Ashtavakra Gita · Chapter 3

avināśinam ātmānam ekaṃ vijñāya tattvataḥ
tavātmajñasya dhīrasya katham arthārjane ratiḥ //

ātmājñānād aho prītir viṣayabhramagocare
śukter ajñānato lobho yathā rajatavibhrame //

viśvaṃ sphurati yatredaṃ taraṅgā iva sāgare
so 'ham asmīti vijñāya, kiṃ dīna iva dhāvasi //

śrutvāpi śuddhacaitanyam ātmānam atisundaram
upasthetyantasaṃsakto mālinyam adhigacchati //

sarvabhūteṣu cātmānaṃ sarvabhūtāni cātmani
muner jānata āścaryaṃ mamatvam anuvartate //

āsthitaḥ paramādvaitaṃ mokṣārthe 'pi vyavasthitaḥ
āścaryaṃ kāmavaśago vikalaḥ keliśikṣayā //

udbhūtaṃ jñānadurmitram avadhāryātidurbalaḥ
āścaryaṃ kāmam ākāṅkṣet kālam antam anuśritaḥ //

ihāmutra viraktasya nityānityavivekinaḥ
āścaryaṃ mokṣakāmasya mokṣād eva vibhīṣikā //

dhīras tu bhojyamāno 'pi pīḍyamāno 'pi sarvadā
ātmānaṃ kevalaṃ paśyan na tuṣyati na kupyati //

ceṣṭamānaṃ śarīraṃ svaṃ paśyaty anyaśarīravat
saṃstave cāpi nindāyāṃ kathaṃ kṣubhyet mahāśayaḥ //

māyāmātram idaṃ viśvaṃ paśyan vigatakautukaḥ
api sannihite mṛtyau kathaṃ trasyati dhīradhīḥ //

niḥspṛhaṃ mānasaṃ yasya nairāśye 'pi mahātmanaḥ
tasyātmajñānatṛptasya tulanā kena jāyate //

svabhāvād eva jānāno dṛśyam etan na kiṃcana
idaṃ grāhyam idaṃ tyājyaṃ sa kiṃ paśyati dhīradhīḥ //

antastyaktakaṣāyasya nirdvandvasya nirāśiṣaḥ
yadṛcchayāgato bhogo na duḥkhāya na tuṣṭaye //