Kashmir Shaivism through Lal Vakh — 3
Namaskar! Today’s Vakh is inspired from the loss of loved ones. Lalleshwari treats the idea of death as merely a ritual of human consciousness relinquishing its form to merge back into divine consciousness.
Diluk khur-khura meh mali kustam manuk kotur maray
Neri lusum lookeh hunz lari ladan
Yeli paneh mohnew kadeth neenai panenay garay
Pateh pateh aasi lookeh saasa naeri aalvaan
Travith yenai manz madanas saavith dachineh laray
Translations from S.Misri Lal Vakh App
Diluk khur-khura meh mali=my heart beat;
kustam=somebody;
manuk kotur=pigeon of my heart;
Neri lusum=my arms got weared;
lookeh hunz lari ladan=helping others;
Yeli paneh=when 'O' my body;
mohnew=the people;
kadeth neenai panenay garay=you are returned out from your house;
Pateh pateh=afterwards, afterwards;
aasi=will have;
lookeh saasa=a thousand people;
naeri aalvaan=waving their hands;
Travith yenai=they will leave your body;
manz madanas=set your body in the middle of the field;
saavith dachineh laray=your own people will set you in a field laying you to sleep on your right side.
_As translated by Ranjit Hoskote in the Penguin Publication book I,Lalla_
In a recognition of the burden of the seeker’s responsibility, Lalla implores the Divine to rid her of
the longing for transcendence, and also of the mandate to care for the spiritual well-being of others.
Contemplating her own death, she uses the imagery of the Hindu funeral: the procession, attended by
crowds of mourning votaries; the body laid on its right side, with its head towards the south, which is
the auspicious home of gods and angels, the quarter whose guardian or dik-pāla is Yama, the Lord of
Death.
Praying for peace to the families who have lost their loved ones. 🙏
