Ashtavakra Gita Verse 3.14
अन्तस्त्यक्तकषायस्य निर्द्वन्द्वस्य निराशिषः। यदृच्छयागतो भोगो न दुःखाय न तुष्टये॥१४॥
14. He who has given up all worldly passions from his mind, who is beyond the pairs of opposites and who is free from desires, to him objects of enjoyment, unexpectedly reaching him, can cause neither pleasure nor pain.
The subtle impulses and urgencies, dwelling in the depth of a man's personality, that ultimately determine the emotional and the intellectual profile of that individual, are called vāsanās. These subtle impressions colour our vision of the world around and compel us to divide the perceived realm into two categories, the conducive and the non-conducive. Thereafter, the individual starts his flight away from the non-conducive, in search of and pursuing the conducive objects. In the bargain, the mind is molested, tossed about and shattered by the pairs of opposites, joy and sorrow, success and failure, heat and cold and a thousand such other varieties.
The Man of Perfection is one, who has conquered all his vāsanās and, therefore, he no more comes under the tyranny of his mind and its inherent mischiefs. De-hypnotising thus from the enchantments of the sense objects, he lives, deriving his satisfaction and fulfilment in the Self and, therefore, any object of experience that reaches him accidentally, be it good or bad, can cause in him neither a great pleasure nor a terrible pain.
No object of the world gained can add to his Absolute Bliss, nor can the loss of any objects reduce his Infinite Bliss. A Man of Wisdom is ever rooted in the Infinite Bliss, which is the nature of his own Self. He lives in the world, but he is never of the world.
End of Chapter-3
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