Chapter 3 · Verse 4
नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता
nābhinandati na dveṣṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
The sage neither delights (nābhinandati) nor hates (na dveṣṭi) — the paired movements of rāga and dveṣa that drive all ordinary experience have ceased. His wisdom (prajñā) is established (pratiṣṭhitā), meaning it is not intermittent or dependent on circumstances. Aṣṭāvakra adds that when such a one sees clearly, then there is no bondage anywhere for him. The “when” is not temporal but epistemic: the moment the insight stabilizes, bondage vanishes entirely. This is the practical face of mokṣa — not a future event, but the falling away of the illusion that bondage ever existed.