Containing 4 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
अष्टावक्र उवाच
आकाशवदनन्तोऽहं
घटवत् प्राकृतं जगत् ।
इति ज्ञानं तथैतस्य
न त्यागो न ग्रहो लयः ॥
"Ashtavakra said: I am infinite like space, and the natural world is like a jar. To know this is knowledge, and then there is neither renunciation, acceptance, or cessation of it."
महोदधिरिवाहं स
प्रपंचो वीचिसऽन्निभः ।
इति ज्ञानं तथैतस्य
न त्यागो न ग्रहो लयः ॥
"I am like the ocean, and the multiplicity of objects is comparable to a wave. To know this is knowledge, and then there is neither renunciation, acceptance or cessation of it."
अहं स शुक्तिसङ्काशो
रूप्यवद् विश्वकल्पना ।
इति ज्ञानं तथैतस्य
न त्यागो न ग्रहो लयः ॥
"I am like the mother of pearl, and the imagined world is like the silver. To know this is knowledge, and then there is neither renunciation, acceptance, or cessation of it."
अहं वा सर्वभूतेषु
सर्वभूतान्यथो मयि ।
इति ज्ञानं तथैतस्य
न त्यागो न ग्रहो लयः ॥
"Alternatively, I am in all beings, and all beings are in me. To know this is knowledge, and then there is neither renunciation, acceptance, or cessation of it."