Ashtavakra Gita-4

 

Chapter 4, The True Seeker, Glorification of Self-Realization, શિષ્યાનુભવપ્રકરણ.

Ashtavakra Gita

Janaka uvāca

hantātmajñānasya dhīrasya khelato bhogalīlayā na hi saṁsāravāhīkairmūḍhaiḥ saha samānatā

II 4.1 II Janaka: The wise person of self-knowledge, playing the game of worldly enjoyment, bears no resemblance whatever to samsara's bewildered beasts of burden.

4.1 The wise man knows the Self, And he plays the game of life. But the fool lives in the world Like a beast of burden. [On this see Shinn, The Game of Life.]

4.1 Surely one who knows Self,

though he plays the game of life,

differs greatly from the world’s

bewildered burdened beasts.

જનક બોલ્યા : આ, ભોગરૂપ લીલાથી કીડા કરતા અને .

આત્મજ્ઞાની એવા ધીર પુરુષની સાથે સંસારી એવા મૂઢ

મનુષ્યની સમાનતા કશી છે જ નહિ. ૧

yat padaṁ prepsavo dīnāḥ śakrādyāḥ sarvadevatāḥ aho tatra sthito yogī na harṣamupagacchati

 II 4.2 II Truly the yogi feels no excitement even at being established in that state which all the Devas from Indra down yearn for disconsolately.

4.2 The true seeker feels no elation, Even in that exalted state Which Indra and all the gods Unhappily long for.

4.2 Truly the yogi feels no elation,

though he abides in the exalted state

yearned for by Indra and all the

discontented gods.

જે (આત્મ) પદની ઈચ્છા કરતા ઇન્દ્ર આદિ સર્વ

(તે પદની પ્રાપ્તિન થતાં) દીનતાને પ્રાપ્તકરે છે. (અર્થાત્

શોકાતુર બને છે), ત્યાં સ્થિર બનેલો યોગી હર્ષ પામતો નથી,

એ આશ્વર્યની વાત છે. ર

tajjñasya puṇyapāpābhyāṁ sparśo hyantarna jāyate na hyākāśasya dhūmena dṛśyamānāpi saṅgatiḥ

II 4.3 II He who has known That is untouched within by good deeds or bad, just as the sky is not touched by smoke, however much it may appear to be.

4.3 He understands the nature of things, His heart is not smudged By right or wrong, As the sky is not smudged by smoke.

4.3 Surely one who knows That

is not touched by virtue or vice,

just as space is not touched by smoke,

though it seems to be

એ (આત્મ)પદને જાણનારને અંતઃકરણમાં પુણ્ય અને

પાપનો સ્પર્શ લાગતો નથી. બહારથી દેખાતી હોવા છતાં પણ

આકાશને વાસ્તવિક રીતે ધુમાડા સાથે સંગતિ (સ્પર્શ) હોતી નથી. ૩

ātmaivedaṁ jagatsarvaṁ jñātaṁ yena mahātmanā

yadṛcchayā vartamānaṁ taṁ niṣeddhuṁ kṣameta kaḥ

II 4.4 II Who can prevent the great-souled person who has known this whole world as himself from living as he pleases?

4.4 He is pure of heart, He knows the whole world is only the Self. So who can stop him From doing as he wishes?

4.4 Who can prevent the great soul,

who knows the universe as Self,

from living life as it comes?

આ સમસ્ત જગત આત્મરૂપ જ છે એમ જેણે જાણ્યું

છે તેવા મહાત્માને સહજ ક્રિયા કરતા અટકાવા કોણ સમર્થ

થાય? (અર્થાત્ તેની સહજ ક્રિયામાં વિધિ -નિષેધરૂપ બંધનો

કોણ આરોપિત કરી શકે ? કોઈજ.) ૪

ābrahmastaṁbaparyante bhūtagrāme caturvidhe vijñasyaiva hi sāmarthyamicchānicchāvivarjane

II 4.5 II Of all four categories of beings, from Brahma down to the last clump of grass, only the man of knowledge is capable of eliminating desire and aversion.

4.5 Of the four kinds of being, From Brahma to a blade of grass, Only the wise man is strong enough To give up desire and aversion.

4.5 Of the four kinds of beings,

from Brahma to a blade of grass,

only the sage can renounce

aversion and desire.

બ્રહ્માથી માંડીને તુણ સુધીની (અંડજ , સ્વેદજ , જરાયુજ

અને ઉદ્ભિજ્જ) ચાર પ્રકારની જીવ -જાતિઓમાં માત્ર

જ્ઞાની જ ઈચ્છા અને અનિચ્છાને દૂર હઠાવવામાં સમર્થ છે. પ

ātmānamadvayaṁ kaścijjānāti jagadīśvaram yad vetti tatsa kurute na bhayaṁ tasya kutracit

II 4.6 II Rare is the man who knows himself as the undivided Lord of the world, and he who knows this is not afraid of anything.

4.6 How rare he is! Knowing he is the Self, He acts accordingly And is never fearful. For he knows he is the Self, One without two, The Lord of all creation

4.6 Rare is he who knows himself

as One with no other—

the Lord of the Universe.

He acts as he knows

and is never afraid.

કોઈક જ (પોતાના) આત્માને અને જગતના ઈશ્વરને

અદ્વૈત (એકરૂપ) જાણે છે. તે જે જાણે છે તેને જ આચરણ

માં મૂકે છે. તેને કશેથી પણ ભય આવતો નથી . ૬

 

Synopsis of Chapter-4

In chapter 4 of the Ashtavakra Gita, Janak answers Ashtavakra's questions. Janaka says that the supreme entity of the universe can do as it pleases and live the life that pleases it.\