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હૃદયપ્રદીપ Unhappy, unhopeful and helpless humans Suffering miseries of mundane existence, Cannot in even their dreams, envision The ultimate bliss of self-absorption. A singular verse, which on recitation, Illumines the path of 'self-realization', Is better than billions of so-called scriptures, Read for the pleasure of ignorant creatures. The acquistion of the Sanjivani', Which restores in beings their life energy, Is better than accumulation of roots, Which yield frustration and fatigue as fruits. 32 One has desire to obtain happiness By pandering his senses, only unless He is unaware of the eternal ecstasy, Derived from mental tranquillity. But once he acquires even a bit Of joy that flows from a stable spirit, He neither has lust nor even the longing To rule all the three worlds for
ever as a king. 33 Neither the king of gods does possess, Nor the universal monarch does have an access To joy that is lasting, limitless and true; Both have attachments, which agonise anew. True joy, for ever, dwells in the mind Of one whom no worldly attachments can bind,
