Another beauty from that wonderful Śaiva bhakta, Sh Kṛṣṇa Jū Rāzdān.

Another beauty from that wonderful Śaiva bhakta, Sh Kṛṣṇa Jū Rāzdān.

Dakśa Prajāpati gets shattered by a sudden, severe bout of transitory Vairāgya and he starts to sing a song about the momentariness of the world. We also get these sudden bouts of Śmaśāna Vairāgya once in a while when some profound worldly suffering catches us unawares. But the spiritual idiots that we are, once the trouble is over, we are back to square one-- conspiring, cunning, greedy and selfish!

Just breathe in the painful ephemerality of the world and let the feeling pierce your heart:

“दखि प्रज़ापतुन वॉराग वनुन”
“Dakśa Prajāpatī Sings the Song of Dispassion”
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दॅमी ड़्यूठुम शबनम प्यवान
Only moments back it was dew all over

दॅमी ड़्यूठुम प्यवान सूर
Moments later it turned to icy frost

दॅमी ड़्यूठुम अनिगटि रातस
Only moments back the darkness of night prevailed

दॅमी ड़्यूठुम दॊहस नूर
Moments later it was a bright day

दॅमी ओसुस ल्वकटुय नॆचुवाह
Only moments back I was a young child

दॅमी सपनुस जवानाह पूर
Moments later I was bubbling with youth

दॅमी ओसुस फेरान थोरान
Only moments back I was alive and kicking

दॅमी सपनुम दॅज़िथ सूर
Moments later I was reduced to dead ash

नय रोज़ि व्वन्द॒ तय नय रयत॒कोलुय
The winter won’t stay nor will the summer persist

नय बोलि श्रावन॒ पत॒ कॊस्तूर
The birds won’t sing after the rains

नय रोज़ि खुशी नय रोज़ि मातम
Joys and sorrows too will not last long

नय वज़ि दॊहॊय साज़-सन्तूर
Nor will this music continue forever

ओसुस कुनुय सपनुस स्यठाह
Having been One I multiplied manifold

नॅज़दीख ऑसिथ गोसय दूर
Despite being near You I drifted away

ज़ॉहिर बॉतिन कुनुय ड़्यूठुम
I could not differentiate between the Real and the Apparent

गॅयम ख्यथ-च्यथ च़ुवन्ज़ाह च़ूर
My priceless provisions were eaten away by fifty-four thieves

समसारस मन्ज़ कुसतान्य रोज़िय
Nothing is going to abide in this world

रोज़िय परम॒ शिव शिव अगूर
 In the end only Śiva the Aghora shall remain

ल्वले मन्ज़बाग ब॒ लल॒नावन
Singing lullabies to Him in my lap

जिगरस मन्ज़ करस गूर॒ गूर
I will cradle Him in the deep recesses of my heart