Hymn Praising the Avadhut
1. Salutations to Nityananda, the Guru,
who rescues his disciples from transmigration,
who has assumed a body for the needs of devotees,
whose nature is consciousness and being.
2. Free of desires, free of expectations,
free of all defects,
independent and fearless.
To that Eternal Bliss, I bow.
3. Free of possessiveness, free of egoism,
regarding as the same - a clod, a stone, and gold,
even-minded in happiness and sorrow, all enduring.
To that Divine Madness, indeed I bow.
4. "Indestructible is the Self, for it is one."
Having known this truth,
she is free of attachment, fear, and anger.
To that Eternal Bliss, I bow.
5. "I am not the body, nor is the body mine;
I am not a bound soul, for I am consciousness."
Thus reflecting, he is content.
To that Divine Madness, indeed I bow.
6. "The entire universe is only a mental construct;
the Self alone is free and eternal."
Thus reflecting, she is satisfied.
To that Eternal Bliss, I bow.
7. His deeds burned up by the fire of realization,
purged of desire and ambition,
free of the need to accept or reject.
To that Divine Madness, indeed I bow.
8. Possessing the innate disposition of a yogini,
she does not long for pleasure and enjoyment;
she is content with whatever comes unsought.
To that Eternal Bliss, I bow.
9. Not even by blame or praise is his mind perturbed;
sporting in the Self, great-souled!
To that Divine Madness, indeed I bow.
10. Always in the waking state, she abides like one asleep;
free of anxiety, her mind is the nature of pure consciousness.
To that Eternal Bliss, I bow.
11. To him none is hateful, none is dear;
for him there is no good or bad.
Free of the knowledge of difference.
To that Divine Madness, indeed I bow.
12. To her nothing is insentient; the whole word is filled with consciousness.
Joined with the eternal, having passed beyond the gunas (the realms of
separation).
To that Eternal Bliss, I bow.
13. He indeed, by a mere glance, purifies the three worlds;
he is the movable, the immovable, and all holy places.
To that Divine Madness, indeed I bow.
14. An object of worship for all,
forever perfect, an embodiment of bliss, indivisible,
shining by her own light, reveling in blissful consciousness.
To that Eternal Bliss, I bow.
15. Undivided, performing no actions,
calm, spotless, supremely nectarean,
dwelling at Ganeshpuri.
To that Divine Madness, indeed I bow.