Kashmir Shaivism through Lal Vakh — 4
Tyoth modur ta muith zhar
Yas yoith zonook jatan bhaav
Yemi yeich karie kal ta kahar
So tat shehar watet pew
Translation from S Misri Lal Vakh App
Tyoth=bitter;
modur=sweet;
ta muith zhar=what is sweet at first is poison in the end;
Yas yoith zonook jatan bhaav=everyone is given the choice;
Yemi yeich karie kal ta kahar=all depends on the effort put in, and the tireless firm will;
So tat shehar=he, to that city;
watet pew=arrives the city of his choice.
Every man has the innate potentiality to rise and reach the divine stature if he strives for it.
What is bitter at first is sweet in the end, what is sweet at first is poison in the end. (To everyone is given the choice) It all depends on the effort put in, and the unflagging determined will; there is no fun in chasing a mirage, for, whoever, strives must soon arrive at the city of his choice.
Lal Ded pinpoints a remarkable fact of life. She says whatever tastes bitter in life is actually sweet and whatever tastes sweet is in fact the bitter poison.
Lal Ded pinpoints a remarkable fact of life. All the glamour of the world seems sweet and enjoyable, but, in reality it is not so. All the charm and thrill in this life results into attachment to this transitory life which is destined to end miserably. Everybody falls into this trap never to get freed. This is the strange but bitter fact of life that we go on ignoring its essential purpose life after life and never fulfil its real purpose.
