The Supreme Purusha
the witness, the approver, the worker,
the enjoyer, the Lord, the Purushottama,
the One with myriad attributes.
The knowledge immortal
all-pervading like space infinite,
Ultimate-Truth without a change,
Supreme Light forever free.
Thou deviseth the celestial ladder,
its seven rungs
for seeker’s ascension
to realm of abiding bliss.
Avadhuta-Gita is the hymn of the hermit,
the enlightened self-less recluse
who having broken all chains
at the acme of self-realization, reveals.
Beyond the wheel of Sansara,
beyond the cycle of birth and death
in bliss eternal ensconced
Avadhuta sings of Self-existent light.
With a body dust smeared,
but a mind freed from dross;
and rooting in regions requiring no checks,
enlightened Avadhuta will slumber no more.
Sated with throbbing of One without a second
least allured by cravings carnal
or desire-fulfilling duties
the Avadhuta wears the crown eternal.
Having trodden the paths of worldly glory,
Having risen above them unenticed,
Avadhuta stands above the thought of worldly gain,
up, above all aspirations for heavenly boons.
His message is plain and simple
meant for ordinary man
distracted by gnawing doubts
that pertain the nature of existence.
Whether the reality is one,
within an easy reach of everyone,
whether self-realization is the beginning or the end
in the seeker's path?
Knowledge of truth within you dawns
When your whole being is drowned
In ecstasy’s ocean,
When fruit has mellowed and is willing to fall.
