आत्मा ब्रह्मेति निश्चित्य भावाभावौ च कल्पितौ । निष्कामः किं विजानाति किं ब्रूते च करोति किं ॥
ātmā brahmeti niścitya bhāvābhāvau ca kalpitau | niṣkāmaḥ kiṃ vijānāti kiṃ brūte ca karoti kiṃ ||
Having become certain that the Self is Brahman and that being and non-being are imagined, what does the desireless one know, what does he say, what does he do?
यह निश्चय करके कि आत्मा ही ब्रह्म है और भाव-अभाव दोनों कल्पित हैं, कामना-रहित व्यक्ति क्या जाने, क्या कहे, और क्या करे?
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
When the need to prove, explain or achieve falls away, one can still act and speak, but without the inner pressure behind it.
जब कुछ सिद्ध करने, समझाने या पाने की ज़रूरत छूट जाती है, तब भी व्यक्ति काम करता और बोलता है, पर भीतर कोई दबाव नहीं रहता।
Ashtavakra teaches Janaka in the final chapter on peace (shanti): he says one who is sure that the Self is Brahman, and that being and non-being are imagined, has no desire left: what is there for him to know, say or do?