RUDRA LYRICS

1. Now, Therefore...

Now, therefore, the enquiry into Brahman leads to the Immortal Self
It is a reasoning of a different kind not divorced from shruti and anubhava

Discriminate between the rope and the snake
Shun the impermanent
Invigorate the Antahkarana
Yearn to be Free!

Athato brahmajijnasa janmadyasya yatah
Shastrayonittvat tattusamanvayat*

Nityanityavastu viveka
Iccharahityam
Shatkasampatti
Mumukshutvam

[Solo devan vinod]

Athato brahmajijnasa janmadyasya yatah
Shastrayonittvat tattusamanvayat

[*Brahma Sutras]

2. Illusory Enlightenment

A non-dual experience is but a sleep in disguise
What can be learned from such a state of ignorance
Stretching your limbs and mind, is karma indeed
Will these actions lead you to freedom?

And action is limited by nature, how that can confer freedom?
It is the mind that is the seat of avidya
It is knowledge alone that's needed, when you mistake the nacre for silver
When will these foolish deeds end?

Notpadyate vinajnanam vicharenanyasadhanai
Yatha padarthabhanam hi prakashena vinakvacit*
The Self is immortal by nature, can't be gained by action
Attaining the Self is accomplishing the accomplished
Notpadyate vinajnanam vicharenanyasadhanai
Yatha padarthabhanam hi prakashena vinakvacit

[Solo devan]

Notpadyate vinajnanam vicharenanyasadhanai
Yatha padarthabhanam hi prakashena vinakvacit
The Self is immortal by nature, can't be gained by action
Attaining the Self is accomplishing the accomplished

[*Aparokshanubhuti]

3. Ravenous Theories Of Deception

Perception and inference are your gods
Observation is your ritual
You are a believer after all with faith in your deductions

Your pramanas are limited
What you don't know, you'll never know until you discover that ignorance is bliss!

Shrotrasya shrotram manaso manah
Vaco vacam pranasya pranah chakshushashchakshuh

Pratibodhaviditam matam*

[Solo devan vinod]

Your pramanas are limited
What you don't know, You'll never know until you know that
The assumed colour of the crystal is not its true nature

Shrotrasya shrotram manaso manah
Vaco vacam pranasya pranah chakshushashchakshuh

Pratibodhaviditam matam*

[*Kena Upanishad]

4. Vultures Of Slavery

Not knowing that the way out is the way in
Thousands of fools worship the feet of the scornful ones

The key to freedom is in his pocket yet he claims that you are free
He claims divinity but utters 'your are divine'

Unquestioning faith is glorified
What a holy deception

Sarvashruti shiroratna virajitapadambujah
Vedantambuja suryoyah tasmai shri surave namah*

[Solo devan vinod]

Acaryavan purushoveda**

The acarya points out your innate freedom like pointing out the arundhati

The one who sees non-duality as his essence
And he who sees no second reality is a satguru

For he has to be a Shrotriya and a brahmanishtha

Sarvashruti shiroratna virajitapadambujah
Vedantambuja suryoyah tasmai shri surave namah

[*Skanda Purana]
[**Taittiriya Upanishad]

5. Incredulous Void

[Solo devan]

It is a reasoning of a different kind not divorced from shruti and anubhava
There is a supposed truth which leads you to nothingness
They whisper mantras but leads you to shunya
They cry that all is pain
They die just like all of us in vain
Kshanikavada Chedanam
Om brahmane namah

Reality can't be like the son of a barren woman 'cause I perceive it
Their dry logic based on perception obstructs what lies beyond
Why, must they deny that I am immortal!
Shunyavada Chedanam
Om brahmane namah
Vijnanavada Chedanam
Om brahmane namah

[Solo devan]

Om brahmane namah

[Solo vinod]

Om brahmane namah
Kshanikavada Chedanam
Om brahmane namah
Shunyavada Chedanam
Om brahmane namah

[Solo devan]

Vijnanavada Chedanam
Om brahmane namah
Satyamevajayate Nanrtam*
Om brahmane namah

[*Mundaka Upanishad]

6. Sinister Devotion

The one who sees a worshipful form in the form of a lord without
And he worships, sings and dances to enjoy bliss within

His love enduring, his faith consuming the potential of freedom
Bound by love, dependent on faith and mistaken freedom

Taste the nectar within, not the water of this mirage
That which appears as far without, is within

There is no lord in the Universe other than the Atma
In bhakti there is no atmatrpti, Parabhakti is indeed Atma anubhava

