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Avadhuta Gita 1.55

1.55 Dattatreya

विशुद्धोऽस्य शरीरोऽसि न ते चित्तं परात्परम् । अहं चात्मा परं तत्त्वमिति वक्तुं न लज्जसे ॥

viśuddho'sya śarīro'si na te cittaṃ parātparam | ahaṃ cātmā paraṃ tattvamiti vaktuṃ na lajjase ||

You are pure, you are without a body; the mind is not yours; you are higher than the highest. Are you not shy to say, 'I am the Self, the supreme reality'?

तुम शुद्ध हो, देहरहित हो; मन तुम्हारा नहीं; तुम परे से भी परे हो। फिर 'मैं आत्मा हूँ, परम तत्त्व हूँ' यह कहते हुए तुम्हें संकोच नहीं होता?

Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ

Even spiritual statements can turn into a new badge for the ego. The truest thing about you may be quieter than any claim you can make about it.

आध्यात्मिक घोषणाएँ भी अहंकार का नया बिल्ला बन सकती हैं। तुम्हारे बारे में सबसे सच्ची बात शायद किसी भी दावे से अधिक शांत है।

Dattatreya tells the listener that he is pure and bodiless and beyond the mind, and teasingly asks whether he is not shy to say even 'I am the Self, the supreme reality', since saying it already makes a second.

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