[Intro] Nirjara... What I carried I carried unseen. Layer upon layer, action upon action, the weight of becoming. Karma bandha... Karma bandha... [Verse 1] Nothing disappears because I turn away. Every motion leaves its trace, every hunger, every anger, every grasping hand. Samvara... Let the influx cease. What has bound must loosen. What has gathered must fall. [Refrain] Tapasa nirjara ca. Tapasa nirjara ca. Nirjara... Nirjara... Through the fire, through the stillness, what was bound begins to fall away. [Verse 2] Not punishment. Not absolution. No hand reaches down to erase what has been. Prayascitta. Svadhyaya. Dhyana. Kayotsarga. I become still before the impulse. I remain when I would react. The old weight spends itself. [Refrain] Tapasa nirjara ca. Tapasa nirjara ca. Nirjara... Nirjara... Layer by layer. Bond by bond. What was gathered falls away. [Bridge] Samvara. No new water into the reservoir. Tapas. Under the heat, what remains grows less. Dhyana. Kayotsarga. Stillness without escape. [Final Refrain] Tapasa nirjara ca. Tapasa nirjara ca. Nirjara... Nirjara... Not given freedom. Not forgiven free. Only the quiet exhaustion of bondage. Tapasa nirjara ca. Nirjara.
