Sri Ashtavakra says: Change
of states like presence (visibility, birth) and absence (invisibility, death)
occur naturally. One who knows it with definiteness becomes free from defects,
free from pain and attains peace easily. 1
God is the creator of all
and no one else. One who knows it with definiteness becomes free from all
internal desires. That serene man becomes indifferent everywhere. 2
Good and bad times are due
to previous actions (which decide fate). One who knows it with definiteness
becomes content and gains regular control on senses. He neither desires nor
gets disappointed. 3
Pleasure-pain and
birth-death are due to previous actions (which decide fate). One who knows it
with definiteness acts without desire. He acts playfully and never gets
attached to them. 4
Worry gives rise to
suffering and nothing else. One who knows it with definiteness becomes free
from worries and becomes content, peaceful and without any desire anywhere. 5
Neither I am this body, nor
this body is mine. I am pure knowledge. One who knows it with definiteness gets
liberated in this life. He neither remembers (acts done in) past nor (worries
of) future. 6
From grass till Brahma, I
alone exist and nothing else. One who knows it with definiteness becomes free
from desires, becomes pure, peaceful and unattached to what he has or what he
is yet to get. 7
This world of many wonders, actually
does not exist. One who knows it with definiteness becomes free from desires
and attains the form of pure existence. He finds unlimited peace. 8