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201-310
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In this autumnal wind,
the One who the mind longs for,
remains far.
My mind, afflicted with pains,
rushes towards the path of His arrival.
Why, why, why is He so far?
Whoever knows why, tell me!
I am intoxicated by His ideation,
unable to forget.
In this lonely moonlit night,
I am dying from pangs of separation.
Into my ears, the honeybee whispers
melodious songs of optimism.
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The lost melody of the beginning of my life
still sing its song in my heart.
It is full of colours and forms,
yet, due to shyness,
I do not sing it publicly.
O Brother, remove this shyness,
allow the bud of my mind to bloom.
By Your divine sport and illusory action,
make it bloom charmingly and beautifully.
The bud of my mind is covered with leaves.
It tries to peep out through the gaps between these leaves.
Today, forgetting all shyness and fears, I move forward!
I move ahead,
from the colourful earth, towards the realm of formlessness.
203
O my Companion,
come into my small heart.
I have been waiting for You
for eras and eras.
Onto Your path, I have been looking.
Even though I know You exist everywhere,
I nevertheless pose as ignorant.
In ideas, You come and go.
Yet, I consider You limited within space.
No matter what I think,
by Your pull, I lose myself in You.
Spread Your effulgence on my mental screen.
Play on Your lyre the enchanting cha'ya'nat' tune.
Stay, O my Companion, with a smile of sweetness.
I eagerly await You,
merging my rhythm into Yours.
203
Come, my friend, into my little heart.
I have been waiting for Your arrival for eras and eras.
I know that You are everywhere,
yet, I do not realise it.
You come and go and I mistake You
as an entity of this relative world.
Whatever I may think of,
You pull my mind
and let it merge in You.
Spread Your effulgence
in the lamp of my mind.
Play Your viina' in the cha'ya'nat' raginii.
Take Your seat, my dearest friend,
with a charming smile.
I have remained awake,
waiting for You for ages,
merging my rhythm into Yours.
204
O Lord, come close and fill this dusty earth with beauty.
The flowers are covered with a veil of shyness;
fill sweetness into their heart.
In the moonlit night,
why does the cakor bird smile?
What does the honeybee,
coming into my mental garden,
convey by its buzzing?
Whatever the peacock,
perched on the branch of a tree, says,
tell me.
If You so desire,
flowers will bloom on dry branches
and the dumb will speak.
205
O my Eternal Companion,
hoping to attain You,
my eyes are devoid of sleep.
Keeping pace with Your rhythm,
every moment just fades away.
My mind gets pulled towards mean thoughts,
it lingers on over colourful, intoxicating enactments.
Dancingly moving in Your flow,
provide me strength day and night.
Even if You should bring thunderbolts and meteors,
continue granting me strength to face them.
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O Companion, Your eternal song
keeps my eyes wide awake at all times.
Through a flow of melodies,
day and night,
I keep on searching You in the recesses of my heart.
The morning sun's crimson glow
fills vitality into each particle.
The colourful form of the evening sun
awakens within me a new consciousness.
What a divine game of Yours is this,
providing ever-new experiences?
An impression of love has filled my mind
and marked my life.
In the physical and psychic worlds,
all adore You in deepest contemplation.
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In Your songs,
I always keep my mind's eye awake,
my Beloved Friend.
Through the stream of Your melody,
day and night,
I find You in the core of my heart.
In the red luster of the crimson dawn,
my heart is filled up to the brim.
The colourful picture of the evening sun
awakens within me a new consciousness.
What kind of play (Liila) is this?
Ever new feelings, draw lines of love
in my mind and in my heart.
The people of heaven and the people of the
earth welcome You in their dhyana.
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By His wish anything becomes possible
on this dusty earth.
If the river wants to flow from the estuary
to its source on the mountain,
it is possible by His wish.
If He wants, He can dissolve the earth within a moment.
If He wants, heat can be brought over ice-capped mountains.
If He wants, on stonewalls, flowers will bloom.
If He wants, dark nights will radiate light.
O dear Friend, come and stay in my contemplation,
I adore You wholeheartedly.
Do not remain far, surrounding me with fog.
208
My Companion told me He would return -
and then left.
But He did not return till today.
