The Hymn of Samadhi

THE HYMN OF SAMADHI

(Rendered from Bengali)

Lo! The sun is not, nor the comely moon,

All light extinct; in the great void of space

Floats shadow-like the image-universe.

In the void of mind involute, there floats

The fleeting universe, rises and floats,

Sinks again, ceaseless, in the current "I".

Slowly, slowly, the shadow-multitude

Entered the primal womb, and flowed ceaseless,

The only current, the "I am", "I am".

Lo! 'Tis stopped, ev'n that current flows no more,

Void merged into void — beyond speech and mind!

Whose heart understands, he verily does.

Lo! The sun is not, nor the comely moon,

All light extinct; in the great void of space

Floats shadow-like the image-universe.

In the void of mind involute, there floats

The fleeting universe, rises and floats,

Sinks again, ceaseless, in the current "I".

Slowly, slowly, the shadow-multitude

Entered the primal womb, and flowed ceaseless,

The only current, the "I am", "I am".

Lo! 'Tis stopped, ev'n that current flows no more,

Void merged into void — beyond speech and mind!

Whose heart understands, he verily does.