pibare rāma rasam, sarvam brahma mayam

There lived a Brahman-intoxicated saint -

sadaśivendra sarasvati or sadaśiva brahmendra.

He imbibed Brahman.

Nay, Brahman flowed through all his sensors.

He exuded Brahman.

Nay, Brahman flowed through all his effectors.

What is the essence of Lord Rama? Indeed of God?

Brahman. Allah. Ik Onkar. Jehovah.

YHWH the unnameable - beyond words and thoughts.

Peace and freedom that surpasseth all understanding. 

For how can inability to understand be described in thoughts or words?

The essence of all religions and yet, their living, dynamic presence.

And how does such an intoxicated one sing of his intoxication?

sarvaṁ brahma mayaṁ,
re re,
sarvaṁ brahma mayaṁ

everything, everywhere, every-when is
  filled, infused, drunk, drowned
    in Brahman,
O! O!,
everything, everywhere, every-when is
  filled, infused, drunk, drowned
    in Brahman

OR

pibare rama rasaṁ,
rasane,
pibare rama rasaṁ

drink, imbibe, consume, drown
in Rama's essence,
o tongue,
drink, imbibe, consume, drown

How can it be otherwise?

Everything, everywhere, every-when
emanates, manifests from it, through it,
lives, breathes, acts in and by it, and
dissolves, unmanifests, returns to it.

And what happens to one drowned in Brahman, Rama's essence, intoxicated by the love of that presence?

dūri kṛta pātaka saṃsargaṁ

[That presence] distances (causes distancing or detachment)

From what?

From that mixture or residue causing heaviness or grossness - your manifestation at grosser levels.

From saṁskāras, in other words. And so taking one back to the subtler levels of Brahman.

purita nana vidha phala vargaṁ

[And] fills [you with] uncountable types [of] fruit varieties

With unending, uncountable blissful inner experiencing, from grossest to subtlest.

[Not experiences or memories of them, such residues will again weigh down]

janana maraṇa bhaya śoka vidūraṁ

birth-death fear-sorrow distancing

Would not someone so intoxicated with the presence of that which causes birth-living-dying lose the fear of dying? 

Of being born anew? 

And lose their sorrow at living?

sakala śāstra nigama-āgama sāraṁ

all scriptures, laws, ethics - essence [of]

[When] the essence, the source of all revelation, scripture, law, ethical principle is a living presence within someone, would there be any fear or sorrow?

paripālita sarasija garbha-aṇḍaṁ

prime protector [of] lotus-emanated womb [of the featureless] cosmos

parama pavitrī-kṛta pāṣāṇḍaṁ

supreme purifier [agent of purification, distillation] [of] heresy [wordly-mindedness, gross-minded]

[That presence] lovingly supports, protects, looks after everything - 

from barely manifest unity, 
to taking back

to the state of ultimate purity 
even those who are heavy with fear and sorrow, 
the separated, multifarious, materialistic - 
those who know to look only at the grosser, 

not the subtler.

That presence within takes care of all, 
from the subtlest possible 

to the grossest possible, 
with affection, 
without discrimination. 

Manifestation is supported, 
as also unmanifestation. 
Not control - care, concern.

śuddha parama-haṃsa āśrama gītaṁ

pure supreme-subtilizers' [swans who imbibe only milk in watered milk] refuge [solace] song

This song is both a refuge and solace for imbibers of, and drunk on, Brahman - Reality, Truth, the subtlest - alone. For those who take in or perceive Brahman, the essence, in everything.

śuka śaunaka kauśika mukha pītaṁ

Shuka, Shaunaka, Kaushika face/mouth/front/favourite drink

Favourite drink of Shuka, Shaunaka, and Kaushika [Vishvamitra?] - famous brahma-rishis.

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The rest of sarvaṁ brahma mayaṁ is equally inspiring, but from a very different, more abstract perspective.

kiṃ vacanīyaṁ,

kiṃ a-vacanīyaṁ

 

What is speak-able?

What is un-speak-able?
 

kiṃ racanīyaṁ,

kiṃ a-racanīyaṁ

 

What is express-ible?         [express-able]

What is in-express-ible?    [un-express-able]

 

kiṃ paṭhanīyaṁ
kiṃ a-paṭhanīyaṁ

 

What is study-able?            [understand-able]
What is non-study-able?  [un-understand-able]
 

kiṃ bhajanīyaṁ
kiṃ a-bhajanīyaṁ

What is worship-able?
What is un-worship-able?

kiṃ boddhavyaṁ
kiṃ a-boddhavyaṁ

 

What is enlightened?

What is un-enlightened?

kiṃ bhoktavyaṁ
kiṃ a-bhoktavyaṁ

What is experience-able?
What is non-experience-able?

sarvatra sadA hamsa dhyAnaṁ
kartavyaṁ bhO mukti nidAnaṁ

everywhere, every-when [do] swan [subtilizer] meditation

duty, oh, freedom [from], causes [creates]

This swan meditation, [flowing] always and everywhere, gives freedom from duty (karmic-residue, samskaras).