Sanskrit in the Style of Tao Te Ching or Lal Ded's Poems
Hi all, I'm somewhere in the intermediate stage of learning Sanskrit and am looking for any Sanskrit works that are poetic and mystically observational, and which don't require growing up in India or having a PhD in Indic studies or reading pages and pages of commentary to even begin to understand what the author is trying to say. Something in the vein of Leaves of Grass, or the poems of Lal Ded, or the Tao Te Ching. Bonus points if there's an English or Spanish translation, but it's fine if not (more practice!). धन्यवादः
Edit: Bonus points if women seen as a potential audience of the author, or at least aren't disparaged as a "distraction" or even worse. More bonus points if caste is only talked about with regard to its irrelevance. Additional bonus points for treating animals and the non-human world in general as a source of wisdom instead of as lower beings. (These are all reasons I often have a tough time getting motivated to keep learning).