Rudra

Mahamaya

Rudra


Avyakta-namni paramesa-saktih 
anady avidya tri-gunatmika para 
kary'anumeya sudhiy'aiva maya 
yaya jagat sarvam idam prasuyate 

The Power of the Absolute contained 
It is not real and not unreal 
The material cause of the universe of names and forms I perceive 

A profound mystery beyond intellectual comprehension 
And it will always be 

This finite mind cannot comprehend your true nature. Its maker! 
World of contradictions 
That's the way it is 

You are Time 
You are Space 
You are Causality 

Srishti stiti binashanam 
shakti bhute sanatani 
Gunashraye Gunamaye 
Narayani Namo-stu-te 

You are Time 
You are Space 
You are Causality 

This inscrutable power hides the real nature of the Absolute 
It has the power of concealment and the power of projection 

Beyond this phenomenal world there is eternity 
Transcending the phenomenal world I'll realise Infinity 
Acknowledging only that which is real achieve immortality 
Searching for it here and there only to find it within 

Transcending Time 
Transcending Space 
Transcending Causality 

It is the cause of bondage 
Sorrow and pain are its effects 
It is a Statement of Fact 

You are enslaved by nature 
You try to free yourself 
But you are trapped 
This bondage strangles you and you scream 
"Freedom!" You want to be free! 

Not till you're on your knees and you plead 
You yearn. Time to discern 

Not to be bound, to be free 
On your knees you must plead 
The hands of grace will now embrace you 
Now, be free!