Ashtavakra Gita Verse 17.8:
कृतार्थोऽनेन ज्ञानेनेत्येवं गलितधीः कृती ।
पश्यञ्छृण्वन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्नास्ते यथासुखम् ॥ ८ ॥
Having attained this Knowledge, he becomes contented and his intellect dissolves. He lives happily, just seeing, hearing, touching, smelling and eating. || 8 ||
This verse is part of the seventeenth chapter, which deals with the characteristics of a Realized person. The verse implies that the person who has Realized the Self as the only Reality is free from all desires, attachments, doubts and fears. He does not seek anything else, nor does he renounce anything. He is satisfied with whatever comes to him by the natural course of events. He does not identify with his body, mind or senses, but remains as the Witness of all phenomena.
The verse also suggests that the Realized person does not lose his sense of joy and wonder in the world. He enjoys the simple pleasures of life, such as seeing, hearing, touching, smelling and eating, without any attachment or aversion. He does not judge or discriminate between good and bad, pleasant and unpleasant, or mine and yours. He lives in harmony with himself and the world, as he knows that everything is a manifestation of the Self.
Similar verses from Vedic texts are:
- Isa Upanishad 7
यस्मिन् सर्वाणि भूतानि आत्मैवाभूद् विजानतः । तत्र को मोहः कः शोक एकत्वमनुपश्यतः ॥
In whom all beings have become One with his own Self, what delusion or sorrow can there be for him who sees unity?
- Mundaka Upanishad 3.2.9
ब्रह्म वेद ब्रह्मैव भवति ।
He who knows Brahman becomes Brahman.
- Taittiriya Upanishad 3.6.1
आनन्दो ब्रह्मेति व्यजानात् ।
He rea5lized that Bliss, is Brahman.
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