Chapter XIX: Repose in the Self

#	Sanskrit Original	Translation by Bart Marshall	Translation by John Richards	Translation by Swami Nityaswarupananda
19.1	जनक उवाच। तत्त्वविज्ञानसन्दंशमादाय हृदयोदरात्। नानाविधपरामर्शशल्योद्धारः कृतो मया॥	Janaka said: With the tongs of Truth I have plucked the thorn of thinking from the innermost cave of my heart.	Janaka: Using the tweezers of the knowledge of the truth I have managed to extract the painful thorn of endless opinions from the recesses of my heart.	Janaka said: I have extracted from the inmost recesses of my heart the thorn of different disquisitions with the pincers of the knowledge of Truth.
19.2	क्व धर्मः क्व च वा कामः क्व चार्थः क्व विवेकिता। क्व द्वैतं क्व च वाऽद्वैतं स्वमहिम्नि स्थितस्य मे॥	Where is meditation, pleasure, prosperity or discrimination? Where is duality? Where even is Unity? I abide in the glory of Self.	For me, established in my own glory, there is no religion, sensuality, possessions, philosophy, duality or even non-duality.	For me who abide in my own glory, where is Dharma, where is Kama, where is Artha, where is discrimination, where is duality, and where is even non-duality?
19.3	क्व भूतं क्व भविष्यद्वा वर्तमानमपि क्व वा। क्व देशः क्व च वा नित्यं स्वमहिम्नि स्थितस्य मे॥	Where is past and future, or even present? Where is space, or even eternity? I abide in the glory of Self.	For me established in my own glory, there is no past, future or present. There is no space or even eternity.	For me abiding in my own glory, where is past, where is future, where is even present, where is space, or where is even eternity?
19.4	क्व चात्मा क्व च वानात्मा क्व शुभं क्वाशुभं यथा। क्व चिन्ता क्व च वाचिन्ता स्वमहिम्नि स्थितस्य मे॥	Where is Self? Where is not-Self? Where is good and evil, confusion and clarity? I abide in the glory of Self.	For me established in my own glory, there is no self or non-self, no good or evil, no thought or even absence of thought.	Where is Self or not-Self, where likewise is good or evil, where is anxiety or non-anxiety for me who abide in my own glory?
19.5	क्व स्वप्नः क्व सुषुप्तिर्वा क्व च जागरणं तथा। क्व तुरीयं भयं वापि स्वमहिम्नि स्थितस्य मे॥	Where is sleeping, dreaming, waking, or even the fourth state? Where is fear? I abide in the glory of Self.	For me established in my own glory, there is no dreaming or deep sleep, no waking nor fourth state beyond them, and certainly no fear.	Where is dream, where is deep sleep, where is wakefulness, where is the fourth state, and where is even fear for me who abide in my own glory?
19.6	क्व दूरं क्व समीपं वा बाह्यं क्वाभ्यन्तरं क्व वा। क्व स्थूलं क्व च वा सूक्ष्मं स्वमहिम्नि स्थितस्य मे॥	Where is close or far, in or out, gross or subtle? I abide in the glory of Self.	For me established in my own glory, there is nothing far away and nothing near, nothing within or without, nothing large and nothing small.	Where is distance or proximity, exterior or interior, grossness or subtlety, for me who abide in my own glory?
19.7	क्व मृत्युर्जीवितं वा क्व लोकाः क्वास्य क्व लौकिकम्। क्व लयः क्व समाधिर्वा स्वमहिम्नि स्थितस्य मे॥	Where is life and death? Where is the world and worldly relations? Where is distraction and stillness? I abide in the glory of Self.	For me established in my own glory, there is no life or death, no worlds or things of this world, no distraction and no stillness of mind.	Where is death or life, where the worlds or the worldly relations, where diffusion or concentration, for me who abide in my own glory?
19.8	अलं त्रिवर्गकथया योगस्य कथयाप्यलम्। अलं विज्ञानकथया विश्रान्तस्य ममात्मनि॥	There is no need to talk about the three ends of life. To talk of yoga is purposeless. Even talking about Truth is irrelevant. I rest in Self alone.	For me remaining in myself, there is no need for talk of the three goals of life, of yoga or of knowledge.	For me who am reposing in Self, there is no need of talking about the three ends of life, about Yoga and about wisdom.