Ashtavakra says: The self-aware wise man takes the worldly
matter sportively, he just cannot be compared to a deluded person taking
burdens of the situations. 1
A yogi feels no joy even after attaining a state for which Indra
and all other demigods yearn for. 2
He who has self-knowledge remains untouched by good and bad even
internally, as the sky cannot be contaminated by the presence of smoke in it. 3
Who can prevent a great man from living in the present as per
his wish as he knows himself as this whole world. 4
From Brahma down to the grass, in all four categories of living
creatures, who else can give up desire and aversion except an enlightened man. 5
It is very rare to know Self as One and Lord of the world, and
he who knows this does not fear anyone or anything. 6