Containing 4 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
अष्टावक्र उवाच
तदा बन्धो यदा चित्तं
किन्चिद् वांछति शोचति ।
किंचिन् मुंचति गृण्हाति
किंचिद् हृष्यति कुप्यति ॥
"Ashtavakra said: Bondage is when the mind longs for something, grieves about something, rejects something, holds on to something, is pleased about something or displeased about something."
तदा मुक्तिर्यदा चित्तं
न वांछति न शोचति ।
न मुंचति न गृण्हाति
न हृष्यति न कुप्यति ॥
"Liberation is when the mind does not long for anything, grieve about anything, reject anything, or hold on to anything, and is not pleased about anything or displeased about anything."
तदा बन्धो यदा चित्तं
सक्तं काश्वपि दृष्टिषु ।
तदा मोक्षो यदा चित्तम-
सक्तं सर्वदृष्टिषु ॥
"Bondage is when the mind is tangled in one of the senses, and liberation is when the mind is not tangled in any of the senses."
यदा नाहं तदा मोक्षो
यदाहं बन्धनं तदा ।
मत्वेति हेलया किंचिन्-
मा गृहाण विमुंच मा ॥
"When there is no “me,” that is liberation, and when there is “me” there is bondage. Consider this carefully, and neither hold on to anything nor reject anything."