Ashtavakra Gita 11.6: Wisdom, Chapter 11, Verse 6
नाहं देहो न मे देहो बोधोऽहमिति निश्चयी ।
कैवल्यमिव सम्प्राप्तो न स्मरत्यकृतं कृतम् ॥ ११-६॥
nāhaṃ deho na me deho bodho'hamiti niścayī .
kaivalyamiva samprāpto na smaratyakṛtaṃ kṛtam .. 11-6..
मैं बॉडी नहीं हूँ, मेरा कोई बॉडी नहीं है। मैं सिर्फ जागरूक हूँ, बस यही मैं हूँ। जो यह पक्का समझ लेता है, वो ऐसे जीता है जैसे मुक्ति मिल गई हो। उससे याद भी नहीं रहता कि क्या किया, क्या छोड़ा।
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The verse states the certainty: 'I am not the body, the body is not mine; I am pure consciousness.'
It means that such a person lives with the freedom characteristic of liberation, no longer bound by bodily identification or past action.
The translation indicates that one established in pure consciousness does not dwell on what was done or not done, because the sense of doership has fallen away.
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