Chapter 12 · Disciple's Realization

Verse 12.1 · Janaka

“First I became intolerant of physical action, then of extensive speech, and then of thought. Thus verily do I therefore abide.”

kāyakṛtyāsahaḥ pūrvaṃ tato vāgvistārāsahaḥ…

Verse 12.2 · Janaka

“Having no attachment for sound and all perceived objects, and the Self also not being an object of perception, my mind is free from…”

prītyabhāvena śabdāder adṛśyatvena cātmanaḥ…

Verse 12.3 · Janaka

“Effort is made for concentration when there is distraction of mind owing to superimposition and such causes. Seeing this to be the rule,…”

samādhyāsādivikṣiptau vyavahāraḥ samādhaye…

Verse 12.4 · Janaka

“Being devoid of the sense of the rejectable and the acceptable, and having no joy and sorrow, thus, O Brahman, do I abide today.”

heyopādeyavirahād evaṃ harṣaviṣādayoḥ…

Verse 12.5 · Janaka

“Stage of life or no stage of life, meditation, renunciation of the objects accepted by the mind — finding all these causing distractions to…”

āśramānāśramaṃ dhyānaṃ cittasvīkṛtavarjanam…

Verse 12.6 · Janaka

“Cessation from action is as much an outcome of ignorance as the performance thereof. Knowing this truth fully, thus verily do I abide.”

karmānuṣṭhānam ajñānād yathaivopāramas tathā…

Verse 12.7 · Janaka

“Thinking on the Unthinkable, one betakes oneself only to a form of thought. Therefore, giving up that [mode of] contemplation, thus verily…”

acintyaṃ cintyamāno'pi cintārūpaṃ bhajaty asau…

Verse 12.8 · Janaka

“Blessed is the man by whom this has been accomplished. Blessed is he who is of such a nature by birth.”

evameva kṛtaṃ yena sa kṛtārtho bhaved asau…