Aghori
Embrace Mortality: Unveiling the Depths of Aghori Beliefs
Lyrics
He who lives death
Emphasizes the existence of an individual who embraces or embodies the concept of death.
He who eats death consumes the flesh of man
Describes a person who not only accepts death but also consumes the essence or experiences of death by partaking in the mortality of humans.
To smear the ashes from the burning ghat
Refers to the act of applying the ashes from a cremation ground, suggesting a connection to death rituals and practices.
He who eats death consumes the flesh of man
Repetition of the idea that embracing death involves consuming the flesh of humans and applying their ashes, reinforcing the intense connection to mortality.
To smear the ashes from the burning ghat
-He who eats death consumes the flesh of man
-To smear the ashes from the burning ghat
-He who eats death consumes the flesh of man
-To smear the ashes from the burning ghat
-Those who worship ghosts shall be born amongst ghosts
States a consequence for those who worship ghosts, indicating that they will be reborn among ghosts, emphasizing a karmic result for their actions.
Who worships death shall be born amongst death
Similar to line 10, but focuses on worshiping death, suggesting a rebirth among death or a profound association with the concept of death.
Those who undergo severe austerities and penances not recommended in the scriptures
Refers to individuals who engage in severe austerities and penances against recommended scriptures, driven by negative qualities like pride, egotism, lust, and attachment.
Performing them out of pride, egotism, lust and attachment
Expands on the motivation behind the austerities, emphasizing negative qualities and intentions that may lead one towards a demonic nature.
Who are impelled by passion
Describes individuals impelled by passion, suggesting an intense and potentially destructive devotion to their desires.
And who torture their bodily organs as well as the super-soul dwelling within
Depicts those who harm both their physical bodies and the spiritual essence (super-soul) within, indicating a self-destructive behavior.
Are to be known as demons
Labels individuals who engage in the mentioned negative practices as demons, emphasizing the moral and spiritual consequences of their actions.
Those who worship ghosts shall be born amongst ghosts
Repetition of the idea that worshiping ghosts leads to being reborn among ghosts, reinforcing the karmic aspect of this belief.
Who worship ghosts shall be born amongst ghosts
-Who worships death shall be born amongst death
Reiterates the consequence of worshiping death, emphasizing the association with death in the subsequent life.
He who worships death shall become death
Expresses the transformative power of worshiping, consuming, wearing, and loving death, suggesting that one becomes synonymous with death through these actions.
He who eats death shall become death
-He who wears death shall become death
-He who loves death shall become death
-Become death!
Encourages or commands the listener to become death, reinforcing the theme of embracing and embodying death.
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