अष्टावक्र उवाच - हन्तात्मज्ञस्य धीरस्य खेलतो भोगलीलया। न हि संसारवाहीकै- र्मूढैः सह समानता॥४- १॥
Ashtavakra says: The self - aware wise man takes the worldly matter sportively, he just cannot be compared to a deluded person taking burdens of the situations.
आब्रह्मस्तंबपर्यन्ते भूतग्रामे चतुर्विधे। विज्ञस्यैव हि सामर्थ्य- मिच्छानिच्छाविवर्जने॥४- ५॥
Of all four categories of beings, from Brahma down to the last clump of grass, only the man of knowledge is capable of eliminating desire and aversion.