Does this Earth and its sky take up space at all?
So staggering vast
Is the Expanse, Thou art!
Thou art the Self-Luminosity
That fire, sun and moon have seen not!
Thou art the Knowledge direct
Of all life in this universe and beyond.
Thou art All,
Thou art One,
Thou art Eternal,
Thou art Unattached,
Thou art Attributeless,
Thou art Pure Bliss
Beyond thought and word -
Thus Thou standeth unchanging.
Instead of sitting in quiescence
And attaining the Great Bliss,
I have sought the devilish mind
Like the infant that has lost its mother.
Is it to turn insane?
That I may not befriend that mind
Grant me the abiding gift
Of transcendant meditation of knowledge supreme.
Oh! Thou Sivam
That is Truth-Knowledge-Bliss!
The Cosmic Principle
That is Total-Fullness-Perfect!