Ashtavakra Gita 18.41: Peace, Chapter 18, Verse 41
क्व निरोधो विमूढस्य यो निर्बन्धं करोति वै ।
स्वारामस्यैव धीरस्य सर्वदासावकृत्रिमः ॥ १८-४१॥
kva nirodho vimūḍhasya yo nirbandhaṃ karoti vai .
svārāmasyaiva dhīrasya sarvadāsāvakṛtrimaḥ .. 18-41..
जो इंसान कन्फ्यूज़्ड है और कंट्रोल करने पे ज़िद करता है, उसका कहाँ रुकना है? लेकिन जो समझदार है और खुद में खुश रहता है, उसका नेचुरल पन हमेशा साथ रहता है। उससे कोई बनावटी चीज़ नहीं है।
FAQs
Because the deluded person insists on control, and that compulsion itself becomes agitation.
Svārāma means one who delights or rests in oneself, indicating self-contentment independent of external control.
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