Chah mari, chinta mari, prabhu miley .. hum kahan - Desire died, worry died, found God .. I was gone - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on enlightenment

I am currently watching, in parts, Guruji Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's video: Enlightenment, Yogic Powers & Celibacy | Monks Ask Gurudev Anything, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY4Ch_MNWYo , published on 23rd Sept. 2021.

I thoroughly enjoyed one answer of Guruji Sri Sri Ravi Shankar when he is asked about how one can get enlightened even as we live in consciousness, like a fish living in an ocean not being able to estimate the size of the ocean. The question is in Hindi and Guruji answers in Hindi (at 6 mins. 17 secs.):

"Chah mari, chinta mari, prabhu miley.

Prabhu miley to hum kahan.

Vahi cha gaye, vahi rah gaye".

I loved the powerful message conveyed by these simple Hindi words. Perhaps this may be a well known Hindi saying among spiritual traditions in Hindi speaking communities of India. But I don't think I had heard this particular expression earlier.

The English translation of it (my translation which is slightly different from the translation provided in the transcript) is:

"Desire died, worry died, found God.

When God is/was found, where am/was I (I am/was gone).

Only He pervades(d) (is/was present in everything), only He remains(ed)." 

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