With jingling lyre strings,
He told me to abandon the crooked path
and search for the straight path.
Yet, I wandered about endlessly
forgetting the Supreme Desideratum.
I did not move on that illuminated straight path
in the first place.
Attachments prompted and pulled me.
I forgot the essence of the instruction conveyed to me
to search the truth.
Today light shines forth from all sides
telling me to closely remain on the right path.
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O Lord, in return for Your unlimited,
immeasurable love,
alas, what have I given You?
With both hands, I have taken everything,
I did not learn to give, I only learned to take.
You filled my life with flowers,
fruits, beauty and taste.
You blessed me with intellect, radiance and sweetness.
You gave me more than I deserved.
Now, please grant me only this much:
the right and strength
to hold You in my heart.
O my Companion in pain -
all the sweetness of my life,
I offer unto You in abundance.
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What have I offered to You
in exchange for Your unbounded and fathomless love?
I haven't learnt how to offer.
I have learnt only how to accept from You.
You have over-filled my heart with flowers and fruits,
forms and flows.
Intellectual brilliance, sweet charms;
You have offered more than I wanted.
Pray, only give me the right to say this much:
that I have always held You in my bossom.
O Lord, my Eternal Friend in adversity!
All the nectar of my mind, I pour out unto You.
210
I was counting days and time,
when autumn came.
With enchanted eyes,
I was observing
that illusory beauty
and melodious nectar.
Today my mind is lost in Infinity.
It has shaken off all binding attachments.
By attaining You,
I attained all,
and became filled with overwhelming bliss.
O Brother, come and intoxicate all!
Let everyone dance to Your rhythm and melody.
211
Days are coming and going.
Whereto they go, nobody knows.
Sometimes consciously
and sometimes unconsciously,
they drift away;
at times in sleep,
at other times even in an awakened state.
Where was I?
When did I come?
What for did I come?
- I have forgotten it all.
I only know that He is mine.
My wants, He knows best.
My purpose and all arrangements,
are all being taken care of in His mind.
212
On that silent night with You,
many untold dialogues had been left pending.
Why do thousands of thorns reside in floral gardens?
Why does the stream follow a rugged path?
Why does the lotus blooms in dirty, stinking water?
Why does a dark path appear on this joyful earth?
On this creation,
anointed with colourful dreams
of love and affection
- why does the shadow of destruction dance?
Why do ego and pride forcefully
need to learn to surrender unto Your feet?
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On a still night,
I am yet to convey many unspoken things to You.
Why are there countless thorns in a rose garden?
Why do streams flow along rugged paths?
Why does the lotus, full of fragrance bloom in turbid waters?
Why does the earth, full of smiles, revolve in a dreary orbit?
Why does the shadow of death dance over the entire creation,
bubbling with love, compassion and colourful dreams?
Why do pride and vanity abjectly surrender to Your feet?
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O my Eternal Companion, come!
Come to me with each breath I take.
Sit close and stay beside me.
Fill my mind with fragrance.
Who else is mine exept You?
Who else listens to me?
There is no other to whom,
in solitude, I can covey my secrecy.
O Brother, continue singing,
and fill the air with fragrance.
With a gentle smile,
take away from me
- all that is mine.
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When He went away to a distant place,
tears of affection overflowed in my eyes.
In the end, my dear Companion
had made me understand,
our secret love for one another.
Tell me, tell me, have You forgotten all that?
He never came afterwards,
He did not speak a word.
Has He forgotten my inner pain?
But I am unable to forget His memory,
which still is stirring my mind.
Should I remember or not,
with what floral garland
He had tied me?
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Waiting to listen to Your footsteps
by the path You would arrive,
I have remained watchful for eras.
You had given me a floral garland..
now, only its thread remains,
all flowers have withered away.
Days are coming and going in the game of time,
even the nights are intensely illusively dark.
I am looking for Your arrival from all sides,
counting time every single moment.
This tiredness of eager waiting,
this pain of endlessly counting time -
When will it be over? Tell me.
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O Lord, when You came I became lost in You.
I cannot forget that incidence.
Your sweet attraction and charm,
rhythmically swayed on to and fro.
By diving deeply into the ocean of forms,
I found the formless jewel.
