Chapter 9 · Detachment

Verse 9.1 · Ashtavakra

“Duties done and not done as well as the pairs of opposites — when do they cease and for whom? Knowing thus, be intent on renunciation and…”

kṛtākṛte ca dvandvāni kadā śāntāni kasya vā…

Verse 9.2 · Ashtavakra

“Rare indeed, my child, is that blessed person whose desire for life, enjoyment and learning have been extinguished by observing the ways of…”

kasyāpi tāta dhanyasya lokaceṣṭāvalokanāt…

Verse 9.3 · Ashtavakra

“A wise man becomes quiet by realizing that all this is vitiated by the threefold misery and is transient, unsubstantial, contemptible and…”

anityaṃ sarvam evedaṃ tāpatritayadūṣitam…

Verse 9.4 · Ashtavakra

“What is that time or that age in which the pairs of opposites do not exist for men? One who, quitting those, is content with what comes of…”

ko'sau kālo vayaḥ kiṃ vā yatra dvandvāni no nṛṇām…

Verse 9.5 · Ashtavakra

“What man is there who, having observed the diversity of opinions among the great seers, saints and Yogis, and become completely indifferent…”

nānā mataṃ maharṣīṇāṃ sādhūnāṃ yogināṃ tathā…

Verse 9.6 · Ashtavakra

“He who gains a knowledge of the true nature of Pure Consciousness by means of complete indifference to the world and equanimity, and…”

kṛtvā mūrtiparijñānaṃ caitanyasya na kiṃ guruḥ…

Verse 9.7 · Ashtavakra

“Look upon the modifications of the elements as nothing in reality but the primary elements themselves, and you will at once be free from…”

paśya bhūtavikārāṃs tvaṃ bhūtamātrān yathārthataḥ…

Verse 9.8 · Ashtavakra

“Desire alone is the world. Do you therefore renounce all those desires. The renunciation of the world follows from the renunciation of…”

vāsanā eva saṃsāra iti sarvā vimuñca tāḥ…