Astavakra

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We come to the concluding chapter of the Astavakra.

We can only muse at the exalted state of the Sage who is established in

Advaita and who claims:-

 

Chapter 20

 

Verse 1

 

Where are the elements, where is the body, where are the organs, where is

the mind;

where is the void; where too, is despair for me who am taintless by nature?

 

 

Verse 2

 

Where are the scriptures, where is knowledge of the Self, where is the mind

not attached to sense-objects, where is contentment, and where is

desirelessness for me who am ever devoid of the sense of duality?