Chapter-13, Verse 2

Ashtavakra Gita Verse 13.2

कुत्रापि खेदः कायस्य जिह्वा कुत्रापि खिद्यते। मनः कुत्रापि तत्त्यक्त्वा पुरुषार्थे स्थितः सुखम्॥२॥

2. There is weariness of the body here, fatigue of the tongue there and distress of the mind elsewhere. Having renounced this in life's goal, I live in true happiness. 

The main three sources of weariness and consequently of restlessness, have already been enumerated earlier as physical, oral and mental. Janaka in his wisdom discovers that there is weariness brought to his life by his body. The sense organs are all channels of sorrow that pour into our bosom restlessness and agitations. 

In Yogavāsiṣṭha we read this idea most poetically put: ‘The deer, black bee, butterfly, elephant, fish each one of these meets with its death because of its attachment to one or the other of its sense organs. The ignorant man is attached to all his five senses, and how can he ever find happiness in this world.’  

(kuraṅgālipataṅgebhamīnāstvekaikaśo hatāḥ, sarvaiyuktairanarthaistu vyāptāsyājña kutaḥ sukham.  ~Yogavāsiṣṭha-5.52.21)

Physical senses alone are not the sole cause for the sorrows mentioned here, but all physical penance can also bring about weariness of the body for one who is in the ‘higher state of meditation’, as Janaka was. The study of scriptures and repetition of mantras in the pursuit of japa-yoga can also ‘make the tongue fatigued’. The attempt at meditation is the cause for the distress of the mind, mentioned here. 

Therefore, Janaka renounced all these three in the Supreme experience of the Infinite Self – the goal of life – and thereby, ‘I live in true happiness’, declared the king.