JANAKA'S QUESTINS TO ASHTAVAKRA.

KATHAM JNYANAM AVAPNOTHI,  KATHAM                    MUKTHIRBAVISHYATHI. VAIRAGYAM CHA PRAPTHAM, ETHAD BRUHI, MAMA PRABHO?-----JANAKA SAID;HOW CAN KNOWLEDGE BE ACQUIRED?HOW CAN LIBERATION BE ATTAINED? HOW IS RENUNCIATION POSSIBLE?--TELL ME THIS O LORD.----------KNOWLEDGE IS REALISATION OF  THE IDENTITY OF  THE INDIDIVIDUAL SELF  AND SUPREME SELF OR BRAHMAN WHICH IS EXISTENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND  ABSOLUTE HAPPINESS. LIBERATION MEANS FREEDOM FROM IGNORANCE, ALL BONDAGES, AND LIMITATIONS  ARISING OUT OF KNOWLEDGE IE COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF MISERY, AND T5HE ATTAINMENT OF SUPREME HAPPINESS.-----RENUNCIATION MEANS UNATTACHMENTS TO THE PLEASURE AND PAIN DERIVEDE FROM WORLDLY OBJECTS AND EVEN TO TYHE JOYFUL LIFE IN HEAVEN, WHICH IS ALSO IMPERMANENT.THIS FORMS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUALITY IE REQD OF AN ASPIRANT FOR ATTAINMENT OF SELF KNOWLEDGE.