There is no Lord in the Universe other than the Atma

[Solo devan vinod]

Yas tvatma rattirevasyat atmatrptashcamanava
Atmanyeva ca santushtah tasya karyam na vidyate*

Taste the nectar within, not the water of this mirage
That which appears as far without, is within

There is no lord in the Universe other than the Atma
In bhakti there is no atmatrpti, Parabhakti is indeed Atma anubhava

[*Bhagavad Gita]

7. Harrowing Carrions Of Syllogism

Mind creates a subjective notional world
Limited by knowledge we see what we want to see
The mind can't see beyond its thought constructs
The lack of a valid pramana leads to self-deception
Destroy your world by seeing yourself as the essence of the universe

[Solo vinod]

Like the eye which can't see itself, the I can't see the inner I
Without shabda, you can't know your Self
Without shruti, you can't see your Self
Manobuddhyahankaracittani naham
Na ca vyomabhumir na tejo na vayu
Cidanandarupa shivoham shivoham*

Destroy your world by seeing yourself as the essence of the universe
Like clay in the pot, see yourself as the essence of the universe

[Solo vinod]

Vain reasoning is a bottomless pit
Inflates the non-self with conceit

Shabda alone leads the mind beyond the limit of thoughts
To the self which is beyond logic and reason
Aham nirvikalpo nirakararupa
Vibhutvacca sarvatra sarvendriyanam
Na casangato naiva na muktirna bandha
Cidanandarupa shivoham shivoham*

[*Nirvana Shatkam]

8. Embryonic Theologies

Where is your saviour now?
Is he up in the skies?
Are you a seeker?
Are you a believer?

Seeking salvation when you are already Free is like a wave wanting to be water!

[Solo devan]

I am that God in Truth
Everything else is Mithya
There is no formless God
That resides in Paradise
There is no holy Book
All are but Lies!

Nothing compares to the Self
The Self that witnesses the Universe

[Solo devan vinod]

There is only the Self Supreme
Which is eternal
Which is Absolute and That I am
Nothing compares to the Self
The Self that witnesses the Universe

I am the God in Truth
Everything else is Mithya

9. Supposed Sages Of Sensuality

You see divinity in the other but not seeing it within oneself
The art of love deceives the heart which knows no reason

What is within cannot be sought through another body
Fools believe that maithuna leads to Brahman

You are not the body that you depend on
You are like a lotus leaf that's untouched by water

Naham prana

Naham Kama

Deluded by pleasures
Obsessed with sensations
Addicted to ecstasy
Love hides your inadequacy

[Solo devan]

10. Hymns Of The Immortal Self

Why! Do you enslave yourself!
They have made you a pauper by making you lose what has been always yours
Can't you see that there are many who want you on your knees?
Praise the Self that you are
You need no proof for your existence
That you are free, is known to you but covered by ignorance

Anandam brahmano vidvan na bibheti kadacana*

[Solo devan]

You are not a sinner! You are not a slave!
The feebleness you are is not your nature, but it belongs to the creeds that enslave
You see yourself as the space limited by walls but what you are is the all pervasive space
Asangoham
Asangoham
Asangoham
Eternal! That's what you are
The witness to the changing phenomena
Knowledge is your nature
Deathlessness is your abode
You have no soul to purify
You need no redemption
You need no salvation
Cause you are the Master of this Universe

Anandam brahmano vidvan na bibheti kadacana

[Solo vinod]

[*Taittiriya Upanishad]

11. Advaita Samrajya

There is no other, no second thing when I am the only reality
The universe, known and unknown, is a manifestation of Brahman
That reality revealed by the Shruti and echoed by the Smrti
Confirmed by my self experience, beyond disputations

Like the One Sun,
But many reflections,
I am that one Light

In my vision there is only I, that which is the parabrahman
There is no experience other than the Self
What can displace the vision that conforms to the sole Existence!
What can negate that which is self-established!

Nitya Shuddha Buddha Mukta Atmasvarupam
Nitya Shuddha Buddha Mukta Ishvarasvabhavam

Advaita Samrajya

[Solo vinod devan]

I am the Light of Lights, I am the God of Gods
I am the very satyam on which the universe rests
In me you exist. In reality you don't exist at all
I lend my existence to this world phenomenon

Nitya Shuddha Buddha Mukta Atmasvarupam
Nitya Shuddha Buddha Mukta Ishvarasvabhavam





RUDRA LYRICS