Ashtavakra Gita Chapter 8

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Verse 8.1

तदा बन्धो यदा चित्तं किन्चिद् वाञ्छति शोचति।
किन्चिन्मुञ्चति गृह्णाति किंचिद् हृष्यति कुप्यति॥ ८.१॥

Bondage is when the mind desires something, grieves, abandons something, grasps something, rejoices over something, or becomes angry.

Verse 8.2

तदा मुक्तिर्यदा चित्तं न वाञ्छति न शोचति।
न मुञ्चति न गृह्णाति न हृष्यति न कुप्यति॥ ८.२॥

Liberation is when the mind neither desires nor grieves, neither abandons nor grasps, and neither rejoices nor becomes angry.

Verse 8.3

तदा बन्धो यदा चित्तं सक्तं कास्वपि दृष्टिषु।
तदा मोक्षो यदा चित्तमसक्तं सर्वदृष्टिषु॥ ८.३॥

Bondage is when the mind is attached to any viewpoint or object; liberation is when the mind is unattached to all viewpoints or objects.

Verse 8.4

यदा नाहं तदा मोक्षो यदाहं बन्धनं तदा।
मत्वेति हेलया किञ्चिन्न गृहाण विमुञ्च मा॥ ८.४॥

When there is no sense of “I,” there is liberation; when there is the sense of “I,” there is bondage. Knowing this, do not anxiously cling to or renounce anything.