Section 9: The Odit Vow

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Section 9: The Odit Vow

Now understand the Odit vow; its first stage is the station of bodies. Knowledge and wisdom, insight, and then keen perception, so that the soul becomes aware. Then comes reverence, and after it inspiration; then comes tranquility, O noble one. Then comes serenity and pure resolve, which free you from the realm of dust.
Explanation: The poem lays out stages of spiritual growth, from bodily existence toward serenity and release from material life. The realm of dust means the earthly, material world.

Original · Persian

بخش ۹ - قسم اودیت

پس ازان قسم اودیت می دان اولش هست منزل اجسان
علم و حکمت،بصیرت و آنگاه پس فراست،که جان بود آگاه
هست تعظیم، بعد ازان الهام پس سکینه است، ای بزرگ انام
پس طمانینه است و همت پاک برهاند ترا ز خطه خاک