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Chapter 4

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.