Like a begger who, in his imagination,
puts on a royal crown,
so I, likewise, by singing Your name,
become absorbed in Your ideation.
Through concentration and meditation,
day and night,
my spiritual effort finds fulfillment.
217
O Lord, I love You.
I have offered my life to You.
But I do not know,
whether You have accepted it or not.
I have offered knowingly, intentionally,
surmounting all obstacles.
In storms,
under the onslaught of meteorite falls,
and even when dark clouds surround me all over,
I continue moving on the path,
carrying Your ideation only.
When I remember that You are with me,
I do not fear anything,
nor am I shaken by any conspiracy.
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O my Lord,
You are my father,
You are my mother,
You are my dear friend
and my eternal companion.
You are the beacon of light in darkness.
Encompassing the entire space,
You encircle everything -
no one is ever left alone.
You are the lotus flower amidst thorns of pain.
You are the cool and soothing ointment on burns and pains.
You are the all-dissolving touchstone
and the most charming flower in my garden.
I exist, because You exist.
It is due to You, that my life finds illumination.
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O Lord, on which forgotten morning,
with a sweet impregnated voice,
did You call me?
Due to inertial deafness and a restless mind,
I could not hear that message.
You called me through sky and wind,
through the murmuring of the stream,
through the fragrance of the flower,
through the smile of the infant,
through the laughter of the youth
and through the enchanting beauty of the earth.
Continue singing Your affectionate words to all, O Lord.
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O Krs'n'a, Murari,
Your flute once awakened -
through sweet ideas,
smile, rhythm and step -
all living and non-living entities in this world.
How much time has passed since then?
The mental Yamuna' river has meanwhile dried up.
You did not come,
You did not play Your flute,
and You did not resonate sound
into the ethereal world.
By remembering You,
we shall complete Your incomplete work .
221
O Lord, do You not know,
how much I love You?
So many subjects have accumulated
that I would have liked to discuss with You..
Why are You engaged in so much work every moment?
Why do You not make me do Your work
by providing to me the requisite capacity?
Grant me the ability to continue
doing Your work without pause.
By a wee bit of Your Grace and Mercy,
I shall move ahead in accomplishing Your work.
222
O Lord, You came, spreading out
the fragrance of the bakul flower.
You absorbed my entire vitality.
The aspirations that lay hidden
secretly and deeply
in the recesses of the human mind,
found fulfillment.
You awakened vibrations resonating the earth.
You awakened buds that had never bloomed in memory,
You awakened colours that had never awakened in the mind,
You filled the whole world with divine fragrance.
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O Lord, Your Divine show
finds expression in every rhythm.
You are present in every atom.
You lie hidden in every recess,
You dance in every particle.
In dream I found You,
In dream I became introduced to You.
In dream I loved You,
In dream I understood You.
O embodiment of consciousness!
You are the candle flame in each life.
You resonate in all lyres.
You are the fragrance of every flower.
You are the coolness of sandalwood.
You are the murmur of the dense forest
and the sweetness of honey.
You are the water fountain on the dry desert path.
Continue spreading forth
Your pole star-like effulgence!
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O my Eternal Companion,
my Dearest One,
You are the essence of my life.
By Your form, affection and attachment,
my mind expands.
I float on in the flow of Your imagination.
By Your name and song, I merge into Infinity.
O my Innermost One,
You are infinite intuition.
In the intense heat of summer,
You provide coolness.
In snow and ice,
You are the warmth of my life.
Come, come closer,
sit on the throne of my heart.
And sooth my every pain.
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O Lord, always stay with me,
so that I may forever hold Your feet.
Never go away.
During storms and cyclones,
and during my inner pains -
play Your Divine melody for me.
Within Your shade (shelter), all remain happy.
By contemplating You, all forget their pains.
I shall keep holding Your feet.
I will not let loose.
I want to continue feeling Your sweet touch.
Do not keep in Your mind my faults,
I am Yours.
Do not make me become restless,
remaining separated from me.
226
Krs'n'a:
Why are your eyes full of tears?
It is not the rainy season;
so why do you cry?
I am the same as always,
dancing with joy in radiant light.
So why do you cry?
Vrajava'sii:
We have heard that You are going away
and leaving us.
You are going to Mathura'.
Thinking about this,
with painful hearts we are crying.
