ଅଷ୍ଟାଵକ୍ର ଗୀତା is a 20-chapter dialogue of direct ଅଦ୍ଵୈତ that aims to dissolve the habit of living as a separate, anxious person. It does not offer a new belief system so much as a new center: awareness itself. When that center is recognized, the ordinary pressures of life - gain and loss, praise and blame, fear and desire - lose much of their authority.
In the previous chapter (18), the teacher described freedom from many angles: the end of craving, the end of doership, the naturalness of inner rest, and the way the wise can live in any setting without being bound. It repeatedly emphasized that liberation is not a costume or a special state, but a change of identity from personality to awareness.
Seen as a whole, Chapter 19 shows what knowledge looks like when it becomes lived. The removal of doubt produces a kind of inner spaciousness where the mind stops compulsively categorizing reality. The verses are not telling you to deny daily responsibilities; they are pointing to the inner place where responsibilities are handled without being carried as identity.
ଜନକ ଉଵାଚ ॥
ତତ୍ତ୍ଵଵିଜ୍ଞାନସଂଦଂଶମାଦାୟ ହୃଦୟୋଦରାତ୍ ।
ନାନାଵିଧପରାମର୍ଶଶଲ୍ୟୋଦ୍ଧାରଃ କୃତୋ ମୟା ॥ 19-1॥
Translation (ଭାଵାର୍ଥ):
Janaka said: Using the forceps of clear truth-knowledge, I have pulled out from the depth of my heart the thorn of many kinds of anxious doubts.
କ୍ଵ ଧର୍ମଃ କ୍ଵ ଚ ଵା କାମଃ କ୍ଵ ଚାର୍ଥଃ କ୍ଵ ଵିଵେକିତା ।
କ୍ଵ ଦ୍ଵୈତଂ କ୍ଵ ଚ ଵାଽଦ୍ଵୈତଂ ସ୍ଵମହିମ୍ନି ସ୍ଥିତସ୍ୟ ମେ ॥ 19-2॥
Translation (ଭାଵାର୍ଥ):
Where are duty, desire, gain, and even conceptual discernment? Where are duality and even "non-duality"? For me, established in my own Self-glory, these categories cannot bind.
କ୍ଵ ଭୂତଂ କ୍ଵ ଭଵିଷ୍ୟଦ୍ ଵା ଵର୍ତମାନମପି କ୍ଵ ଵା ।
କ୍ଵ ଦେଶଃ କ୍ଵ ଚ ଵା ନିତ୍ୟଂ ସ୍ଵମହିମ୍ନି ସ୍ଥିତସ୍ୟ ମେ ॥ 19-3॥
Translation (ଭାଵାର୍ଥ):
Where are past, future, and even the present? Where are place and even the sense of time, for me established in my own Self-glory?
କ୍ଵ ଚାତ୍ମା କ୍ଵ ଚ ଵାନାତ୍ମା କ୍ଵ ଶୁଭଂ କ୍ଵାଶୁଭଂ ୟଥା ।
କ୍ଵ ଚିଂତା କ୍ଵ ଚ ଵାଚିଂତା ସ୍ଵମହିମ୍ନି ସ୍ଥିତସ୍ୟ ମେ ॥ 19-4॥
Translation (ଭାଵାର୍ଥ):
Where are the old divisions of Self and not-Self, good and bad? Where are worry and worrylessness, for me established in my own Self-glory?
କ୍ଵ ସ୍ଵପ୍ନଃ କ୍ଵ ସୁଷୁପ୍ତିର୍ଵା କ୍ଵ ଚ ଜାଗରଣଂ ତଥା ।
କ୍ଵ ତୁରୀୟଂ ଭୟଂ ଵାପି ସ୍ଵମହିମ୍ନି ସ୍ଥିତସ୍ୟ ମେ ॥ 19-5॥
Translation (ଭାଵାର୍ଥ):
Where are dream, deep sleep, and waking - and where is even the concept of ତୁରୀୟ? Where is fear, for me established in Self-glory?
କ୍ଵ ଦୂରଂ କ୍ଵ ସମୀପଂ ଵା ବାହ୍ୟଂ କ୍ଵାଭ୍ୟଂତରଂ କ୍ଵ ଵା ।
କ୍ଵ ସ୍ଥୂଲଂ କ୍ଵ ଚ ଵା ସୂକ୍ଷ୍ମଂ ସ୍ଵମହିମ୍ନି ସ୍ଥିତସ୍ୟ ମେ ॥ 19-6॥
Translation (ଭାଵାର୍ଥ):
Where are far and near, outer and inner, gross and subtle, for me established in my own Self-glory?
କ୍ଵ ମୃତ୍ୟୁର୍ଜୀଵିତଂ ଵା କ୍ଵ ଲୋକାଃ କ୍ଵାସ୍ୟ କ୍ଵ ଲୌକିକମ୍ ।
କ୍ଵ ଲୟଃ କ୍ଵ ସମାଧିର୍ଵା ସ୍ଵମହିମ୍ନି ସ୍ଥିତସ୍ୟ ମେ ॥ 19-7॥
Translation (ଭାଵାର୍ଥ):
Where are life and death, worlds and worldly affairs, dissolution and samadhi, for me established in Self-glory?
ଅଲଂ ତ୍ରିଵର୍ଗକଥୟା ୟୋଗସ୍ୟ କଥୟାପ୍ୟଲମ୍ ।
ଅଲଂ ଵିଜ୍ଞାନକଥୟା ଵିଶ୍ରାଂତସ୍ୟ ମମାତ୍ମନି ॥ 19-8॥
Translation (ଭାଵାର୍ଥ):
Enough of talk about worldly aims, and enough even of talk about Yoga. Enough of talk about knowledge too - for I rest in the Self.
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