Transliteration of original classic  Literature: -  

Karatvay dhukh, maatanhh  jvaalaa,dgdhaant  raatman |
 kurat parsham peeyush dhaaraa saaram sartae sukham|| /18.3/.

Karatvay = duties, dhukh= sorrows, maatranhh= in form of, jvaalaa= lava, dgdhaant= scorched, raatman= the mind of whom,   kurat= how,  parsham = calmness in conscious mind, peeyush= nector, dhaaraa= flow of,   saaram=enjoyed,  sartae = without, sukham= happiness.

Translation: Duties in form of sorrows is lava, which is scorching the conscious mind. How, without flow of nectar of calmness in conscious mind, happiness can be enjoyed? /18.3/.

Central Communication: Guru Astavakra tells disciple Janaka that conscious mind has been scorched by the lava of sorrows carried from past lives, which are arising in form of sense of duty. Without the torrential shower of calmness in conscious mind by profound meditation, happiness cannot be enjoyed.

Guru says that sense of duty as normal person performs is nothing but slavery in form of virtues karmas. Sense of duty, state of calmness and happiness are most misunderstood, not by normal people but by most of the yoga disciples. True happiness cannot be acquired in inner conscious mind while having sense of duty for self, society and religion in outer unaware mind. Sense of duty and true happiness cannot exist together in mind. With the attainment of one the other is lost. Most of the normal people and yoga disciple who are feeling happiness is in fact in state of freedom from unhappiness or misery in unaware mind. True happiness that is also called bliss is felt and realized by stilling thoughts of sense of duty and human intellect in conscious mind by profound meditation.

Only reposing inner self in conscious mind can realize true eternal happiness. True happiness can be realized by stilling thoughts of sense of duty in conscious mind by profound meditation. The happiness felt with senses by normal people is mere state of freedom from misery or state of escaping unhappiness.

The true yoga disciple realizes that all kinds of sense duty including for virtuous acts or meditation acts contain desires that sow seeds of future life subliminal karma impressions. Sense duty is like the inner explosive nature of lava in mind that parches the mind in to cycle of misery and non-misery. He also realizes this can be converted into happiness [bliss] with the showers of torrential rain of tranquility of inner self by reposing inner self in conscious mind.

Guru Astavakra tells disciple Janaka that sense of duty is nothing but slavery in form of virtues. One, who has sense of objects of world as real, finds he has things to do, duties to fulfill. This sense of duty has ultimately aroused from lack of spiritual knowledge flowing in outer intellect mind called unaware mind. Thus sense of duty binds person to the relative life and subjecting person to all the miseries of the matter world. This parches the inner explosive nature of lava of mind surrounding the inner spiritual knowledge of inner self. When the sense of duty subsides, the conscious mind becomes desires less for objects resulting relative life also loses its grip. Person feels that the world is transient and one has nothing to do in it or with it. Then, comes state of tranquility, serenity, quietness and calmness that is real happiness. This happiness is like divinity rain showers to revive the spiritual knowledge of burnt heart of conscious mind.