Ashtavakra Gita Verse 14.3
विज्ञाते साक्षिपुरुषे परमात्मनि चेश्वरे । नैराश्ये बन्धमोक्षे च न चिन्ता मुक्तये मम ॥ ३ ॥
Realising my Supreme self-nature in the Person of the Witness, the Lord, and the state of desirelessness in bondage or liberation, I feel no inclination for liberation.
This verse is about the state of desirelessness. The speaker says that they feel no inclination for liberation after realizing their supreme self-nature in the Person of the Witness, the Lord. The Witness is a term used in Vedanta to refer to the pure Consciousness that is present in all beings. The speaker has Realized this Consciousness and has become desireless. They are not concerned with either bondage or liberation.
This verse is similar to other Vedic and Vedantic texts that emphasize the importance of realizing one's true nature. In the Bhagavad Gita, for example, Krishna tells Arjuna that he must Realize his True Nature as an immortal soul to achieve liberation. Similarly, in the Upanishads, there are many passages that describe the nature of the Self and how it can be Realized.
Being already emancipated from the sorrowful world, constituted by his own passions of the body, emotions of the mind and agitations of the intellect, the Man of Realisation cannot have even the anxiety for ‘Liberation’. This state of infinite peace can never be comprehended by us, as the instruments of comprehension that we have at this moment are incapable of conceiving dimensions of the Infinite. By a teaspoon can we ever empty an entire ocean? Can limited mind comprehend the unthinkable Self and Its peace infinite?
विज्ञाते साक्षिपुरुषे परमात्मनि चेश्वरे । नैराश्ये बन्धमोक्षे च न चिन्ता मुक्तये मम ॥ ३ ॥
Realising my Supreme self-nature in the Person of the Witness, the Lord, and the state of desirelessness in bondage or liberation, I feel no inclination for liberation.
This verse is about the state of desirelessness. The speaker says that they feel no inclination for liberation after realizing their supreme self-nature in the Person of the Witness, the Lord. The Witness is a term used in Vedanta to refer to the pure Consciousness that is present in all beings. The speaker has Realized this Consciousness and has become desireless. They are not concerned with either bondage or liberation.
This verse is similar to other Vedic and Vedantic texts that emphasize the importance of realizing one's true nature. In the Bhagavad Gita, for example, Krishna tells Arjuna that he must Realize his True Nature as an immortal soul to achieve liberation. Similarly, in the Upanishads, there are many passages that describe the nature of the Self and how it can be Realized.
Being already emancipated from the sorrowful world, constituted by his own passions of the body, emotions of the mind and agitations of the intellect, the Man of Realisation cannot have even the anxiety for ‘Liberation’. This state of infinite peace can never be comprehended by us, as the instruments of comprehension that we have at this moment are incapable of conceiving dimensions of the Infinite. By a teaspoon can we ever empty an entire ocean? Can limited mind comprehend the unthinkable Self and Its peace infinite?
In conclusion, this verse from the Ashtavakra Gita emphasizes the importance of Realizing one's True Nature and becoming desireless.
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