Kartika

Released of flesh
severed from my ignorance
crowned with the enlightenment & purity
of the five wisdoms
that wash away the five poisons
harmonization that transcends
states that obscure
I hold my right hand to my heart
in severance of my worldly bonds

Indestructible is the knowledge
we hold within
and the primordial nature of the universe
the underlying unity of all things
from the mouths of makaras
come the tongues of life and lust
this supreme sacrifice I make
to the conqueror of death
a symbol for the nature of reality
in a ritual of renewal