Religion

Verses 110–119

by Vemana dates disputed (placed between the 14th and 17th centuries)

Translated by C. P. Brown (1829) · From Verses of Vemana (Brown, 1829)

Religion

110. He who has severed the desires of his house from him and duly in his heart is cautious; he who thus establishes his house, is deeply skilled in tatwa.

111. He is the happiest person in the world who in whatever his views and in the six creeds and sects and the four asramas wavers not at any time in his walk.

112. It is impossible for us to see the wondrous writing on the noble hill in our path, following the shadow of our nose. If we go to view, it is perfection. It is Siva.

113. A man shall attain long life when he has learnt to low breathing (i.e. to save up some respirations daily of the portion predestined to each man). Then shall he grow, he shall wear his body through out the age of Brahma.

114. He that will not be entangled in the forest of (acshara) letters but considering the (nobleness) charms of (acshara) the indestructible, and in this earth adores the prime letter (Om) this man shall become Imperishable (acshaya). This is sufficient!

115. There is no distinct region named deity; self is evidently the deity. If thou know thyself thou art the divinity.

116. The whole world exists in the divine atom. The divine atom lies hid in our body The man that restrains his mind will surely attain beatitude (mucti).

117. Like him who, holding butter in his hand, but not knowing its properties, wishes for ghee (which he might obtain by merely melting the butter) is he who being himself divinity meditates on God as though removed from him.

118. By beholding the first of being thou shalt become united with the universe. No man is able to behold that prime existence. That prime who is the path of bliss existeth within the soul.

119. He who knows clearly in his own mind that he is a part of the universe, internally and externally, the man who hath brightly learned this shall in this world attain beatitude.

MLA

Vemana. “Verses 110–119.” Translated by C. P. Brown. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vemana/11/.

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Vemana. “Verses 110–119.” Translated by C. P. Brown. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vemana/11/.

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