from Uddhava-gita Dialogue 11

It is I the Self of all
Which disposes of life,
While cherishing all.
Beloved Uddhava,
I am all that is.

I am that which you
And all seekers seek.
I am motion in that which moves,
Among conquerors I am time.
In the gunas I am perfect balance.
In the good I am virtue.

In all that is manifest,
I am primary.
I am also
All that is unmanifest,
I am the most obvious
And I am the most subtle.
Among things difficult to conquer
I am the mind.

I am Hiranyagarbh the resplendent Self-Existent
From which Brahma emerged to teach the scriptures.
Among mantras I am the pranava mantra. OM.
Of the letters of the alphabet I am "a", the beginning.
Among the sacred chants I am the three lined Gayatri.

Among the gods I am Indra.
Among the deities of the eight spheres I am Agni.
Among the law givers I am Vishnu.
Among the destroyers I am blue-throated Shiva.

Among the great seers I am Bhrigu.
Among the royal seers I am Manu.
Among the divine seers I am Narada.
Among the sacred cows I am Kamadhenu,
The wish fulfilling cow.

Among the perfected ones I am Kapila.
Among birds I am the divine eagle, Garuda.
In the genesis of humankind I am Daksha.
Among the sainted forefathers I am Aryama.

O Uddhava, among the anti-gods
Know me to be Prahlada, king of kings.
Among those that worship
The finite and the demonic,
I am Kubera, wealth.
To the stars and herbs
I am the moon.

Among the stately elephants
I am Airavata, elephant of Indra.
Among the dwellers of the oceans
I am Varuna, lord of the seas.
I am the sun.
Among humans I am the sovereign.

Among steeds I am the steed of Indra.
Among metals I am pure gold.
Among those that rule death
I am Yama, lord of death.
Among serpents, I am Vasuki, their chief.

Among the divine serpents I am
Anantadeva, god of them all.
Among beasts with sharp teeth
I am the lion.
Among the states of life I am sannyasa,
The final stage of renunciation.
Among social occupations I am a brahmin,
Teacher and priest.

Among the sacred flowing waters
I am the Ganges.
Among large bodies of water
I am the ocean.
Among weapons I am the bow.
Among warriors I am Shiva.

Of the Himalayas I am Mount Meru,
The highest and most difficult to reach.
Among trees I am the sacred banyan.
Among grains I am barley.

Among priests I am Vashista,
Foremost of all priests.
Among those devoted to the Vedas
I am the most devoted, Brihaspati.
Among military generals
I am Kartikaya, most brilliant of all.
Among the greatest teachers of good
I am Brahma.

Of all the sacrificial rites
I am the daily recitation of the Vedas.
Among vows I am the vow of non-violence.
Among that which purifies
I am the wind, fire, sun, water and speech.

Among the eight limbs of Yoga
I am samadhi, the final state of liberation.
I am political astuteness in those that seek victory.
Among sciences I am that science
By which matter and spirit may be distinguished.
Among theologians I am faith.

Among women I am Satarupa,
She of countless forms.
Among men I am her husband,
Svayambhuva, the self-born.
Among sages I am Narayana.
Among celibates
I am the supreme celibate, Sanatkumara.

Of religious virtues
I am renunciation.
Among sources of protection and well-being,
I am meditation on the infinite Self.
Among the secretive
I am pleasant speech and I am silence.
Among couples I am Brahma-
The first-born, the self-born,
Who became man and woman.

In the rhythm of time
I am the ever-revolving year.
Among the seasons
I am spring,
Of the months, I am the most pleasant, Margarshirsha.
Of the constellations I am the most auspicious, Abhijit.

Of the four Yugas
I am the Satya Yuga-
The age of Truth.
Among the self-controlled
I am the sages Asita and Devala.
Among the compilers of the Vedas
I am Dvaipayana.
Among the wise
I am the incomparable Shukra.

Among the radiant ones
I am Vasudeva.
Among devotees
I am you, O Uddhava.
Among the half-divine
I am Hanuman.
Among the bearers of wisdom
I am Sudarshana.

Among precious stones
I am the red ruby.
Among beautiful things
I am the lotus.
Of all the grasses that grow
I am the sacred Kusha grass.
Of all the offerings
Thrown into the sacrificial fire
I am ghee.

Among the enterprising
I am riches.
Among the fraudulent
I am the gambler.
Among the tolerant
I am forbearance.
Among the good
I am goodness.

Among the strong
I am strength of body
And strength of mind.
I am the devotional practices
Of the devotee.
Of the nine forms worshiped
I am the foremost Vasudeva.

Among the celestial singers
I am Vishvavasu.
Among the celestial nymphs
I am Purvachitti.
I am the firmness of mountains
And I am the fragrance of earth.

In water I am sweetness,
And among the glorious I am the sun.
I am the light of the sun, the moon, and the stars.
I am the transcendent sound of space.

