These are words expressed by the disciple not the master. King Janaka, as he did earlier too, has been absorbing whatever the Sage was exposing in the way of Self-knowledge. His reception and assimilation are incredibly effective. That is how he rejoins the way he does here. Like darkness at the touch of light, ignorance too in the wake of knowledge flees instantly. Understand the effect of the knowledge-interaction between Janaka and the Maharshi. And try to be assimilative like the king. Knowledge works like lightning.

One needs to observe dharma only when he seeks something and is striving for it. If he has no such desire or motivation, where is the relevance of any discipline or restraint at all? So too he yearns not to gain prosperity. Why then bother about any special discrimination in the matter of acquiring it?

Duality and non-duality are concepts applicable to the world or creation of plurality. For one who experiences the Self and realizes that all else is but a superimposition on it, is not all talk of duality and non-duality an irrelevant and meaningless indulgence? Should he pamper it or shun it altogether?

What is required, if at all, is to be assured and confirmed in what he has known and realized, namely the indescribable sovereign Self, and abide in its unsullied splendour and glory. Janaka says he has transcended all plural considerations and compulsions!