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CHAPTER I
INSTRUCTION ON SELF-REALIZATION
जनक उवाच ।
कथं ज्ञानमवाप्नोति कथं मुक्तिर्भविष्यति ।
वैराग्यं च कथं प्राप्तमेतद् ब्रूहि मम प्रभो ॥१॥
जनक: Janaka उवाच said :
कथ How (लोक. man) ज्ञानम् knowledge भवाप्नोति acqui-
res कथं how मुक्ति: liberation भविष्यति will be कथं how
'वैराग्य' renunciation प्राप्तं is secured च and प्रभो O Lord
एतत् this मम me ब्र ूहि teli.
Janaka asked:
1. How can knowledge' be acquired?
How can liberation² be attained? How is
renunciation possible?-Tell me this, O
Lord.
[Knowledge-Realization of the identity of the
individual self and Paramâtman or Brahman which
is Existence, Knowledge and Bliss absolute.
2 Liberation-Freedom from ignorance, all bond-
ages and limitations,―the effect of Knowledge
mentioned above, i.e. the complete destruction of all
misery and attainment of supreme bliss.
3 Renunciation-Non-attachment to the enjoy-
ment of the objects of this world as well as of the
world beyond. This forms the most important of
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INSTRUCTION ON SELF-REALIZATION
जनक उवाच ।
कथं ज्ञानमवाप्नोति कथं मुक्तिर्भविष्यति ।
वैराग्यं च कथं प्राप्तमेतद् ब्रूहि मम प्रभो ॥१॥
जनक: Janaka उवाच said :
कथ How (लोक. man) ज्ञानम् knowledge भवाप्नोति acqui-
res कथं how मुक्ति: liberation भविष्यति will be कथं how
'वैराग्य' renunciation प्राप्तं is secured च and प्रभो O Lord
एतत् this मम me ब्र ूहि teli.
Janaka asked:
1. How can knowledge' be acquired?
How can liberation² be attained? How is
renunciation possible?-Tell me this, O
Lord.
[Knowledge-Realization of the identity of the
individual self and Paramâtman or Brahman which
is Existence, Knowledge and Bliss absolute.
2 Liberation-Freedom from ignorance, all bond-
ages and limitations,―the effect of Knowledge
mentioned above, i.e. the complete destruction of all
misery and attainment of supreme bliss.
3 Renunciation-Non-attachment to the enjoy-
ment of the objects of this world as well as of the
world beyond. This forms the most important of
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