Krs'n'a:
To restrain the moralists,
to protect the good people,
I am determined to go to Mathura'.
You should know by now that mentally
I am always with you in Vrindavana.
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Krs'n'a:
All of you have tearful eyes,
why has this untimely cloud come?
I continue to remain as always,
dancing with joy, spreading forth light.
Vrajava'sii:
We have heard that You are going to Mathura'
and leaving us.
Thinking of that separation,
our hearts are restless.
That is why we are weeping.
Krs'n'a:
For the suppression evil and for protecting the good,
I am certainly going to Mathura'
but within each and every mind of this place, Vrindavan,
I am always present -
know it every moment.
227
Listen, listen, oh humans of the earth!
An unknown traveller has come.
In His eyes shines a glow of love.
Who knows what message He speaks?
In the rhythm of dance,
He moves along.
With the magic of melody,
He binds all.
Come one and all!
Just see, just see how charming He looks!
Resonating the sound of jingling bells
into everyone's ears,
Spreading rays of effulgence into everyone's lives,
He speaks:
"Look ! I have brought a bucketful
of the nectar of immortality
to distribute to the world."
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O inhabitants of the world, listen!
An unknown traveler has come!
Listen to what is He saying
with eyes full of affection -
calling each and everyone.
With rhythmic steps of dance He is moving.
He goes on binding all
with the enchanting thread of melody.
Look! All of you, look!
He is adorned with an attractive outfit.
With the jingling sound of ankle bells,
whispering (melodies) in each and every ear,
radiating effulgence into all lives,
He says :
"Look, I have brought overflowing nectar
to dissolve unto this earth."
228
Krs'n'a:
To kill Kam'sa and to save the moralists,
I must go to Mathura.
I am going for a benevolent task,
so listen all -
bid me goodbye with a smiling face.
Vrajava'sii:
We cannot do this with a smiling face -
to let our souls go to hell!
We lay down in front of Your chariot;
we will not let You go.
Krs'n'a:
O, my attendant! Drive the chariot upon them.
I must go to Mathura today;
however dear to me they may be,
I cannot let them stop me from doing my duty.
228
Krs'n'a:
For anihilating the demonic exploiter Kam'sa,
and to protect the virtuous modest,
I shall certainly go to Mathura'.
So listen all,
I am going for an auspicious task,
bid me farewell smilingly.
Vrajava'sii:
We can do this smilingly,
permitting the moon to be swallowed by the demon.
We lie down on the path of the chariot,
we will not allow You to go under any circumstances.
Krs'n'a:
O charioteer, drive the chariot upon them,
I must go to Mathura' today.
However dear to me they may be,
possessing austere endeavor,
I cannot tolerate obstruction by them.
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Vrajava'sii:
Only to see Kris'n'a,
we have come here with crying hearts,
with great expectations,
taking so much trouble
to decorate Him with red-sweet paint
and to feed Him buttermilk to our satisfaction.
Kris'n'a:
I am very busy with innumerable works,
so I don't have time to accept the red-sweet paint.
O my minister, tell them to go back to Vrajabhumii.
Vrajava'sii:
You have spoiled our everything,
You have poured ashes on our hearts.
Out of bondage of duty
we are leaving for Gokul to start Your work.
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Vrajava'sii:
Our hearts are restless for a glimpse of our dear Krs'n'a.
Taking much pain and with big expectations, we have come.
With much effort, we have arranged the colours
and brought the sweet dish for the Young's satisfaction.
Kris'n'a:
I am busy with inumerous activities;
I do not get time for colours.
O secretary, explain to them,
tell them to return back to Vrajabhumi.
Vrajava'sii:
By Your refusal, all our hopes have failed.
With tears in eyes , like orphans,
we are proceeding to Gokula for Your work.
230
Krs'n'a:
O, Na'rada! Listen:
I can be cured from this illness,
if I can get the dust from the feet of my devotee.
In the part of the world where those devotees still hide -
watch secretly!
Na'rada:
What to do?
No one is ready to give the dust from their feet for Krs'n'a! Everyone
is telling me,
"We don't want to hear those words of sin!"
O, my dear devotees of Vraja,
can you please tell me where I should go to save Krs'n'a?
