Nidagha Enlightened (Contd)

The Ribhu Gita (ऋभुगीता) forms the sixth part of Siva Rahasya Purana. It details in about two thousand verses the dialogue on the Self and Brahman between Sage Ribhu (who in turn heard it from Lord Shiva Himself) and Sage Nidagha on the slopes of the Mount Kedara in the Himalayas. (source: wikipedia). 

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The following verses contain the declarations of the disciple Nidaga before his teacher Ribhu, expressing the spiritual achievements secured by him by the grace of his teacher, and expressions of his gratitude to his teacher, Ribhu.

• I am ever the eternal, pure, all knowing, free, unshakeable, non-dual, integral Self. This is the firm conviction of the experience of the jivanmukta in the Self.
• That mature jnani who is lost in maha mounam (total stillness) of the pure effulgent Awareness-Brahman-Self, devoid of the least trace of nescience, totally devoid of all consciousness of the body and its three states of waking, dream and sleep, devoid of all distinctions of name and form and devoid of thought of bondage or freedom is a videha mukta.
• Thou hast, O Lord Satguru, taken me across the boundless ocean of samsara in the boat of Self-knowledge. To me, floundering in the misery of the belief that 'I am the body', thou hast taught that 'I am the Brahman Self' and vouchsafed to me the bliss of all embracing Awareness-Being. To thee, I render these devout salutations.
• Salutations to thee, my Lord Satguru! Thou hast destroyed my illusion that I am the body and that the world is apart from me and is real. Thou hast given me the experience of my own Brahman Self. Thou hast destroyed my wrong belief that karma (action) is the road to salvation, and showing that knowledge alone could make one free. Thou hast given me my salvation in the Self.
• To that divine Grace-embodied, to that Omnipresence beyond compare, to that Shiva-Self Satguru, I render devout salutation.

From "The Essence of Ribhu Gita" by Prof. N. R. Krishnamurthi Aiyer