Tetrad of Ātmaparīkṣā Lyrics


Sādhana catuṣṭayam

Vivekā

Vairāgya

Śakta sampatiḥ

Mumukśutvam

Sādhana catuṣṭayam

The realness of fantasy

I know the fallacy

Shifting consciously

My perceptibility

Establishing

Viveka within

The senses may seem to wander

But the mind stays firm restraint

Sādhana catuṣṭayam

Attaining these four

Sets you to the

Path of mokṣa

Vairāghya

The second

Of sādhana catuṣṭayam

Establish dispassion

In all the things we do

Fleeing from our duties

Is cowardice

The absence of desire

In triloka is vairāghya

Śama, dama, uparama, titikṣā

Śraddhā samādhānam

Śakta sampatiḥ

The third set of the four

A resolute mind,

Mastery of senses

Swadharma without

Rāga dveśa

Embracing pain in joy

Faith in vedānta

Focusing the mind

On one thing at a time

There’s still a desire

The one that’s the fourth

The one that drives

All the other three

The ultimate desire

The desire of freedom

Of samsārā

Mumukṣutvam

But this desire arise

For a few minds alone

In this life it may happen

Or in a thousand lives

To desire an object

One needs to simply know it

But even simply knowing,

Doesn't make you a worthy seeker

Mumukshutvam

The desire of mokṣa

The final qualification

Sādhana catuṣṭayam

Vivekā

Vairāgya

Śakta sampatiḥ

Mumukśutvam

Focus on the

Ultimate desire

Start on the first

Discriminate the real from unreal

Sādhana catuṣṭayam

All the four

Prepares

For the war

Discriminate

The real from unreal

Renounce the joy

In the worlds known unknown

Establish

The six inner strengths

With one desire

For mokṣa

Sādhana catuṣṭayam

All the four

Prepares

For the war

Sādhana catuṣṭayam