Traditionally attributed to Aṣṭāvakra; dialogue with Janaka
aṣṭāvakra uvāca..
bhāvābhāvavikāraśca svabhāvāditi niścayī.
nirvikāro gatakleśaḥ sukhenaivopaśāmyati
||1||īśvaraḥ sarvanirmātā nehānya iti niścayī.
antargalitasarvāśaḥ śāntaḥ kvāpi na sajjate
||2||āpadaḥ saṃpadaḥ kāle daivādeveti niścayī.
tṛptaḥ svasthendriyo nityaṃ na vānchati na śocati
||3||sukhaduḥkhe janmamṛtyū daivādeveti niścayī.
sādhyādarśī nirāyāsaḥ kurvannapi na lipyate
||4||cintayā jāyate duḥkhaṃ nānyatheheti niścayī.
tayā hīnaḥ sukhī śāntaḥ sarvatra galitaspṛhaḥ
||5||nāhaṃ deho na me deho bodho'hamiti niścayī.
kaivalyaṃ iva saṃprāpto na smaratyakṛtaṃ kṛtam
||6||ābrahmastaṃbaparyantaṃ ahameveti niścayī.
nirvikalpaḥ śuciḥ śāntaḥ prāptāprāptavinirvṛtaḥ
||7||nāścaryamidaṃ viśvaṃ na kiṃciditi niścayī.
nirvāsanaḥ sphūrtimātro na kiṃcidiva śāmyati
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