6. Chapter 6 — The Higher Knowledge

6.1

अष्टावक्र उवाच — aṣṭāvakra uvāca

आकाशवदनन्तोऽहं घटवत् प्राकृतं जगत् ।
इति ज्ञानं तथैतस्य न त्यागो न ग्रहो लयः ॥

ākāśavadananto'haṃ ghaṭavat prākṛtaṃ jagat ।
iti jñānaṃ tathaitasya na tyāgo na graho layaḥ ॥

Boundless as space am I. The phenomenal world is like a jar. This is Knowledge. So it has neither to be renounced nor accepted nor destroyed.

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6.2

महोदधिरिवाहं स प्रपंचो वीचिसऽन्निभः ।
इति ज्ञानं तथैतस्य न त्यागो न ग्रहो लयः ॥

mahodadhirivāhaṃ sa prapaṃco vīcisa'nnibhaḥ ।
iti jñānaṃ tathaitasya na tyāgo na graho layaḥ ॥

That I am like the ocean and the phenomenal universe is like the wave. This is Knowledge. So it has neither to be renounced nor accepted nor destroyed.

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6.3

अहं स शुक्तिसङ्काशो रूप्यवद् विश्वकल्पना ।
इति ज्ञानं तथैतस्य न त्यागो न ग्रहो लयः ॥

ahaṃ sa śuktisaṅkāśo rūpyavad viśvakalpanā ।
iti jñānaṃ tathaitasya na tyāgo na graho layaḥ ॥

That I am like mother-of-pearl; and the world-projection is like silver. This is Knowledge. So it has neither to be renounced nor accepted nor destroyed.

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6.4

अहं वा सर्वभूतेषु सर्वभूतान्यथो मयि ।
इति ज्ञानं तथैतस्य न त्यागो न ग्रहो लयः ॥

ahaṃ vā sarvabhūteṣu sarvabhūtānyatho mayi ।
iti jñānaṃ tathaitasya na tyāgo na graho layaḥ ॥

I ‘am indeed in all beings and all beings are in me. This is Knowledge. So it has neither to be renounced nor accepted nor destroyed.