Liberation
Your liberation depends on you, just as your bondages do|| Acharya Prashant, on Ashtavakra Gita (2019)
निर्वासनं हरिं दृष्ट्वा तूष्णीं विषयदन्तिनः ।
पलायन्ते न शक्तास्ते सेवन्ते कृतचाटवः ॥ 18.४६ ॥
nirvāsanaṃ hariṃ dṛṣṭvā tūṣṇīṃ viṣayadantinaḥ
palāyante na śaktāste sevante kṛtacāṭavaḥ
Seeing the desireless lion, the elephants of the senses silently run away, and if that is impossible, serve him like courtiers.
~ Ashtavakra Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 46
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Questioner (Q): Sir, it is said in the verse that if it is impossible to run away, then the elephants of the senses serve as courtiers. I feel distraction, and these distractions are not always pleasurable, but it now takes less time for peace to be restored. What is it that makes the elephants of the senses impossible to run away?
