Containing 6 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
अष्टावक्र उवाच
हन्तात्मज्ञस्य धीरस्य
खेलतो भोगलीलया ।
न हि संसारवाहीकै-
र्मूढैः सह समानता ॥
"Ashtavakra said: The wise person of self-knowledge, playing the game of worldly enjoyment, bears no resemblance whatever to samsara’s bewildered beasts of burden."
यत् पदं प्रेप्सवो दीनाः
शक्राद्याः सर्वदेवताः ।
अहो तत्र स्थितो योगी न
हर्षमुपगच्छति ॥
"Truly the yogi feels no excitement even at being established in that state which all the Devas from Indra down yearn for disconsolately."
तज्ज्ञस्य पुण्यपापाभ्यां
स्पर्शो ह्यन्तर्न जायते ।
न ह्याकाशस्य धूमेन
दृश्यमानापि सङ्गतिः ॥
"He who has known That is untouched within by good deeds or bad, just as space is not touched by smoke, however much it may appear to be."
आत्मैवेदं जगत्सर्वं
ज्ञातं येन महात्मना ।
यदृच्छया वर्तमानं
तं निषेद्धुं क्षमेत कः ॥
"Who can prevent the great-souled person who has known this whole world as himself from living as he pleases?"
आब्रह्मस्तंबपर्यन्ते
भूतग्रामे चतुर्विधे ।
विज्ञस्यैव हि सामर्थ्य-
मिच्छानिच्छाविवर्जने ॥
"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."
आत्मानमद्वयं कश्चिज्-
जानाति जगदीश्वरं ।
यद् वेत्ति तत्स कुरुते
न भयं तस्य कुत्रचित् ॥
"Rare is the man who knows himself as the nondual Lord of the world, and he who knows this is not afraid of anything."