Renunciation of the World

He who abandons his worldly home
Finds his true home.
He who retains the home of his own ego
Feels miserable in any home.
If one gives up wealth,
One lives in riches:
If one gives up pleasure,
One comes to relieve the pain of others.
He who gives up his life
Never dies.
He who abandons a soft bed
Sleeps on a litter of flowers.
He who abandons thoughts of others’ women
Obtains access to a queen.
He who abandons deceit and lies
Acquires the gift of prophecy.
He who abandons slavery to the mind
Finds all his whims realized.
He who gives up everything
Acquires everything.
He who has no desires
Finds his deepest desire realized.
He who abandons taste
Tastes the nectar of immortality.
If one asks for nothing
One finds what pleases the heart.
Renunciation gives you the three world,
This the Veda proclaims.
He who remains unkempt
Washes off all impurity.
He who retains the home of his own ego
Feels miserable in any home.

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Source: Songs of Enlightenment by Swamy Rama Tirtha
Translated from the Urdu and Perisian by A.J.Alston –
Heritage Publishers, New Delhi, India.1983.