Among the worshipers of brahmins I am Bali
Who gave sovereignty of
Heaven, earth and his own body
To one whom he thought was a brahmin.
Among the valiant I am Arjuna.
I am the genesis, existence and dissolution
Of everything ever created.

In the living I am movement,
Speech, rejection, acceptance,
Enjoyment, touch and sight,
Taste, hearing and smell.
I am that power
By which
The senses enjoy
The objects of this world.

I am the supreme Self of the living.
I am the ahamkara, the idea of "I"
And I am the transcendent I.
I am the elements of creation
And I am the field of consciousness.
I am all that I have stated I am.
Those of steady mind
Know the truth of this,
And know that I am this truth.

As the supreme Self
I am the Jiva of the living
And the Self that transcends the living.
Nothing exists that is not me.

Even though in time
I might enumerate the atoms of this universe,
My glory will never be enumerated
For it manifests through countless universes.

Wherever you find power, beauty or fame,
Grandeur, humility or renunciation,
Pleasure, wealth or strength,
Tolerance or spiritual knowledge:
Know these to be a manifestation
Of myself.

Now, Uddhava, I have told you
Of the forms that you may find me in.
Understand, dear friend, these are the forms
Perceived by the mind
According to its refinement.

Control your speech and
Discipline your mind.
Learn to master your vitality.
Regulate your senses
And refine your intellect.
By so doing
You will never again
Go through the cycle of birth, death and rebirth.

To the renunciate
Who has not controlled speech and mind
Through the power of will,
All austerities, vows and charitable works
Will become as nothing-
Just as water seeps away
From an unfired pot,
Leaving the vessel empty.

Let your awareness be fixed on me.
Surrender mind, speech and prana to me.
Then you will attain your goal.

from Thyagaraja's Ragasudharasa

O Mind! Drink and revel in the ambrosia of melody; it gives one the fruit of all sacrifices and contemplation, renunciation as well as enjoyment; Thyagaraja knows that they who are proficient in sound, the mystic syllable OM, and the music notes-which are all of the form of the Lord Himself- are liberated souls.

from Thyagaraja's Sangitajnanamu

O Mind! The knowledge of the science and art of music bestows on a person the bliss of oneness with the Supreme Being. Music such as is accompanied by the blissful oceanlike stories of the Lord which are the essence of Love and all the other sentiments blesses a person with oneness with the Lord. Music such as that cultivated by the discerning Thyagaraja bestows on a person affection (for fellow beings), devotion (to God), attachment to good men, the Lord's Grace, austere life, mental concentration, fame and wealth.

from Sharngadeva's Sangitaratnakara

We adore that Supreme Being of the form of sound (Nada-Brahman) which is the one bliss without a second, and the light of consciousness in all beings that has manifested itself in the form of the universe. By the adoration of sound (nada) are also adored Gods, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, for they are the embodiments of sound.

from Narada Bhakti Sutra

Now then, we shall expound devotion. Devotion consists of supreme love for God. It also consists of immortality. On obtaining that, man has achieved everything, he becomes immortal, he is completely satisfied. Having got it, he desires nothing else, he grieves not, he hates nothing, he delights not in anything else, he strives for nothing; having realized which, man becomes as if intoxicated, and benumbed; he delights in his own intrinsic bliss.
Devotion is not like ordinary passion, as it is the suppression of all other preoccupations. This suppression of preoccupations is the giving up of the activities of the world as well as those (namely, the rituals) ordained by the Vedas.
Devotion is complete and exclusive absorption in God and indifference to things opposed to Him. Completeness or exclusiveness of devotion to Him means abandoning of anything else or anybody else as one's prop and support. And indifference to things opposed to Him means the doing and observance of only those things in the world or the Vedas which are conducive to devotion towards Him.

Bhartrhari

An old dog, thin and purblind, lame and deaf,
docked of tail and famished, a potsherd round his neck,
with stinking mange and a body full of worms,
will still go running for a bitch. You see
how love will strike a creature when he's down.

Bhartrhari collection

So long can he stay on the road of virtue,
so long is a man the master of his senses
and feels shame and keeps good manners:
as graceful women do not pierce his heart
with their arrow glances, feathered with black lashes,
shot from the drawn eyebrow sidelong past the ear.

Vallana

Blessed is the wise man who clearly knows
the ways of all the universe
and happy likewise is the fool
who never doubts his wisdom.
But let a man not fall between
to suffer doubts of right and wrong
that rise from the workings of a mind that's sown
with just a bit of knowledge.

Ravigupta

Only fools and not the wise
love what they cannot have.
Who but a child seeks to grasp
the moon as it shines in water?

Kaviraja

A miser though he lives
gives no more than the dead.
The dead in fact do better:
at least they fatten crows.