Being afraid of incurring sin,
nobody is ready to give the dust of their feet
in this critical situation.
Vrajava'sii:
O great saint,
We don't know whether we are devotees or not -
we have never heard this word.
Without any fear of sin and with courage,
we are giving the dust of our feet to cure our Krs'n'a.
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Krs'n'a:
O Na'rada, listen, this pain of mine
can be eliminated only by the feet-dust of my devotees.
Go to different corners of the world and observe secretly,
such devotees are hiding even today.
Na'rada:
What a pitiable condition,
no one wants to give their feet-dust for our beloved Krs'n'a.
All tell me that such bad words they will not even listen.
O Vrajava'sii brothers, under this troublesome condition,
tell me where I should go, how can I save my dear Krs'n'a.
Due to fear of sin no one wants to shed their feet-dust.
Vrajava'sii:
We do not know whether we are devotees or not,
O Great Sage, we never heard of such event till today.
We are not afraid of sin,
with courage we offer our feet-dust
for our beloved Krs'n'a.
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You came in the dark night
and illuminated my heart.
That vibration made
each atom and molecule of my mind
oscillate till today.
The flow of life moves through rise and fall,
no pause or comma can stop it.
By to Your rhythm,
the world becomes filled with rhythm.
In my mind that flame (of rhythm) forever glows.
Now that You have come, stay forever,
radiating rhythmic beat into the depth of my heart.
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O Lord,
from afar and from near,
I listen to Your songs
of unknown tunes.
In the frenzied wind
and in the soft sky,
I contemplate Your beauty.
In the external world,
in rhythms and songs,
nobody did remain with me.
Nobody was there
to wipe tears off my eyes
when I cryied in pain and agony.
In the dark night,
on a solitary path,
I found You ever accompanying me.
Leaving me behind (alone),
everyone else went away.
Now, this false love vanished.
Throughout all atrocities,
You remained with me.
That is why, wholeheartedly,
I catch hold of You.
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O Lord, You came
and sat near me,
radiating beauty and effulgence.
The earth became holy
by the touch of Your feet-dust.
Life was invigorated by Your touch.
You loved and smiled at me, opening my eyes.
By Your blessing, the earth got new life.
By Your rhythm and melody,
a new song came into existence.
Without my knowledge,
You took away from me
all my good and all my bad qualities.
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Hoping to see You, I am waiting by the path.
Do not dishearten me, O Lord, this is my sole prayer.
With an affectionate sweet smile,
spreading floral fragrance,
come into my life,
awakening a new consciousness within me.
Come with the dance and rhythm
that intoxicates the earth
and pour nectar into my mind
in ever-new colours and hues.
Come with a new adoration
onto this dusty earth
and stay with me in all my actions
by granting me Your liberal Grace.
235
The honeybee came close,
and, buzzing around me, told me a message.
(It told that) You were sitting alone
and were expecting my call,
(It asked) why I had forgotten about it?
Nobody in life can ever forget You,
be it consciously or unconsciously.
O Lord, with all You are ever-present
in dream, in sleep or in the awakened state.
Even after seeing, we (consciously) overlook,
and do not admit our mistake.
Thus knowingly ignoring,
we go on floating (in the void) unable to find an abode.
Days come and go, and never return.
Whereto they go, we do not know.
Affectionate words painfully vanish into oblivion.
O Lord, remain in the core of my heart,
and, speaking mentally to me,
continue staying even after all others have left.
236
In deep sleep I observed
that You were thinking about me.
So many eras have passed..
yet no one could understand my pain.
Days come and go,
alas, only to shed tears.
Today I finally understood
that You are full of affection for me.
That is why, O Lord,
through knowledge and contemplation,
I move towards You.
236
In slumer, I have seen
that You were thinking about me.
Many eons have passed,
yet no one has understood my pain.
Days come and go.
I have spent them shedding tears.
Today I realized
that You are full of affection for me.
That is why, spiritually and mentally,
I move toward You.
O Lord!
237
O Lord, come,
come with an illuminating torch.
Remove all my defects
and dissolve my entire ego.
If You want,
anything becomes possible in this world.
If you wish,
a river can flow in the desert -
keep on dwelling in my dry desert mind.
If You want, a lotus can bloom on a rock,
and the night will become illuminated.
