Ashtavakra Gita : Repose in the Self

Janaka said:

19.1

With the tongs of Truth
I have plucked the thorn of thinking
from the innermost cave
of my heart.

19.2

Where is meditation, pleasure,
prosperity or discrimination?
Where is duality?
Where even is Unity?
I abide in the glory of Self.

19.3

Where is past and future,
or even present?
Where is space, or even eternity?
I abide in the glory of Self.

19.4

Where is Self?
Where is not-Self?
Where is good and evil, confusion and clarity?
I abide in the glory of Self.

19.5

Where is sleeping, dreaming, waking,
or even the fourth state?
Where is fear?
I abide in the glory of Self.

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