of
exceptional merit whose mind has been completely
purified by the practice of the four preliminary
virtues such as discrimination between the Real and
the unreal, etc., hear about the nature of the Self,
than the Truth dawns upon him. He has not to
ASHTAVAKRA SAMHITA
47. He who is free from doubts and
has his mind absorbed (in the Self), does
not resort to the means of liberation.
Seeing, hearing, touching, smelling and
eating, he lives happily.
[Seeing etc. This even only apparently, as he
does not ascribe to himself the functions of the
senses. Cf. XVII. 8, 12; XVIII. 65.]
वस्तुश्रवणमात्रेण शुद्धबुद्धिर्निराकुलः ।
नवाचारमनाचारमौदास्यं वा प्रपश्यति ॥४८॥
वस्तुश्रवणमात्रेण By the mere hearing of Truth शुद्धबुद्धि:
of purified intellect fg: unperturbed (:
person ) आचारम् proper conduct अनाचारम् improper
conduct चौदास्यं indifference वा or न not एव indeed
प्रपश्यति sees.
48. He whose mind has been purified
and freed from distraction by the mere
hearing about the Truth, does² not see pro-
per or improper act or inaction.
[Whose etc.-This is a rare case of Self-realisa-
tion. It is said that no sooner does an aspirant of
exceptional merit whose mind has been completely
purified by the practice of the four preliminary
virtues such as discrimination between the Real and
the unreal, etc., hear about the nature of the Self,
than the Truth dawns upon him. He has not to