O Lord, continue smiling,
and make me forget all my pain.
237
You have come with the bright flame of light,
removing all my defects,
dissolving all my ego.
Impossible things become possible in this world
by Your desire.
If You wish, water will flow in the desert,
Please take Your seat in my dry desert heart.
If You wish, the lotus will blossom on stones.
If You wish, light will shine in the darkness.
Keep on smiling, O Lord, removing all my pain.
238
O Lord, after such a long time,
You have thought of me.
Being in the company of Your devotees,
You had forgotten me,
considering me as a non-devotee.
You had ignored me and sent me onto this earth.
Do You remember?
Today, by Your divine sport and by Your grace,
I could hold You in my mind and in my life.
239
O Lord, You have come.
Like a peacock unfloding its tail,
You have spread Your effulgence
into the vast blue sky.
By Your touch
my hopeless life,
found new light.
By the tinkling sound of ankle bells
the three worlds have awakened.
Now that You have allowed me to hold You,
come still closer, sit still closer beside me.
I have no energy nor devotion to display.
All I can offer is my wholehearted surrender
and pranam (salutation).
By accepting these, provide fulfillment to me.
240
O Lord, shining in Your light,
in Your melody,
I forever sing Your song.
Filling my mind with Your thought,
I keep on dancing on Your path.
In dream I float on towards that arena,
unobstructed, like a thorn-free flower.
In the high tide of ideation,
I keep on smiling.
No low ebb ever attains me.
In the stream of life,
I rush towards You.
By Your blessing and to Your pleasure,
equipped with intuitive knowledge,
I remain absorbed in the play of life.
241
O Lord, You were so much of my own.
I could not understand this.
You were so close to me.
Why then, did I not call You?
You were within all my actions,
rhythms, songs and melodies.
Even today the jingling of that lyre-string resonates.
I did not listen to it before.
During the deep darkness on my path,
Your memory arised in my mind time and again.
I caused You injuries and agonies,
You left and went far, far away.
Why did not I catch Your feet then?
Why did not I hold You in my heart?
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How close to me You were,
I did not feel before.
You were very near to me,
why did I not call You?
You were in all my works,
in rhythms, songs and tunes.
That viina' is still sounding,
I did not hear it before.
On the road of my life,
in the dense darkness,
again and again, that memory
comes into my mind.
With pain You kept Yourself away
leaving me far behind.
Why did I not hold You in me heart then?
Why did I not keep You in my dhyana,
removing all hesitations?
242
O Lord,
due to my attachment to those things,
I had forgotten You,
and You left me.
I had lost myself
for the pleasure and happiness of things,
which now have gone.
All attractions dissolved into nothingness.
All non-essences proved worthless.
Today, my eyes were opened
and I recognized You,
I shall never leave You again.
Today, come into my heart
and destroy all darkness.
243
Jingling bells are ringing again in sweetest melody.
My formerly pain-filled life,
started dancing again, filled with rhythm.
Today, the earth became full of beauty,
taste and floral fragrance.
With an intoxicating breeze in the soft sky,
the earth is dancing.
Those who are away - come nearby!
Ride on this tide full of joy.
Why He is far, I am unable to say.
Why He came, that too, I am unable to understand.
The One I wanted most, has arrived onto this dusty earth.
243
The sound of Your ankle bells is ringing again,
ringing again the sweetest melody.
My painful heart begins to dance in perfect rhythm.
The beautiful flower with its sweet scent fills the earth today.
The sky is cool, the air, intoxicating; the earth, replete, ...
Those who are far - come closer, come into this flood of bliss!
Why He was far, I cannot say.
Why He has come, I do not understand.
The One I wanted, has come unto this dusty earth.
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O lord, Your advent on this earth,
has made a new melody resonate.
For such a long time I kept on calling You
but only now You heard me.
Why do not You come closer without being called?
Why do You wait for someone's call?
Why do not You speak out without being asked to do so?
Why wait for someone to ask You?
What a new and strange system of Yours is this?
Why do You continue doing Your work in a deceptive way?
Whatever You want, that only I shall do,
I always strive at acting as Your instrument.
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O Lord, I got You in the melody of song.
You brought benediction to all minds.
