Avadhuta Gita

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.

इति चतुर्थोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the fourth chapter.

ॐ इति गदितं गगनसमं तत् न परापरसारविचार इति। अविलासविलासनिराकरणं कथमक्षरबिन्दुसमुच्चरणम्

Om. Thus has been spoken that which is like the sky, not a matter of higher or lower inquiry; how can there be utterance of the imperishable syllable, when all play and non-play are negated?

इति तत्त्वमसिप्रभृतिश्रुतिभिः प्रतिपादितमात्मनि तत्त्वमसि। त्वमुपाधिविवर्जितसर्वसमं किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम्

Thus, by the teachings beginning with 'That Thou Art,' the truth has been established in the Self: you are that, free from all limitations and equal to all; why do you grieve, O mind, being all-equal?

अधऊर्ध्वविवर्जितसर्वसमं बहिरन्तरवर्जितसर्वसमम्। यदि चैकविवर्जितसर्वसमं किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम्

Free from above and below, equal to all; free from inside and outside, equal to all; if you are free from all singularity, why do you grieve, O mind, being all-equal?

न हि कल्पितकल्पविचार इति न हि कारणकार्यविचार इति। पदसन्धिविवर्जितसर्वसमं किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम्

There is no inquiry into imagined concepts, nor any inquiry into cause and effect; being all-equal, free from the junction of words, why do you grieve, O mind, being all-equal?

न हि बोधविबोधसमाधिरिति न हि देशविदेशसमाधिरिति। न हि कालविकालसमाधिरिति किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम्

There is no samadhi of knowledge or ignorance, nor samadhi of place or non-place; nor samadhi of time or non-time; why do you grieve, O mind, being all-equal?

न हि कुम्भनभो न हि कुम्भ इति न हि जीववपुर्न हि जीव इति। न हि कारणकार्यविभाग इति किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम्

There is no pot-space, nor any pot; there is no embodied soul, nor any soul; there is no division of cause and effect; why do you grieve, O mind, being all-equal?

इह सर्वनिरन्तरमोक्षपदं लघुदीर्घविचारविहीन इति। न हि वर्तुलकोणविभाग इति किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम्

Here, the state of liberation is ever-present, free from all distinctions of short and long; there is no division of circle or angle; why do you grieve, O mind, being all-equal?

इह शून्यविशून्यविहीन इति इह शुद्धविशुद्धविहीन इति। इह सर्वविसर्वविहीन इति किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम्

Here, there is neither emptiness nor non-emptiness; here, there is neither purity nor impurity; here, there is neither all nor not-all. Why do you grieve, mind, when all is equal?

न हि भिन्नविभिन्नविचार इति बहिरन्तरसन्धिविचार इति। अरिमित्रविवर्जितसर्वसमं किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम्

There is no consideration of difference or non-difference; there is no inquiry into inner or outer connections. Free from enemy and friend, all is equal. Why do you grieve, mind, when all is equal?

न हि शिष्यविशिष्यस्वरूपैति न चराचरभेदविचार इति। इह सर्वनिरन्तरमोक्षपदं किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम्

There is no essence of disciple or teacher; there is no inquiry into the distinction between moving and unmoving. Here, liberation is uninterrupted everywhere. Why do you grieve, mind, when all is equal?

ननु रूपविरूपविहीन इति ननु भिन्नविभिन्नविहीन इति। ननु सर्गविसर्गविहीन इति किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम्

Indeed, there is neither form nor formlessness; indeed, there is neither difference nor non-difference; indeed, there is neither creation nor dissolution. Why do you grieve, mind, when all is equal?

न गुणागुणपाशनिबन्ध इति मृतजीवनकर्म करोमि कथम्। इति शुद्धनिरञ्जनसर्वसमं किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम्

There is no bondage by virtue or vice; how could I perform actions of the living or the dead? Thus, pure, stainless, all is equal. Why do you grieve, mind, when all is equal?

इह भावविभावविहीन इति इह कामविकामविहीन इति। इह बोधतमं खलु मोक्षसमं किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम्

Here, there is neither state nor non-state; here, there is neither desire nor absence of desire; here, consciousness and darkness are indeed equal to liberation. Why do you grieve, mind, when all is equal?

इह तत्त्वनिरन्तरतत्त्वमिति न हि सन्धिविसन्धिविहीन इति। यदि सर्वविवर्जितसर्वसमं किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम्

Here, the essence is uninterrupted essence; there is no absence of connection or disconnection. If all is free from everything and all is equal, why do you grieve, mind, when all is equal?

अनिकेतकुटी परिवारसमं इहसङ्गविसङ्गविहीनपरम्। इह बोधविबोधविहीनपरं किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम्

Homeless or in a hut, all companions are equal; here, the highest is free from attachment and non-attachment; here, the highest is free from knowledge and ignorance. Why do you grieve, mind, when all is equal?

अविकारविकारमसत्यमिति अविलक्षविलक्षमसत्यमिति। यदि केवलमात्मनि सत्यमिति किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम्

There is neither change nor changelessness, which is unreal; there is neither distinction nor non-distinction, which is unreal. If truth is only in the Self, why do you grieve, mind, when all is equal?

इह सर्वसमं खलु जीव इति इह सर्वनिरन्तरजीव इति। इह केवलनिश्चलजीव इति किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम्

Here, all beings are truly equal; here, all beings are uninterrupted; here, all beings are only unmoving. Why do you grieve, mind, when all is equal?

अविवेकविवेकमबोध इति अविकल्पविकल्पमबोध इति। यदि चैकनिरन्तरबोध इति किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम्

There is neither discrimination nor non-discrimination, which is ignorance; there is neither imagination nor non-imagination, which is ignorance. If there is only uninterrupted knowledge, why do you grieve, mind, when all is equal?

न हि मोक्षपदं न हि बन्धपदं न हि पुण्यपदं न हि पापपदम्। न हि पूर्णपदं न हि रिक्तपदं किमु रोदिषि मानसि सर्वसमम्

There is no state of liberation, no state of bondage, no state of merit, no state of sin; there is no state of fullness, no state of emptiness. Why do you grieve, mind, when all is equal?