Sutra:🔗

Do you, who have been bitten by the great black serpent of egoism I am the doer; drink the nectar of the faith,

I am not the doer and be happy.

I think Janaka missed. Janaka missed what Ashtavakra is saying. That is why, now Ashtavakra has to compromise. In this sutra Ashtavakra also gives a technique. Be very clear, techniques are given only to fools who simply miss the truth. An intelligent man does not need techniques. When the truth is uttered the intelligent man immediately captures it and understands it. It is only the person who misses will ask, 'Master, what you said is really a beautiful truth, but how to practice it?' The moment you bring the words, the question - 'How to practice', you miss the truth.

When you understand that the fire can burn you, do you ask, 'Master, I understand that fire will burn, but teach me how not to put my hand again and again in the fire so that I do not get burnt, teach me?' No, you don't ask this question. The very intelligence that the fire burns is enough for you to take your hands away and you will never put your hands near the fire again. The very intelligence is enough. If you think, 'This is the truth, but I should know how to practice it,' be very clear that you have not understood the truth.

To tell you honestly, the whole gist of Bhagavad-Gita is in the first two statements of Krishna. The moment he starts speaking - and that too only in the second chapter he starts to speak, he says: