(seachas tú fein)
a chonaic an solas
arsa na deisceabail, go himpíoch.
Ashtavakra, arsa Krishnamurphy, gan smaoineamh.
Conas is féidir a bheith ar nós Ashtavakra
an cheist atá acu go léir.
Líontar Krishnamurphy le hatrua.
Le bheith cosúil leis siúd, ar sé,
ní mór daoibh a bheith cam –
chomh cam le hadharc reithe!
Cam?
Baineadh siar go mór as na deisceabail.
Tagann sibh anseo le bhur gcolainn fhoirfe
agus sibh ag súil leis an solas?
Le bheith ar nós Ashtavakra
ní mór daoibh a bheith níos caime na corcscriú!
Krishnamurphy and Ashtavakra
Name one enlightened person(apart from yourself)
the disciples ask, pleadingly.
Ashtavakra! says Krishnamurphy, without thinking.
How do we become like Ashtavakra?
The question on everyone’s lips.
Krishnamurphy is filled with compassion.
To be like him, he says,
you must be crooked –
as crooked as a ram’s horn!
Crooked?
The disciples are aghast.
You come here with your perfect bodies
and expect to be enlightened?
To be like Ashtavakra you must be
crookeder than a corkscrew!
