Chapter-17, Verse 1

Ashtavakra Gita Verse 17.1:

अष्टावक्र उवाच ।

तेन ज्ञानफलं प्राप्तं योगाभ्यासफलं तथा ।

तृप्तः स्वच्छेन्द्रियो नित्यमेकाकी रमते तु यः ॥ १ ॥

Ashtavakra said:

He who has attained the fruit of Knowledge and the fruit of yoga practice as well; He who is content, with pure senses, and always enjoys solitude, he indeed is happy. || 1 ||

- The verse describes the state of a liberated person, who has realized the True Nature of his Self as Pure Consciousness, beyond the body, mind, and senses.

- Such a person has attained the fruit of knowledge, which is liberation from ignorance, bondage, and suffering. He has also attained the fruit of yoga practice, which is the control of the mind and senses, and the union with the supreme Self.

- Such a person is content with whatever he has, and does not crave for anything else. He has purified his senses from all impurities and attachments, and does not depend on external objects for happiness.

- Such a person always enjoys solitude, which means he is free from the influence of others and from the distractions of the world. He delights in his own Self, which is blissful and peaceful.

Some similar verses from other Vedic texts are:

- Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 4.4.23: 

यस्मिन् सर्वाणि भूतानि आत्मैवाभूद् विजानतः । तत्र को मोहः कः शोक एकत्वमनुपश्यतः ॥

He who knows that all beings are his own Self, and that his Self is the Self of all beings; What delusion or sorrow can there be for him who sees this Oneness?

- Bhagavad Gita 6.20-23: 

यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया । यत्र चैवात्मनाऽऽत्मानं पश्यन्नात्मनि तुष्यति सुखमात्यन्तिकं यत्तद् बुद्धिग्राह्यमतीन्द्रियम् । वेत्ति यत्र न चैवायं स्थितश्चलति तत्त्वतः।। यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः। यस्मिन् स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणाऽपि विचाल्यते ॥ तं विद्याद् दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योगसंज्ञितम् ॥

When the mind becomes calm by the practice of yoga, and when he sees his own  Self by his Self,

He is satisfied in his own Self.

He knows that Supreme Bliss which is beyond the grasp of the intellect and the senses; and being established in it he does not move from the Truth. Having gained that he thinks there is no greater gain than that; and being established in it he is not shaken even by great sorrow. That should be known as yoga, the severance of union with pain.

- Yoga Sutras 1.2-4: 

योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः । तदा द्रष्टुः स्वरूपेऽवस्थानम् । वृत्तिसारूप्यमितरत्र वृत्तयः पञ्चतय्यः क्लिष्टाक्लिष्टाः ॥

Yoga is Stillness of the mind. Then the seer abides in his own Nature. At other times he is identified with the creations of his mind. These creations are of five kinds, painful or not painful.