Chapter 4 · Glorification of Self-Realization

Verse 4.1 · Janaka

“Oh, the man of understanding — the knower of Self who plays the game of life — has no similarity to the deluded beasts of the world.”

hantātmajñānasya dhīrasya khelato bhogalīlayā…

Verse 4.2 · Janaka

“Oh, the Yogi does not feel elated abiding in that state which Indra and all the gods hanker after and yet remain unhappy.”

yat padaṃ prepsavo dīnāḥ śakrādyāḥ sarvadevatāḥ…

Verse 4.3 · Janaka

“The heart of one who has known That is not touched by virtue and vice, just as the sky is not touched by smoke, even though it appears to…”

tajjñasya puṇyapāpābhyāṃ sparśo hy antar na jāyate…

Verse 4.4 · Janaka

“Who can prohibit that great-souled one who has known this entire universe to be the Self alone, from living as he pleases?”

ātmaivedaṃ jagatsarvaṃ jñātaṃ yena mahātmanā…

Verse 4.5 · Janaka

“Of the four kinds of created beings from Brahma down to the clump of grass, it is the wise one alone who is truly capable of renouncing…”

ābrahmastambaparyante bhūtagrāme caturvidhe…

Verse 4.6 · Janaka

“Rare is the man who knows the Self as one without a second and as the lord of the universe. He does what he knows to be worth doing and has…”

ātmānam advayaṃ kaścij jānāti jagadīśvaram…