Image: Now venerated as a sacred place – a location where Sant Dariya Sahib of Bihar used to spend much time in meditation. Photo: courtesy of Domain Singh of the Sant Dariya Mission: http://SantDariya.org
Says Dariya: Life is short, use it in devotion.
Listen to my instruction, and take to the Sound Current.
Without devotion (Bhakti), nothing proves to be of any avail.
Vainly does one wander life after life.
With intense longing, sing, therefore, the praise
of the Lord,
Who created your body, mind and wisdom.
O wise one, search for the God,
Who is the Source of all.
Discarding all leaves and branches,
Hold fast to the Immutable Root of the tree.
(Dariya Sagar/Ocean of Dariya)
He who is freed from all delusions
and is dedicated to the Sound Current,
Is absorbed in the nectar of love, says Dariya.
He stills the mind and makes it one-pointed.
Such a one never comes to the cycle
of old age and death [transmigration/reincarnation].
So long as the soul does not obtain
the Primeval Sound,
She cannot go to her Abode.
(Dariya Sagar/Ocean of Dariya)