1. One can neither invoke him nor bid him farewell Neither
can leaves and flowers be offered to him nor can 'meditation or chanting of
Mantras apply to him. Regarding all alike is the real, worship of that Blissful
One.
2. I am not only free from all natural and ac- quired
bondages, not only free from all inward and, outward purity, not only free from
all relations of union or separation, but I am, altogether Eternal Freedom untrammeled
like the heavens.
3. Whether all this (world) is really created or only
created as an illusion, these thoughts do not arise in me. I am by nature free
and beyond all ills.
4. I am neither incrusted with the Maya nor not so
incrusted. There is neither difference nor non-difference nor does variety
affect me. I am by nature Eternal Freedom beyond all ills.
5. Neither knowledge nor ignorance concerns me. I am not of
the form of knowledge. How can I speak of knowledge or ignorance? I am by
nature Eternal Freedom beyond all ills.
6. I am neither virtuous nor sinful, neither bound nor free.
No relations whatsoever affect me. I am by nature Eternal Freedom beyond all
ills,
7. I am neither this nor that nor midway, neither relations
such as friend or enemy affect me nor have I anything to do with good or evil.
I am by nature Eternal Freedom beyond all ills.
8. I am neither the devotee nor the one to whom devotion is
offered. For me there is neither any instruction nor any duty. I am not even
the form of knowledge. I am by nature Eternal Freedom beyond all ills.
9. I am neither the pervader nor the one pervaded. I am
neither the resting place nor its opposite. I am neither void nor full. I am by
nature Eternal Freedom beyond all ills.
10. I am neither the captor nor the captured. For me there
is neither cause nor effect. How can I be one that can be thought upon or not
thought upon? I am by nature Eternal Freedom beyond all ills.
11. I am neither the cause of differences nor can any
difference exist in me. I am neither the knower nor the known. O Dear how can I
then speak of the past and the future? I am by nature Eternal Freedom beyond
all ills.
12. I have neither a body nor am bodiless. I have neither
intellect nor mind nor senses. I am affected neither by passion nor by
dispassion. I am by nature Eternal Freedom beyond all ills.
13. (The Atma) is not even in name different (from the
Brahm). It is not hidden in the high words {of the Vedas). O friend! how can I
call it uniform or varied? I am by nature Eternal Freedom be- yond all ills.
14. I control and I do not control the senses. There is no
law or ordinance for me. O friend! being so, how can I say that victory or
defeat affects me? I am by nature Eternal Freedom beyond all ills.
15. I am formless; there is no image of mine. I have neither
beginning nor end nor middle. O friend, how can I be called strong or weak? I
am by nature Eternal Freedom beyond all ills.
16. For me there is neither death nor death- lessness,
neither nectar nor poison, neither purity nor impurity. I am by nature Eternal
Freedom beyond all ills.
17. For me there is neither waking nor sleeping nor any
devotional postures, neither day nor night neither bliss nor misery. I am by
nature Eternal Freedom beyond all ills.
18. Enow me to be free from one and all. For me there is
neither the Maya (illusion) nor its opposite. How can I be said to have
anything to do with the Sandhya and other prescribed devotional duties.? I am
by nature Eternal Freedom beyond all ills.
19. Know me to be associated with all concentrated
meditations (Samadhis); know me to be beyond all that can and that cannot be
the objective of thought. How can I, then, speak of union or separation 9 I am
by nature Eternal Freedom beyond all ills.
20. I am neither a fool nor a learned man. I am neither
garrulous nor reticent. How can I, then, say that argument or criticism affects
me? I am by nature Eternal Freedom beyond all ills.
21. I have neither father nor mother, neither caste nor
family, neither birth nor death. How can I, then, speak of attachment or
non-attachment.? I am by nature Eternal Freedom beyond all ills.
22. I am always shining. I never set or disappear. For me
there is neither light nor darkness* How can I say that devotional performances
&c. such as observed in the evening or morning hind upon me? I am by nature
Eternal Freedom beyond all ills.
23. Know me for certain »to be without origin. Know me for
certain to be without difference or division. Know me for certain to be without
impurity. I am by nature Eternal Freedom beyond all ills.
24. The wise renounce all devotional meditations and good
and bad acts. O Dear they drink only the nectar of renunciation. I am by nature
Eternal Freedom beyond all ills.
25. The enlightened Ascetic who has been purged of all evil
desires and who is submerged in the sentiment of Oneness throughout declares
the truth that one never succeeds in knowing it (the Brahm) which neither the
Tedic verses nor logical definitions can ever describe.