Uddhava Gita (Hamsa) and the Elements (Tattvas) (Bhagavata Purana, 11, 6-29)

There are a total of 60 gitas in Hinduism, such as the Bhagavad Gita,  Anu Gita, Ashtavakra Gita . Why not try the Uddhava Gita? All the beautiful eastern poetics of the Dnyaneshwari, only not as lengthy, with a full exposition of all the main doctrines of the Sanātana Dharma 

Hamsa Gita (also referred to as Uddhava Gita) consists of Krishna's final discourse to Uddhava before Krishna draws his worldly 'descent' (Sanskrit: avatar) and 'pastimes' (Sanskrit: lila) to completion. Though the Uddhava Gita is often published singularly as a stand-alone work, it is also evident in the Eleventh Canto of the Bhagavata Purana commencing from verse 40 section 6 through to the end of section 29, comprising more than 1000 'verses' (Sanskrit: shloka) and is considered part of the Purana literature proper. Below are some samples of nature-based eastern poetic imagery based mainly on the elements (tattvas) of Hindu natural philosophy.

Earth, Mountain, Tree

From the earth I learned the rule that a learned person should not deviate from the path and keep steady, however much he is harassed by his fellow living beings who simply follow what is arranged by fate. Uddhava (Hamsa) Gita, 2, 37 Anand Aadhar, tr. (Bhagavata Purana, 11, 6-29)

From the mountain one must learn to be always there for others, that one must devote all one's actions to the welfare of others. (2, 38 )

In following the example of a tree, for a pious person to be dedicated to others constitutes the sole reason for his existence. [see also 10.22: 31-35, Śrī Śrī Śikṣāṣṭaka-3 and B.G. 17: 20-22]  (Gita, 2, 38)

Water

A sage who by nature is a pure, softhearted, sweet and gentle place of pilgrimage for human beings, sanctifies, just like water, the souls who gather [the friends], by being seen by them, touched and honored (2, 44)

Air, Wind

A yogi free from selfhood should, just like the wind, never get entangled in relating to the objects of the senses and all their different favorable and unfavorable qualities. (2, 40)

When a self-realized soul has entered different bodies made of earth [elements] in this world & is endowed with their different qualities, he, well aware of himself, will not connect himself with these qualities, just like the wind does not with different odors (2,41)

Fire

The Almighty One assumes the identity of each after, just like fire appearing in firewood, having entered the different types of bodies of the higher and lower life forms He created by His potency ['true' and 'untrue' ones, god or animal]. (2, 47)

 

as with flames which one cannot see apart from a fire, individual souls cannot be seen separately from the bodies that constantly die & are born again, also the absolute of Time itself cannot be seen, despite the relativity of its speeding, compelling stream

(2, 49)

 

Moon

The state of the body [one undergoes] from one's birth until one's death, changes by the course of Time that itself cannot be seen; it is the body that changes, not the soul, just as the phases of the moon [change, but not the moon itself (see B.G. 2:13) (2, 48)

 

Sun

When the sun seems to have fallen apart in its reflections one, unless one is dull-witted, does not consider its original form as being different. Similarly the soul, despite of having entered in reflections [of different selves], is not seen as different (2, 51)

A yogi with his senses accepts and forsakes sense objects depending the moment [according to the cakra order] and does not attach to them, just as the sun, with its rays engaged in [evaporating and returning] bodies of water, is not ruled by them. (2, 50)

 

Ether, Akasha

A sage should meditate on the soul stretched out in all moving and nonmoving living beings, and thereby, with his different contacts [embodiments], consider himself a pure spirit, equal to the ether that expands everywhere [see also B.G. 2: 24, 3:15] (2, 42)

Just as the realm of the ether is not touched by the winds that blow the clouds, a person [in his real self] is not affected by his physical bodies consisting of fire, water & earth, that are moved by the basic qualities of nature created by Time (2, 43)