To Nothing Be Slave

"To nothing be Slave,

Nor desire Possession

Of man-child or wife,

Of home or of household;

Calmly encounter

The Painful, the Pleasant;

Adore Me only

With heart Undistracted;

Turn all your Thought

Towards solitude,

Spurning the noise of the Crowd,

Its fruitless Commotion;

Strive without ceasing

To know the Atman (God);

Seek this Knowledge

And comprehend clearly

Why you should seek It;

Such, it is said,

Are the Roots of True Wisdom;

Ignorance, merely,

Is all that denies them."

-- Krishna --
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