Ashtavakra Gita

nirvAsano nirAlaMbaH svacchando muktabandhanaH| kSiptaH saMskAravAtena ceSTate zuSkaparNavat||18- 21||

siva.sh/ashtavakra-gita/18/22

असंसारस्य तु क्वापि न हर्षो न विषादिता। स शीतलहमना नित्यं विदेह इव राजये॥१८- २२॥

There is neither joy nor sorrow for one who has transcended samsara. He lives always with a peaceful mind and as if without a body.

english translation

asaMsArasya tu kvApi na harSo na viSAditA| sa zItalahamanA nityaM videha iva rAjaye||18- 22||

siva.sh/ashtavakra-gita/18/23

कुत्रापि न जिहासास्ति नाशो वापि न कुत्रचित्। आत्मारामस्य धीरस्य शीतलाच्छतरात्मनः॥१८- २३॥

He whose joy is in himself, and who is peaceful and pure within has no desire for renunciation or sense of loss in anything.

english translation

kutrApi na jihAsAsti nAzo vApi na kutracit| AtmArAmasya dhIrasya zItalAcchatarAtmanaH||18- 23||

siva.sh/ashtavakra-gita/18/24

प्रकृत्या शून्यचित्तस्य कुर्वतोऽस्य यदृच्छया। प्राकृतस्येव धीरस्य न मानो नावमानता॥१८- २४॥

For the man with a naturally empty mind, doing just as he pleases, there is no such thing as pride or false humility, as there is for the natural man.

english translation

prakRtyA zUnyacittasya kurvato'sya yadRcchayA| prAkRtasyeva dhIrasya na mAno nAvamAnatA||18- 24||

siva.sh/ashtavakra-gita/18/25

कृतं देहेन कर्मेदं न मया शुद्धरूपिणा। इति चिन्तानुरोधी यः कुर्वन्नपि करोति न॥१८- २५॥

This action was done by the body but not by me'. The pure-natured person thinking like this, is not acting even when acting.

english translation

kRtaM dehena karmedaM na mayA zuddharUpiNA| iti cintAnurodhI yaH kurvannapi karoti na||18- 25||