Containing 7 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
जनक उवाच-
अकिंचनभवं स्वास्थ्यं
कौपीनत्वेऽपि दुर्लभं ।
त्यागादाने विहायास्माद-
हमासे यथासुखम् ॥
"Janaka said: The inner freedom of having nothing is hard to achieve, even with just a loin-cloth, but I live as I please, abandoning both renunciation and acquisition."
कुत्रापि खेदः कायस्य
जिह्वा कुत्रापि खेद्यते ।
मनः कुत्रापि तत्त्यक्त्वा
पुरुषार्थे स्थितः सुखम् ॥
"Sometimes one experiences distress because of one’s body, sometimes because of one’s speech, and sometimes because of one’s mind. Abandoning all of these, I live as I please in the goal of human life."
कृतं किमपि नैव स्याद्
इति संचिन्त्य तत्त्वतः ।
यदा यत्कर्तुमायाति तत्
कृत्वासे यथासुखम् ॥
"Recognising that in reality no action is ever committed, I live as I please, just doing what presents itself to be done."
कर्मनैष्कर्म्यनिर्बन्ध-
भावा देहस्थयोगिनः ।
संयोगायोगविरहादह-
मासे यथासुखम् ॥
"Yogis who identify themselves with their bodies are insistent on fulfilling and avoiding certain actions, but I live as I please abandoning attachment and rejection."
अर्थानर्थौ न मे स्थित्या
गत्या न शयनेन वा ।
तिष्ठन् गच्छन् स्वपन्
तस्मादहमासे यथासुखम् ॥
"No benefit or loss comes to me by standing, walking or lying down, so consequently I live as I please whether standing, walking or sleeping."
स्वपतो नास्ति मे हानिः सिद्धिर्यत्नवतो न वा ।
नाशोल्लासौ विहायास्-
मदहमासे यथासुखम् ॥
"I lose nothing by sleeping and gain nothing by effort, so consequently I live as I please, abandoning success and failure."
सुखादिरूपा नियमं
भावेष्वालोक्य भूरिशः ।
शुभाशुभे विहायास्मादह-
मासे यथासुखम् ॥
"Continually observing the drawbacks of such things as pleasant objects, I live as I please, abandoning the pleasant and unpleasant."