For work has no other aim than the getting of KNOWLEDGE: when that comes, then work is put away. The flower blooms for the FRUIT: when the fruit comes, the flower withers.
Where to next: the KNOWLEDGE or the FRUIT?
[Source: RT 6 (partial); 1.83. candâ jhalkai yahi ghat mâhîn]
Here is the full poem:
VI
I. 83. candâ jhalkai yahi ghat mâhîn
The moon shines in my body, but my blind eyes cannot see it:
The moon is within me, and so is the sun.
The unstruck drum of Eternity is sounded within me; but my deaf
ears cannot hear it.
So long as man clamours for the I and the Mine,
his works are as naught:
When all love of the I and the Mine is dead, then
the work of the Lord is done.
For work has no other aim than the getting of knowledge:
When that comes, then work is put away.
The flower blooms for the fruit: when the fruit comes, the flower
withers.
The musk is in the deer, but it seeks it not within itself: it
wanders in quest of grass.
