Abhinavagupta Anuttarastikha

"saṁsāro ‘sti na tattvatast anubhritāṁ bandhasya vārtaiva kā

bandho yasya na jātu tasya vitathā muktasya muktikriyā /

mithyāmoha kṛideṣa rajju bhujaga – cchāyā piśāca bhramo

mā kiṁcittyaja mā gṛihāṇa vilasa svastho yathā-vasthitaḥ // 2

In reality there is no such thing as birth and death,

so how can the question arise of bondage for living beings?

There never was any such bondage for the one who is entirely free, and therefore,

to struggle for liberation is useless and nothing more than delusion

like a dark shadow mistaken for a demon, or a rope seen as a snake.

It is all based on deceitful perception which has no substance.

Neither abandon nor accept anything, remain as you are, well established in your own Self."

"pūjāpūjaka pūjya bhedasaraṇiḥ keyaṁ kathānuttare

saṁkrāmaḥ kila kasya kena vidadhe ko vā praveśa kramaḥ /

māyeyaṁ na cid-advayāt paratayā bhinnāpyaho vartate

sarvaṁ svānubhava svabhāva vimalaṁ cintāṁ vṛithā mā kṛithāḥ // 3

In the oneness of that supreme state of anuttara what talk can there be,

and what differentiated path of adorer, adored and adoration?

To whom and by what means could a progression function;

or what could constitute the succession of penetrating into the Self?

Wonder of wonders!

Though it appears differentiated this illusion is no other than consciousness–one without a second. Everything is nothing but the pure essence of your own Self-experience, so why worry in vain?"