By (internal) illumination I could visualize You,
You made me recognize the most beautiful gem.
So many people come and go,
yet all are moving within You.
By Your melody and form,
You maintain all on Your lap.
In this universe created by You,
many come and again leave.
Yet, no one ever remains lost.
All reside in Your shelter.
246
You came when it was cloudy;
In Your divine show
the clouds were beautifully displaying themsleves.
The holy memory of that day
still brings shivering to my being.
How many days, how many eras
have since passed?
Into how many colours
has the earth since then turned?
The lost melody of bygone days
still intoxicates my mind.
Everyone comes and goes -
You only are eternal.
You were present in the past,
You are present now
and You will forever be present in future.
In the rain of that day, I attained You.
247
O Lord, when You came the clouds were filled with melody.
I was egoistically silent; You went away very far.
Today, sit close to me,
come near me
and remain in meditative posture with a gentle smile.
Now, there is no ego.
I keep on singing songs to the tune of Your flute.
The jingling sound of Your ankle bells has filled my mind.
248
O Lord, today I got acquainted with You in a new way.
By removing my deep attachment,
O Cognitive Faculty,
I attained You.
In my garden, I observe that tide has come.
The intoxicated wind is full of sweetness.
In my ears only one melody resonates.
By it, the entire world is being swayed.
To each rhythmic wave of that melody,
my vitality swings.
All minds are (today) filled with beauty.
By Your jerk, divine oscillations spread forth.
249
O Lord, I have been waiting for You by the arrival path.
You did not come nor listened to me until now.
Today, my heart resembles the ketakii (screw pine) flower
of the rainy season that looses all its fragrance to the wind,
remaining standing empty-handed in solitude.
And yet, that fragrance spreads out across the blue sky.
To the agony of a withered pollen, do You not listen?
250
I have forgotten why I came to this earth.
Why do not You come?
Why do You give me mental pain?
You sent me onto this earth all alone
and, by sending me away, forgot me.
What a love and affection of Yours is this?
I am waiting for You in the dark house,
lighting a candle.
Do not delay further, time is passing by.
Understand my agony!
251
O Lord, what sort of stone heart have You got?
Even after seeing floods of tears streaming down my eyes,
You deliberately avoid me.
Don't forget that by Your songs, I move towards You.
Even though You are aware
of the misery and hear the agony
of those who love You
and of those who laugh or cry for You,
You do not pay heed to it.
And yet , in spite of that,
I shall keep on moving forward on Your path.
Know for granted
that I will not leave any stone unturned.
252
Who is the One, who keeps on singing
such enchanting melodies?
Awakening rhythm and radiating illumination?
Dancing towards me without speaking?
Coming close without having introduced Himself?
Beyond the universe, free from all desires,
forming the basis of all, extremely pious -
You pervade all minds and all vitality;
there is nothing You do not know.
O Lord, embodiment of intense bliss,
You are full of affection.
O Lord of the universe,
You remain ever awake, watching over all,
No one is ever ignored by by You.
253
O Lord, into the mirror of my mind,
with a lively melody,
Your song came floating.
Even without seeking it,
it came and got caught by my mind.
I am unable to forget that intensity of melody,
still calling me time and again even today.
It created a joining bridge
between Your heart and mine.
All my attachments and all my restlessnesses
were tamed by Your melody.
254
My mind goes on floating through the moist wind,
absorbed by the fragrance of the campaka (magnolia) flower.
That Unknown Companion
has poured all the sweetness of His heart into it
and keeps on calling me.
Why does He remain in far-off places?
Why does He not come near?
Why does not He look towards me?
Why does He continue dancing from afar?
Despite He keeping Himself hidden,
I reach Him by His own song and rhythm.
No, no, He is not far away,
He continues loving me in all circumstances.
He stays close to me in pain and happiness.
His sweet smile secretly remains with me always.
Though unacquainted, He is not unknown,
His divine game (liila'),
I have now well understood.
255
O Lord, I continue remaining awake,
all the time, waiting for You.
While threading a garland for You,
I remain absorbed in Your thought.
Why have You tied me with a binding rope? Why?
Why have you immersed me in tears? Why?
I can never forget You.
What a difficult situation have I been trapped in?
Hence, come secretly into my mind,
come in solitude..
and become my own.
