Avadhuta Gita

दहनपवनहीनं विद्धि विज्ञानमेक- मवनिजलविहीनं विद्धि विज्ञानरूपम्। समगमनविहीनं विद्धि विज्ञानमेकं गगनमिव विशालं विद्धि विज्ञानमेकम्

Know knowledge to be without fire and wind; know the form of knowledge to be without earth and water; know knowledge to be without coming and going; know knowledge to be vast like the sky.

न शून्यरूपं न विशून्यरूपं न शुद्धरूपं न विशुद्धरूपम्। रूपं विरूपं न भवामि किञ्चित् स्वरूपरूपं परमार्थतत्त्वम्

I am neither of empty form nor of non-empty form, neither of pure form nor of impure form; I am neither form nor formlessness in any way—my own true form is the ultimate reality.

मुञ्च मुञ्च हि संसारं त्यागं मुञ्च हि सर्वथा। त्यागात्यागविषं शुद्धममृतं सहजं ध्रुवम्

Abandon, abandon indeed the world; abandon renunciation altogether. The poison of renunciation and non-renunciation is pure, immortal, innate, and constant.

इति तृतीयोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the third chapter.

नावाहनं नैव विसर्जनं वा पुष्पाणि पत्राणि कथं भवन्ति। ध्यानानि मन्त्राणि कथं भवन्ति समासमं चैव शिवार्चनं च

There is neither invocation nor dismissal, how then can there be flowers or leaves? How can there be meditations or mantras, or any worship of Shiva in summary or in detail?

न केवलं बन्धविबन्धमुक्तो न केवलं शुद्धविशुद्धमुक्तः। न केवलं योगवियोगमुक्तः स वै विमुक्तो गगनोपमोऽहम्

Not only am I free from bondage and liberation, not only am I free from purity and impurity, not only am I free from union and separation in yoga; truly, I am liberated, vast as the sky.

सञ्जायते सर्वमिदं हि तथ्यं सञ्जायते सर्वमिदं वितथ्यम्। एवं विकल्पो मम नैव जातः स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

All this arises, truly; all this arises, falsely. Yet, such duality has never arisen for me—I am the dissolution into my own true nature, free from affliction.

न साञ्जनं चैव निरञ्जनं वा न चान्तरं वापि निरन्तरं वा। अन्तर्विभन्नं न हि मे विभाति स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

There is neither with color nor without color, neither within nor without; nothing divided within shines for me—I am the dissolution into my own true nature, free from affliction.

अबोधबोधो मम नैव जातो बोधस्वरूपं मम नैव जातम्। निर्बोधबोधं च कथं वदामि स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

For me, neither ignorance nor knowledge has ever arisen; my nature as knowledge has never arisen. How can I speak of knowledge or non-knowledge? I am the dissolution into my own true nature, free from affliction.

न धर्मयुक्तो न च पापयुक्तो न बन्धयुक्तो न च मोक्षयुक्तः। युक्तं त्वयुक्तं न च मे विभाति स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

I am not associated with righteousness nor with sin, not with bondage nor with liberation; what is joined or unjoined does not appear to me—I am the dissolution into my own true nature, free from affliction.

परापरं वा न च मे कदाचित् मध्यस्थभावो हि न चारिमित्रम्। हिताहितं चापि कथं वदामि स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

There is neither higher nor lower for me at any time, nor is there any neutral state, nor friend or foe. How can I speak of benefit or harm? I am the dissolution into my own true nature, free from affliction.

नोपासको नैवमुपास्यरूपं न चोपदेशो न च मे क्रिया च। संवित्स्वरूपं च कथं वदामि स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

I am not a worshipper, nor am I of the nature to be worshipped; there is no instruction nor any action for me. How can I speak of the nature of consciousness? I am the dissolution into my own true nature, free from affliction.

नो व्यापकं व्याप्यमिहास्ति किञ्चित् न चालयं वापि निरालयं वा। अशून्यशून्यं च कथं वदामि स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

There is nothing here that is pervader or pervaded, nor any abode or non-abode. How can I speak of emptiness or non-emptiness? I am the dissolution into my own true nature, free from affliction.

न ग्राहको ग्राह्यकमेव किञ्चित् न कारणं वा मम नैव कार्यम्। अचिन्त्यचिन्त्यं च कथं वदामि स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

There is no perceiver or anything to be perceived, no cause or effect for me. How can I speak of the thinkable or unthinkable? I am the dissolution into my own true nature, free from affliction.

न भेदकं वापि न चैव भेद्यं न वेदकं वा मम नैव वेद्यम्। गतागतं तात कथं वदामि स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

There is neither divider nor divided, neither knower nor known for me. How can I speak of coming or going, dear one? I am the dissolution into my own true nature, free from affliction.

