अष्टावक्र उवाच न ते सङ्गोऽस्ति केनापि किं शुद्धस्त्यक्तुमिच्छसि, सङ्घातविलयं कुर्वन्नेवमेव लयं व्रज। ॥1॥
aṣṭāvakra uvāca na te saṅgo'sti kenāpi kiṁ śuddhastyaktum-icchasi, saṅghāta-vilayaṁ kurvannevam-eva layaṁ vraja. (1)
This verse suggests that your true self is untouched by anything external, so there is nothing to give up. It encourages you to let go of the physical body and merge into a state of peaceful oneness.
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