Majestic Ashtavakra - Rudra

The mortal self subject to misery**

Is bound by Besha Kala and Vastu

This misery is caused by the delusion

That the seeker and sought and dual

I am the one

Non dually one, I am

«You are really unbound and actionless

Self-illuminating and spotless already

The cause of your bondage is that you are

Still resorting to stilling the mind.»

No effort will gain you the immortal self

Karmas and Dhyana are futile to me

Because I am forever free

Samadhi is of no use to me

Cittavrtti Nirodha is a fruitless pursuit

Because I am the forever free

Aham nitya muktah

«As I alone give light to this body, so I do to the world

As a result the whole world is mine, or alternatively nothing is»

Through the Shruti alone one discovers that the Self is

Nitya shuddha buddha mukta svabhava

Akashavad anantoham ghatavat prakrtam jagat

Iti jnanam tathaitasya na tyago na graho layah

I am the one

Non dually one, I am