Containing 8 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
कायकृत्यासहः पूर्वं
ततो वाग्विस्तरासहः ।
अथ चिन्तासहस्तस्माद् एवमेवाहमास्थितः ॥
"Janaka said: First of all I was averse to physical activity, then to lengthy speech, and finally to thought itself, which is why I am now established."
प्रीत्यभावेन शब्दादेर-
दृश्यत्वेन चात्मनः ।
विक्षेपैकाग्रहृदय
एवमेवाहमास्थितः ॥
"In the absence of delight in sound and the other senses, and by the fact that I am myself not an object of the senses, my mind is focused and free from distraction — which is why I am now established."
समाध्यासादिविक्षिप्तौ
व्यवहारः समाधये ।
एवं विलोक्य नियमं
एवमेवाहमास्थितः ॥
"Owing to the distraction of such things as wrong identification, one is driven to strive for mental stillness. Recognising this pattern I am now established."
हेयोपादेयविरहाद्
एवं हर्षविषादयोः ।
अभावादद्य हे ब्रह्मन्न्
एवमेवाहमास्थितः ॥
"By relinquishing the sense of rejection and acceptance, and with pleasure and disappointment ceasing today, brahmin — I am now established."
आश्रमानाश्रमं ध्यानं
चित्तस्वीकृतवर्जनं ।
विकल्पं मम वीक्ष्यै-
तैरेवमेवाहमास्थितः ॥
"Life in a community, then going beyond such a state, meditation and the elimination of mind-made objects — by means of these I have seen my error, and I am now established."
कर्मानुष्ठानमज्ञानाद्
यथैवोपरमस्तथा ।
बुध्वा सम्यगिदं तत्त्वं
एवमेवाहमास्थितः ॥
"Just as the performance of actions is due to ignorance, so their abandonment is too. By fully recognising this truth, I am now established."
अचिंत्यं चिंत्यमानोऽपि
चिन्तारूपं भजत्यसौ ।
त्यक्त्वा तद्भावनं तस्माद् एवमेवाहमास्थितः ॥
"Trying to think the unthinkable, is doing something unnatural to thought. Abandoning such a practice therefore, I am now established."
एवमेव कृतं येन स
कृतार्थो भवेदसौ ।
एवमेव स्वभावो यः
स कृतार्थो भवेदसौ ॥
"He who has achieved this has achieved the goal of life. He who is of such a nature has done what has to be done."