Chapter 8 ॥अष्टभोध्याम्॥

अष्टावक्र उवाच ॥
तदा फन्धो मदा तचत्त ं तकतचचद ्वाछं तत शोचतत ।
तकंतचन भ् चंु तत गण्ृ हातत तकंतचद ्दृष्यतत कुप्यतत॥८-१॥
aṣṭāvakra uvāca
tadā bandho yadā cittaṁ kincid vāṁchati śocati
kiṁcin muṁcati gṛṇhāti kiṁcid dṛṣyati kupyati
Ashtavakra: Bondage is when the mind longs for something,
grieves about something, rejects something, holds on to
something, is pleased about something or displeased about
something.
तदा भतुिमदभ ा तचत्त ं न वाछं तत न शोचतत ।
न भचंु तत न गण्ृ हातत न हृष्यतत न कुप्यतत ॥ ८-२॥
tadā muktiryadā cittaṁ na vāṁchati na śocati
na muṁcati na gṛṇhāti na hṛṣyati na kupyati

Liberation is when the mind does not long for anything, grieve
about anything, reject anything, or hold on to anything, and is
not pleased about anything or displeased about anything.
तदा फन्धो मदा तचत्तं सिं काश्वतऩ दृतष्टष ु।
तदा भोऺो मदा तचत्तभसिं सवदृभ तष्टष ु॥ ८-३॥
tadā bandho yadā cittaṁ saktaṁ kāśvapi dṛṣṭiṣu
tadā mokṣo yadā cittamasaktaṁ sarvadṛṣṭiṣu
Bondage is when the mind is tangled in one of the senses, and
liberation is when the mind is not tangled in any of the senses.
मदा नाहं तदा भोऺो मदाहं फन्धन ं तदा ।
भत्वते त हरे मा तकंतचन्मा गहृ ाण तवभचंु भा ॥ ८-४॥
yadā nāhaṁ tadā mokṣo yadāhaṁ bandhanaṁ tadā
matveti helayā kiṁcinmā gṛhāṇa vimuṁca mā
When there is no "me" that is liberation, and when there is "me"
there is bondage. Consider this carefully, and neither hold on nor
reject.