Vijnana Bhairava 71 72 3 Awakening Through Friends, Food and Music

 

Vînâdharamûrti

The practice of delight in family, friendship, food, drink and music :

ānande mahati prāpte dṛṣṭe vā bāndhave cirāt |

ānandam udgataṃ dhyātvā tallayas tanmanā bhavet || 71 ||

"When one reaches a great joy,

or meets a relative after a long time,

one should contemplate that upsurge of joy.

Being one mind with it, one will merge in it."

jagdhipānakṛtollāsarasānandavijṛmbhaṇāt |

bhāvayed bharitāvasthāṃ mahānandas tato bhavet || 72 ||

"One should cultivate the state of fullness

from the expansion of aesthetic bliss

created by food and drink.

One will then become infinite bliss."

gitādiviṣayāsvādāsamasaukhyaikatātmanaḥ |

yoginas tanmayatvena manorūḍhes tadātmatā || 73 ||

"The yogi who is one with

the unique pleasure of the delight of song, etc.,

having his attention caught on that through having become that,

is that (bliss)."