राम
Abhanga 847Renunciation

That We Should Renounce It

English Translation · I.P. 847

WE dress up all the parts for the drama; we assume disguises, hut we cannot change the inward man. We have set going this varied game to amuse ourselves; but we know what our primal form is. A slab of crystal remains distinct from its attributes, though it looks as if it were red or yellow. Tuka says, We shall sever ourselves from this world and disport ourselves at peace.

Tr. J. Nelson Fraser & K.B. Marathe (1909)

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Renunciation

The case for letting go of worldly attachments and turning wholly to God.

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