Chapter-12, Verse 4

Ashtavakra Gita Verse 12.4

हेयोपादेयविरहादेवं हर्षविषादयोः। अभावादद्य हे ब्रह्मन्नेवमेवाहमास्थितः॥४॥ 

4. Finding nothing as acceptable and nothing as rejectable and having neither joy nor sorrow, ‘O Brahman!’ thus do I, therefore, now abide in myself. 

By now the reader must have understood that for Ashtavakra the highest spiritual condition is understanding and Realising the Self and remaining in its Constant Remembrance. He calls that, 'Abiding in the Self'.

To a seeker, good is acceptable and evil is rejectable; and the good and the evil are the judgements of the intellect. Having risen above the intellect, the yogī reaches a state wherein there is nothing for him to accept or to reject. He comes to dwell in the Self which illumines both the concepts of the good and the bad that rise as thoughts at the intellectual level. 

Having pursued the good, as its reward, we experience our life's joys and as a reward of evil we have life's sorrows. Joys and sorrows are emotions at the mental level. When the meditator rises above the mind and intellect, he transcends both the joys and sorrows of the mind and the good and the bad concepts of the intellect. ‘O Brahman! thus do I, now abide in myself as pure Infinite Consciousness Divine.’