Avadhuta Gita (Selected Verses)
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Avadhuta Gita (अवधूतगीता) - the song of the liberated one - is a text attributed to Dattatreya, expressing the direct realization of one who has transcended all worldly bondage. These selected verses capture the essence of its teaching.
|| अवधूतगीता (चयनित श्लोकाः) ||
अहं ब्रह्म परं धाम अहं ब्रह्म परं सुखम् । अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्ञानमहमेव परः शिवः ॥१॥
ahaṃ brahma paraṃ dhāma ahaṃ brahma paraṃ sukham | ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jñānamahameva paraḥ śivaḥ ||1||
I am Brahman, the supreme abode. I am Brahman, the supreme bliss. I am Brahman, the supreme knowledge. I alone am the supreme Shiva.
न तप्तं च न तप्तव्यं न वेदा न च देवताः । न च यज्ञा न च लोका मया कल्पितमेव च ॥२॥
na taptaṃ ca na taptavyaṃ na vedā na ca devatāḥ | na ca yajñā na ca lokā mayā kalpitameva ca ||2||
There is no austerity, nothing to be achieved, no Vedas, no gods, no sacrifices, no worlds. All these are imagined by me alone.
॥ इति अवधूतगीतायाः चयनितश्लोकाः ॥
Selected verses from the Avadhuta Gita, a radical non-dual text expressing the realization of one who has completely transcended identification with the body, mind, and society.