13. Chapter 13 — Happiness

13.1

जनक उवाच — janaka uvāca

अकिंचनभवं स्वास्थं कौपीनत्वेऽपि दुर्लभं ।
त्यागादाने विहायास्मादहमासे यथासुखम् ॥

akiṃcanabhavaṃ svāsthaṃ kaupīnatve'pi durlabhaṃ ।
tyāgādāne vihāyāsmādahamāse yathāsukham ॥

The tranquillity that springs in on e w ho is without anything, is rare eyen wfen one poss essesba loinclgtI i7‘“’ TIiere “ fore?^ giv ing up ^r en unciati oii ^naocegt.- ance, I live ha ppil y.

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13.2

कुत्रापि खेदः कायस्य जिह्वा कुत्रापि खेद्यते ।
मनः कुत्रापि तत्त्यक्त्वा पुरुषार्थे स्थितः सुखम् ॥

kutrāpi khedaḥ kāyasya jihvā kutrāpi khedyate ।
manaḥ kutrāpi tattyaktvā puruṣārthe sthitaḥ sukham ॥

There is trouble of the body somewhere, trouble of the tongue somewhere and trouble of the mind somewhere. Having renounced these, I live happily in life’s"^ supreme goal.

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13.3

कृतं किमपि नैव स्याद् इति संचिन्त्य तत्त्वतः ।
यदा यत्कर्तुमायाति तत् कृत्वासे यथासुखम् ॥

kṛtaṃ kimapi naiva syād iti saṃcintya tattvataḥ ।
yadā yatkartumāyāti tat kṛtvāse yathāsukham ॥

Fully realizing that nothing whatsoever is really done by the Self, I do" whatever presents itself to be done and live happily.

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13.4

कर्मनैष्कर्म्यनिर्बन्धभावा देहस्थयोगिनः ।
संयोगायोगविरहादहमासे यथासुखम् ॥

karmanaiṣkarmyanirbandhabhāvā dehasthayoginaḥ ।
saṃyogāyogavirahādahamāse yathāsukham ॥

The Yogis who are attached to the body insist upon action or inaction. Dwins to the absence of association" and dissociation," i live happily.

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13.5

अर्थानर्थौ न मे स्थित्या गत्या न शयनेन वा ।
तिष्ठन् गच्छन् स्वपन् तस्मादहमासे यथासुखम् ॥

arthānarthau na me sthityā gatyā na śayanena vā ।
tiṣṭhan gacchan svapan tasmādahamāse yathāsukham ॥

No good or evil accrues to me by staying, going or sleeping. So I live happily whether I stay, go or sleep.

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13.6

स्वपतो नास्ति मे हानिः सिद्धिर्यत्नवतो न वा ।
नाशोल्लासौ विहायास्मदहमासे यथासुखम् ॥

svapato nāsti me hāniḥ siddhiryatnavato na vā ।
nāśollāsau vihāyāsmadahamāse yathāsukham ॥

I do not lose by sleeping or gain by striving. So giving up (tliouifs of) Tos andfelation I live happily.

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13.7

सुखादिरूपा नियमं भावेष्वालोक्य भूरिशः ।
शुभाशुभे विहायास्मादहमासे यथासुखम् ॥

sukhādirūpā niyamaṃ bhāveṣvālokya bhūriśaḥ ।
śubhāśubhe vihāyāsmādahamāse yathāsukham ॥

Observing again and again the fluctuations" of pleasure etc. under different conditions, I h ave renou n.ced" good and evil and am Eav.