Janaka said:

First of all I was averse to physical activity, then to lengthy speech,
and finally to thought itself, which is why I am now established. 12.1

In the absence of delight in sound and the other senses, and by the
fact that I am myself not an object of the senses, my mind is focused
and free from distraction -- which is why I am now established. 12.2

Owing to the distraction of such things as wrong identification, one is
driven to strive for mental stillness. Recognising this pattern
I am now established. 12.3

By relinquishing the sense of rejection and acceptance, and with
pleasure and disappointment ceasing today, brahmin --
I am now established. 12.4

Life in a community, then going beyond such a state, meditation
and the elimination of mind-made objects -- by means of these
I have seen my error, and I am now established. 12.5

Just as the performance of actions is due to ignorance, so their
abandonment is too. By fully recognising this truth,
I am now established. 12.6

Trying to think the unthinkable, is doing something unnatural to
thought. Abandoning such a practice therefore,
I am now established. 12.7

He who has achieved this has achieved the goal of life. He who is of
such a nature has done what has to be done. 12.8


[Translation by John Richards]