Verse 539

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। ॥ ५३९ ॥

In plain words

Food begged without worry or humiliation, water from the river, a life of freedom with no one holding the reins; fearless sleep in the forest or cremation ground; clothes needing no washing or drying—or simply the open sky as clothing; the earth for a bed, and wandering through the paths of the Upanishads. This is the play of those who know, in supreme Brahman.

Close to the Sanskrit

Food obtained as alms without worry or abjectness, drink from river waters, an independent and unrestrained life, fearless sleep in a cremation ground or forest; clothing needing no washing, drying or the like, or let the directions serve as clothing; the earth as bed, roaming the pathways of the Upanishads—such is the knowers’ play in supreme Brahman.