“Give up nothing and take up nothing. Abide in yourself, just as you are.”
Abhinavagupta
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From the highest perspective, verse 2 denies any real bondage and declares striving to liberate what is already free to be pointless. The excerpt is not a general command to give up everyday duties. The Academy also publishes the variant vilasa; the reading chosen here is openly indicated.
Source
Abhinavagupta · Anuttarāṣṭikā · verse 2, close (AgAna_2). Parallel at the close of verse 1.
https://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil/corpustei/transformations/html/sa_abhinavagupta-anuttarASTikA.htm
Rights
Original text in the public domain; English version: own rendering.
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