𑌅𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌾𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌰 𑌗𑍀𑌤𑌾 𑌦𑌶𑌮𑍋𑌽𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌯𑌃

𑌅𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌾𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌰 𑌗𑍀𑌤𑌾 is a 20-chapter dialogue of direct 𑌅𑌦𑍍𑌵𑍈𑌤 that keeps cutting through the same illusion: taking the body-mind to be the Self. It does not try to decorate life with new beliefs; it tries to remove the deeper misunderstanding that makes life feel like a constant struggle for security.

So far the dialogue has moved through a clear arc. Chapter 1 answers 𑌜𑌨𑌕's questions about 𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨, 𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿, and 𑌵𑍈𑌰𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌯 by warning against compulsive attachment to 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌯s while pointing to the witness. Chapters 2-4 express recognition and then mature it into lived freedom.

Seen as a whole, Chapter 10 is a chapter of "enough." It repeats a single medicine: recognize what has never truly satisfied, stop fueling it, and let the mind rest. 𑌤𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌣𑌾 (craving-thirst) is named as the essence of bondage, and the chapter says that rest comes not by rearranging the world again, but by ending the compulsion that keeps you rearranging.

𑌅𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌾𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌰 𑌉𑌵𑌾𑌚 ॥
𑌵𑌿𑌹𑌾𑌯 𑌵𑍈𑌰𑌿𑌣𑌂 𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌂 𑌚𑌾𑌨𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌸𑌂𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌧𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌮𑌪𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌤𑌯𑍋𑌰𑍍𑌹𑍇𑌤𑍁𑌂 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌦𑌰𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁 ॥ 10-1॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Ashtavakra said: Abandon craving, the enemy, and abandon wealth that is entangled with harm. Even 𑌧𑌰𑍍𑌮, when treated as a means for craving and wealth, do not treat as your ultimate. Practice non-importance toward these everywhere.

𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌪𑍍𑌨𑍇𑌂𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌜𑌾𑌲𑌵𑌤𑍍 𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌯 𑌦𑌿𑌨𑌾𑌨𑌿 𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌣𑌿 𑌪𑌂𑌚 𑌵𑌾 ।
𑌮𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌧𑌨𑌾𑌗𑌾𑌰𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌦𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌦𑌿𑌸𑌂𑌪𑌦𑌃 ॥ 10-2॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
See possessions and supports as dreamlike or like a magic show - lasting only a few days (three, five, or so). Friends, land, wealth, houses, spouses, heirs, and related prosperities are not lasting refuges.

𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌭𑌵𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌣𑌾 𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿 𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌵𑍈 ।
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍌𑌢𑌵𑍈𑌰𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯 𑌵𑍀𑌤𑌤𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌣𑌃 𑌸𑍁𑌖𑍀 𑌭𑌵 ॥ 10-3॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Wherever craving arises, know that bondage is there. Taking refuge in mature dispassion, be free of craving and be at ease.

𑌤𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌣𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌕𑍋 𑌬𑌂𑌧𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌶𑍋 𑌮𑍋𑌕𑍍𑌷 𑌉𑌚𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇 ।
𑌭𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌣 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌤𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌹𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌹𑍁𑌃 ॥ 10-4॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Bondage is nothing but craving; the ending of that craving is called liberation. Merely by non-attachment to worldly becoming, contentment with what comes arises again and again.

𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍇𑌕𑌶𑍍𑌚𑍇𑌤𑌨𑌃 𑌶𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑍋 𑌜𑌡𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌮𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌥𑌾 ।
𑌅𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑌿 𑌨 𑌕𑌿𑌂𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌾 𑌕𑌾 𑌬𑍁𑌭𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌾 𑌤𑌥𑌾𑌪𑌿 𑌤𑍇 ॥ 10-5॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
You alone are pure consciousness; the world is inert and has no independent reality. Even ignorance is nothing - then what is there to know? Yet even so, you still have the urge to know.

𑌰𑌾𑌜𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌸𑍁𑌤𑌾𑌃 𑌕𑌲𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌿 𑌶𑌰𑍀𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌿 𑌸𑍁𑌖𑌾𑌨𑌿 𑌚 ।
𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑌿 𑌨𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌾𑌨𑌿 𑌤𑌵 𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌨𑌿 𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌨𑌿 ॥ 10-6॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Kingdoms, children, spouses, bodies, and pleasures - even when you were attached to them - have been lost by you, birth after birth.

𑌅𑌲𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌥𑍇𑌨 𑌕𑌾𑌮𑍇𑌨 𑌸𑍁𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍇𑌨𑌾𑌪𑌿 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌣𑌾 ।
𑌏𑌭𑍍𑌯𑌃 𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌕𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌾𑌰𑍇 𑌨 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌮𑌭𑍂𑌨𑍍 𑌮𑌨𑌃 ॥ 10-𑍭॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Enough of wealth and pleasure, and even of merit-making action. In this wilderness of saMsAra, the mind has found no rest from these.

𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌂 𑌨 𑌕𑌤𑌿 𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌿 𑌕𑌾𑌯𑍇𑌨 𑌮𑌨𑌸𑌾 𑌗𑌿𑌰𑌾 ।
𑌦𑍁𑌃𑌖𑌮𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌸𑌦𑌂 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌮 𑌤𑌦𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌪𑌰𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍 ॥ 10-𑍮॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
In how many lifetimes have you not done exhausting, pain-giving actions by body, mind, and speech? Let that compulsive labor stop, even now.

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