Verse 90

Śataka
Vairāgya Śatakaवैराग्यशतकम्
Chapter
Worship of Shivaशिवार्चनम्
Chhanda
Śārdūlavikrīḍitaशार्दूलविक्रीडित

[vairagya-90]

पाणिं पात्रयतां निसर्गशुचिना भैक्षेण सन्तुष्यतांयत्र क्वापि निषीदतां बहुतृणं विश्वं मुहुः पश्यताम्‌ ।अत्यागेऽपि तनोरखण्डपरमानन्दावबोधस्पृशांअध्वा कोऽपि शिवप्रसादसुलभः सम्पत्स्यते योगिनाम्‌ ॥९०॥

pāṇiṃ pātrayatāṃ nisargaśucinā bhaikṣeṇa santuṣyatāṃyatra kvāpi niṣīdatāṃ bahutṛṇaṃ viśvaṃ muhuḥ paśyatām‌ |atyāge'pi tanorakhaṇḍaparamānandāvabodhaspṛśāṃadhvā ko'pi śivaprasādasulabhaḥ sampatsyate yoginām‌ ||90||

Translation

For such yogis- who use their hands as a bowl; who feel satiated with alms pure by nature; who sit in whichever place they feel like; (forest or cave) observing the world as a tiny blade of grass; though not discarding the body, who have the experience of the ‘Knowledge of the Supreme bliss’ as undivided; - some indescribable path opens up by which the grace of Shiva is easily attained. The man who has crossed over the duties of the stations of life and caste; who has no duties of the station or caste is known as an Avadhuta. A man is called an Avadhuta because he has attained the state of eternality; he has reached the Supreme state of the Self; he has got rid of the bondages of the worldly existence; he has realized the state denoted by the statement –‘That Thou Art’. ॥ 90 ॥