Janaka continues with greater vigour his negations and denials. He sternly denies all that come to his mind – ideas, notions, states, practices, precepts – in fact, everything indeed. For him the Self alone is and can be. And that is indescribable!

Nonetheless the true seeker is able to experience the Self. For, it is the very source of all experience. Life being experiential, the Self cannot be denied, doubted or replaced. It is this surety that matters ultimately. For one who is firm in this affirmation, any denial of other things is neither hard nor questionable. In fact, such denial and negation alone make one’s Self-realization impeccable, immovable, like the Self itself.

Death and life are thinkable only with regard to the body, which is part of the world. Where is world, worldliness itself? Are not both body and world an illusion, non-existent?

Janaka also asks where is laya and where is samadhi too. Laya is a common hindrance encountered during meditation. In laya one gets sunk. It can be for any length of time. The sādhaka has to be sensitive in dissuading it and making his progress safe and certain. Where is samadhi also, its contrast, as well? Both have no place or relevance at all.

If Self is properly realized, all duals lose their relevance. Everything else becomes extinct, and Self-splendour alone reigns!