|| śrī ||
atha śrīmadaṣṭāvakragītā prārabhyate ||
janaka uvāca ||
kathaṃ jñānamavāpnoti kathaṃ muktirbhaviṣyati |
vairāgyaṃ ca kathaṃ prāptametad brūhi mama prabho || 1-1||
aṣṭāvakra uvāca ||
muktimicchasi cettāta viṣayān viṣavattyaja |
kṣamārjavadayātoṣasatyaṃ pīyūṣavad bhaja || 1-2||
na pṛthvī na jalaṃ nāgnirna vāyurdyaurna vā bhavān |
eṣāṃ sākṣiṇamātmānaṃ cidrūpaṃ viddhi muktaye || 1-3||
yadi dehaṃ pṛthak kṛtya citi viśrāmya tiṣṭhasi |
adhunaiva sukhī śānto bandhamukto bhaviṣyasi || 1-4||
na tvaṃ viprādiko varṇo nāśramī nākṣagocaraḥ |
asaṅgo'si nirākāro viśvasākṣī sukhī bhava || 1-5||
dharmādharmau sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ mānasāni na te vibho |
na kartāsi na bhoktāsi mukta evāsi sarvadā || 1-6||
eko draṣṭāsi sarvasya muktaprāyo'si sarvadā |
ayameva hi te bandho draṣṭāraṃ paśyasītaram || 1-7||
ahaṃ kartetyahammānamahākṛṣṇāhidaṃśitaḥ |
nāhaṃ karteti viśvāsāmṛtaṃ pītvā sukhaṃ cara || 1-8||
eko viśuddhabodho'hamiti niścayavahninā |
prajvālyājñānagahanaṃ vītaśokaḥ sukhī bhava || 1-9||
yatra viśvamidaṃ bhāti kalpitaṃ rajjusarpavat |
ānandaparamānandaḥ sa bodhastvaṃ sukhaṃ bhava || 1-10||
muktābhimānī mukto hi baddho baddhābhimānyapi |
kiṃvadantīha satyeyaṃ yā matiḥ sā gatirbhavet || 1-11||
ātmā sākṣī vibhuḥ pūrṇa eko muktaścidakriyaḥ |
asaṅgo niḥspṛhaḥ śānto bhramātsaṃsāravāniva || 1-12||
kūṭasthaṃ bodhamadvaitamātmānaṃ paribhāvaya |
ābhāso'haṃ bhramaṃ muktvā bhāvaṃ bāhyamathāntaram || 1-13||
dehābhimānapāśena ciraṃ baddho'si putraka |
bodho'haṃ jñānakhaḍgena tannikṛtya sukhī bhava || 1-14||
niḥsaṅgo niṣkriyo'si tvaṃ svaprakāśo nirañjanaḥ |
ayameva hi te bandhaḥ samādhimanutiṣṭhasi || 1-15||
tvayā vyāptamidaṃ viśvaṃ tvayi protaṃ yathārthataḥ |
śuddhabuddhasvarūpastvaṃ mā gamaḥ kṣudracittatām || 1-16||
nirapekṣo nirvikāro nirbharaḥ śītalāśayaḥ |
agādhabuddhirakṣubdho bhava cinmātravāsanaḥ || 1-17||
sākāramanṛtaṃ viddhi nirākāraṃ tu niścalam |
etattattvopadeśena na punarbhavasambhavaḥ || 1-18||
yathaivādarśamadhyasthe rūpe'ntaḥ paritastu saḥ |
tathaivā'smin śarīre'ntaḥ paritaḥ parameśvaraḥ || 1-19||
ekaṃ sarvagataṃ vyoma bahirantaryathā ghaṭe |
nityaṃ nirantaraṃ brahma sarvabhūtagaṇe tathā || 1-20||