Traditionally attributed to Aṣṭāvakra; dialogue with Janaka
janaka uvāca..
kāyakṛtyāsahaḥ pūrvaṃ tato vāgvistarāsahaḥ.
atha cintāsahastasmād evamevāhamāsthitaḥ
||1||prītyabhāvena śabdāderadṛśyatvena cātmanaḥ.
vikṣepaikāgrahṛdaya evamevāhamāsthitaḥ
||2||samādhyāsādivikṣiptau vyavahāraḥ samādhaye.
evaṃ vilokya niyamaṃ evamevāhamāsthitaḥ
||3||heyopādeyavirahād evaṃ harṣaviṣādayoḥ.
abhāvādadya he brahmann evamevāhamāsthitaḥ
||4||āśramānāśramaṃ dhyānaṃ cittasvīkṛtavarjanaṃ.
vikalpaṃ mama vīkṣyaitairevamevāhamāsthitaḥ
||5||karmānuṣṭhānamajñānād yathaivoparamastathā.
budhvā samyagidaṃ tattvaṃ evamevāhamāsthitaḥ
||6||aciṃtyaṃ ciṃtyamāno'pi cintārūpaṃ bhajatyasau.
tyaktvā tadbhāvanaṃ tasmād evamevāhamāsthitaḥ
||7||evameva kṛtaṃ yena sa kṛtārtho bhavedasau.
evameva svabhāvo yaḥ sa kṛtārtho bhavedasau
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