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Chapter 12

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कायकृत्यासहः पूर्वं ततो वाग्विस्तरासहः। अथ चिन्तासहस्तस्माद् एवमेवाहमास्थितः॥

Sri Janak says - First I developed indifference towards actions performed by body then I became indifferent to actions performed by speech. Now, I have become indifferent to all sorts of anxieties and stay as I am

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प्रीत्यभावेन शब्दादेर- दृश्यत्वेन चात्मनः। विक्षेपैकाग्रहृदय एवमेवाहमास्थितः॥

Unattached to sound and other senses and knowing that Self is not an object of sight, I remain free of disturbances and focused as I am

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समाध्यासादिविक्षिप्तौ व्यवहारः समाधये। एवं विलोक्य नियमं एवमेवाहमास्थितः॥

Seeing the transitions between abnormal states of incorrect perception and the meditative states as a (natural) rule, I stay as I am

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हेयोपादेयविरहाद् एवं हर्षविषादयोः। अभावादद्य हे ब्रह्मन्न् एवमेवाहमास्थितः॥

O seer of God, away from the feelings to store or to leave and without any pleasure or pain, I stay as I am

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आश्रमानाश्रमं ध्यानं चित्तस्वीकृतवर्जनं। विकल्पं मम वीक्ष्यै- तैरेवमेवाहमास्थितः॥

Looking at the various stages of life and their absence, rules accepted and prohibited by mind and such options, I stay as I am

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कर्मानुष्ठानमज्ञानाद् यथैवोपरमस्तथा। बुध्वा सम्यगिदं तत्त्वं एवमेवाहमास्थितः॥

Being aware of the ignorance in performing rituals and knowing the Truth properly, I stay as I am

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अचिंत्यं चिंत्यमानोऽपि चिन्तारूपं भजत्यसौ। त्यक्त्वा तद्भावनं तस्माद् एवमेवाहमास्थितः॥

While thinking about the Unthinkable, we ponder over our thoughts only. So abandoning that thought, I stay as I am

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एवमेव कृतं येन स कृतार्थो भवेदसौ। एवमेव स्वभावो यः स कृतार्थो भवेदसौ॥

He who follows thus gets liberated. One whose nature is like this gets liberated

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