whisper is the beginning of liberation, dont listen to the MIND

 Śāstra-vidhi means the methods and directions of the śāstras.

Life should be led according to śāstra, and that is dharma.
Śāstra recommends actions according to varṇa and āśrama –
don’t think what to do, just follow guidance.
Point is to give as much less freedom to mind as possible.

Utsṛjya means: leaving guidance, overcoming recommendations, acting independently.
Especially in yajña – it should be even more under guidance.
Mind says, “I will do what comes to me” — manassige bandiddu māḍodu —
but ye nahin chalega.
Śāstra helirodu māḍu; manasanna kelabēḍa.
One authority-alli śraddhe iddare – uddhāra āgtade.
Because manassu dussanga kano manuja — it drags.

Every promise of pleasure and happiness — including the mind —
is only a kuhaka, a deception.
Sattva na athava rajas? — enuhelu?
Ka Kṛṣṇa, ye kya niṣṭhā hai bhai Kṛṣṇa?
Is this sāttvika niṣṭhā or rājasa niṣṭhā?
Śāstra-utsṛjya māḍa beḍa.
Hold on to the line; hold on to the rule; hold on to the touchstone.

But even in this fire there is teaching:
Niṣṭhā is not soft.
Niṣṭhā is not democracy.
Niṣṭhā is alignment.

When mind screams: “freedom, freedom!”
Śāstra whispers:
“Follow me. I am the path.
Manasige bandiddu māḍodu beḍa.
Nanna mātige śraddhe māḍu.”

And that whisper is the beginning of liberation.