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Govind or Ashtavakra

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Ashtavakra Samhita , illuminates an ancient conversation between the sage Ashtavakra and Janaka, as Ashtavakra takes Janaka by the hand and leads him step by step into deeper levels of understanding until enlightenment dawns. It is one of a kind, treatise on the  Advaita  (non-dualistic) rationality which guarantees to transport the seeker from bondage to freedom (or  Mukti ). Suhrnmitraryudasinamadhyasthadveshyabandhushu |  Sadhushvapi cha papeshu samabudhhirvishishyate || (He excels who views well-wishers, friends, adversaries, relatives, the unconcerned, the impartial, the hostile, the saints & the sinners alike) Prathame narjita vidya dwitiye narjitam dhanam | Tritiye narjitam punyam chaturthe kim karishyasi || (What can you do in the fourth part of your life, when you have not gained knowledge in the first, wealth in the second, and merit in the third?) While Bhagavad Gita drives you to an objective of freedom, upskilling you from Kindergarten to doctorate level, Ashtavakra Gi