Ashtavakra Gita 18.8: Peace, Chapter 18, Verse 8
आत्मा ब्रह्मेति निश्चित्य भावाभावौ च कल्पितौ ।
निष्कामः किं विजानाति किं ब्रूते च करोति किम् ॥ १८-८॥
ātmā brahmeti niścitya bhāvābhāvau ca kalpitau .
niṣkāmaḥ kiṃ vijānāti kiṃ brūte ca karoti kim .. 18-8..
जब पक्का समझ आ जाए कि आप ही वो ब्रह्मन हो, और होना-ना होना दोनों बस दिमाग की बात है। तो जो किसी इच्छा में नहीं है, वो क्या जानता है, क्या बोलता है, और क्या करता है?
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It means knowing the individual Self, Ātman, as not separate from Brahman, the supreme reality in Advaita Vedanta.
The verse says that bhāva and abhāva are kalpita, imagined or projected categories, from the standpoint of realized non-duality.
The question points to the transcendence of ordinary mental, verbal, and active identity in the one who has realized Brahman.
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