AVADHUTA GITA

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Chapter 3, Verse 9:

 

Swami Chetanananda

I am that fire of knowledge which consumes all actions of the actionless

Atman. I am that fire of knowledge which destroys all sorrows of the

sorrowless Atman. I am that fire of knowledge which burns up all bodies

of the bodiless Atman. I am Existence-Knowledge-Bliss and boundless as

space

Note: That fire - Truly, the Atman is free from action, sorrow, and

body; and again, these are all superimposed on It by maya. The fire of

knowledge annihilates all superimpositions.

All bodies - Gross, subtle, and causal bodies.

 

Swami Ashokananda

I am the fire that burns the karma of one who is beyond all karma. I am

the fire that burns the sorrow of one beyond all sorrow. I am the fire

that burns the body of one who is devoid of body. I am the nectar of

Knowledge, homogeneous Existence, like the sky.

Note: I, etc - In verses 9 and 10, the Self is being described as the

negation of any adjuncts that seem to limit It.