Aṣṭāvakra states a blunt truth: continuing in saṃsāra will never end suffering. No amount of worldly experience, however pleasant, can extinguish duḥkha because the root cause is identification with the body (dehābhimāna), not the particular circumstances one finds oneself in. The prescription is direct: abandon this identification and be happy (sukhī bhava). Notice the simplicity — not “practice austerity” or “perform rituals,” but simply be happy, which is possible the instant the false identification is seen through. This is the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā’s characteristic directness: no gradual path, no stages — just the radical insight and its immediate consequence.