Ch 19

19: Repose in the Self

Janaka said: 

With the tongs of Truth 

I have plucked the thorn of thinking 

from the innermost cave 

of my heart. 

Where is meditation, pleasure, 

prosperity or discrimination? 

Where is duality? 

Where even is Unity? 

I abide in the glory of Self. 

Where is past and future, 

or even present? 

Where is space, or even eternity? 

I abide in the glory of Self. 

Where is Self? 

Where is not-Self? 

Where is good and evil, confusion and clarity? 

I abide in the glory of Self. 

Where is sleeping, dreaming, waking, 

or even the fourth state? 

Where is fear? 

I abide in the glory of Self. 

Where is close or far, 

in or out, 

gross or subtle? 

I abide in the glory of Self. 

Where is life and death? 

Where is the world and worldly relations? 

Where is distraction and stillness? 

I abide in the glory of Self. 

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.