न चास्ति देहो न च मे विदेहो बुद्दिर्मनो मे न हि चेन्द्रियाणि। रागो विरागश्च कथं वदामि स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

There is no body, nor am I bodiless; I have neither intellect nor mind, nor senses. How can I speak of passion or dispassion? I am the dissolution into my own true nature, free from affliction.

उल्लेखमात्रं न हि भिन्नमुच्चै- रुल्लेखमात्रं न तिरोहितं वै। समासमं मित्र कथं वदामि स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

There is no mere appearance that is distinctly separate, nor is there mere appearance that is concealed. How can I speak of unity or division, friend? I am the dissolution into my own true nature, free from affliction.

जितेन्द्रियोऽहं त्वजितेन्द्रियो वा न संयमो मे नियमो न जातः। जयाजयौ मित्र कथं वदामि स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

I am neither one who has mastered the senses nor one who has not; for me, there has never arisen restraint or discipline. How can I speak of victory or defeat, friend? I am the dissolution into my own true nature, free from affliction.

अमूर्तमूर्तिर्न च मे कदाचि- दाद्यन्तमध्यं न च मे कदाचित्। बलाबलं मित्र कथं वदामि स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

I am never of form or formlessness; I have neither beginning, end, nor middle. How can I speak of strength or weakness, friend? I am the dissolution into my own true nature, free from affliction.

मृतामृतं वापि विषाविषं च सञ्जायते तात न मे कदाचित्। अशुद्धशुद्धं च कथं वदामि स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

Whether something is mortal or immortal, poison or nectar, O dear one, it never arises for me at any time; how can I speak of pure or impure, when I am the essence of liberation, free from all disease?

स्वप्नः प्रबोधो न च योगमुद्रा नक्तं दिवा वापि न मे कदाचित्। अतुर्यतुर्यं च कथं वदामि स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

There is no dream or awakening for me, nor any yogic posture, neither night nor day at any time; how can I speak of the fourth or not-fourth state, when I am the essence of liberation, free from all disease?

संविद्धि मां सर्वविसर्वमुक्तं माया विमाया न च मे कदाचित्। सन्ध्यादिकं कर्म कथं वदामि स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

Know me as consciousness, freed from all and everything, untouched by illusion or non-illusion at any time; how can I speak of rituals like twilight worship, when I am the essence of liberation, free from all disease?

संविद्धि मां सर्वसमाधियुक्तं संविद्धि मां लक्ष्यविलक्ष्यमुक्तम्। योगं वियोगं च कथं वदामि स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

Know me as consciousness, united with all samadhis, as consciousness, freed from all marks and distinctions; how can I speak of union or separation, when I am the essence of liberation, free from all disease?

मूर्खोऽपि नाहं न च पण्डितोऽहं मौनं विमौनं न च मे कदाचित्। तर्कं वितर्कं च कथं वदामि स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

I am neither a fool nor a scholar; silence or non-silence never pertain to me; how can I speak of reasoning or disputation, when I am the essence of liberation, free from all disease?

पिता च माता च कुलं न जाति- र्जन्मादि मृत्युर्न च मे कदाचित्। स्नेहं विमोहं च कथं वदामि स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

I have neither father nor mother, no family or caste, no birth or death at any time; how can I speak of attachment or delusion, when I am the essence of liberation, free from all disease?

अस्तं गतो नैव सदोदितोऽहं तेजोवितेजो न च मे कदाचित्। सन्ध्यादिकं कर्म कथं वदामि स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

I have neither set nor always risen; radiance or absence of radiance never pertain to me; how can I speak of rituals like twilight worship, when I am the essence of liberation, free from all disease?

असंशयं विद्धि निराकुलं मां असंशयं विद्धि निरन्तरं माम्। असंशयं विद्धि निरञ्जनं मां स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

Know me without doubt, undisturbed; know me without doubt, uninterrupted; know me without doubt, stainless; I am the essence of liberation, free from all disease.

ध्यानानि सर्वाणि परित्यजन्ति शुभाशुभं कर्म परित्यजन्ति। त्यागामृतं तात पिबन्ति धीराः स्वरूपनिर्वाणमनामयोऽहम्

The wise abandon all meditations, they abandon all actions, good or bad; they drink the nectar of renunciation, O dear one, for I am the essence of liberation, free from all disease.

विन्दति विन्दति न हि न हि यत्र छन्दोलक्षणं न हि न हि तत्र। समरसमग्नो भावितपूतः प्रलपति तत्त्वं परमवधूतः

He attains, he attains—indeed, where there is no sign of desire, indeed, there; absorbed in perfect sameness, purified by contemplation, the supreme avadhūta speaks the truth.