256
O Lord, on that rainy night,
with dancing steps,
You came and illuminated my heart.
To the continuous jingling sound of ankle bells,
You permeated my mind with a melody
full of sweetness and overwhelming love
and destroyed my dark attachments.
Your sweet affectionate eyes
were filled with beauty
and Your enchanting voice
conveyed the message of an unknown world.
You frequently called me.
You poured nectar onto me.
You intoxicated me with Your soft smile.
You imparted instructions to me.
In the entire world,
no other have I found
who loves me (more).
257
O Lord, the altar has been arranged for You.
A garland has been threaded for You.
Today I am alert.
Come gently into the temple of my mind.
A lamp has been lighted
to welcome Your arrival.
Come smilingly..
Today I seek Your grace.
258
O Lord, the rays of the morning are not taking me along.
They colour entire world, but do not communicate with me.
I shall continue moving on with You,
merging my colour into Your colour,
colouring all lives,
awakening a new consciousness within all.
I will live in everyone's heart.
All are mine, nobody is outcast.
We all came to this world
with one sole ideation in mind..
259
Who came this spring season,
colouring the blooming pala'sh grove fire-red?
On observation, in my mind,
He appears to be known.
Unknowingly, I have loved Him
and lighted a flame in His colour.
My heart is absorbed in His ideation.
It goes on dancing towards Him.
Without understanding good or bad,
I have found the touchstone.
In frenzy, the secret treasure of mind,
was attained this spring.
260
O my Eternal Companion,
can You tell me, where You exist?
Why are You calling me
through a game of light
and a festival of beauty?
Sometimes from within the depths of mind,
sometimes with a loud voice
and sometimes by whispering into my ears?
You call me with a voice full of sweetness,
ignoring my mean thoughts.
By pouring divine nectar unto me,
You made me forget myself.
You turned the agony of a deep darkness into light.
261
O Lord, for You there is no coming nor going.
You were in the past,
You are present now
and You will forever remain.
O Lord, like the light in the morning sun,
You shine in my mind.
You always shine in all minds.
You are the lamp of all lives
and all incantations.
With everybody, with all Your subjects,
You keep on playing Your divine game.
You are the creator of all forms.
You are the base of all meditations.
Knowingly or unknowingly,
I am attracted towards You.
261
You never come, You never go;
You were, are, and always will be everywhere.
In the light of dawn, oh Lord,
You are dancing in my mind,
You forever dance in everyone's mind.
You are the lamp which illuminates all life;
You are every mantra that I hear.
With everyone and everything You play.
You are the creator of all beauty,
You are the source of all meditations.
Knowingly or unknowingly I always look at You.
262
O Lord, I move ahead on the path,
I move ahead alone,
I move ahead by Your attraction,
I do not get obstructed by anything.
Leaving behind all past events,
I always continue moving ahead,
attuning myself to Your song.
Revolving around the mental pilgrim center,
alas, inumerous entities come and go.
Cutting the intoxicating bondage of colourful forms,
I constantly move towards You.
Uprooting all thorns from the path,
illuminating it for all,
cultivating benevolent thoughts and feelings for all,
I dedicate myself to Your sweet melody.
263
O Lord, in Your advent,
by singing Your name and songs,
I have lost myself.
By Your colour and form,
in the dark night,
a fountain of moonlight has appeared.
Today, with tides of joy,
the three worlds flow on and on.
From their core,
sweetness rushes forth in hundreds of flows.
By Your touch and immense happiness,
the string of life today lost itself in Infinity.
Who would want to return to the past
when the world today floats in a flood of light?
Today, with Your arrival,
all fervidity is full of You,
leaving behind the past.
264
O Lord, in this dense night,
with the lyre of my mind,
whisperingly and through songs,
I shall express to You
the hidden agony of my heart.
Why in this world,
does screaming appear
beside pleasure and joy?
Why do happiness and momentary light
suddenly vanish away under a dark pull?
Why do You not respond to the call of those
who continuously aspire for You?
Why do flowers whither away with the ebb
after a high tide?
265
The sky was full of clouds when He came.
He came to remove all darkness.
I could not understand Him,
nor could I understand His utterance,
full of lively earnestness.
The external world invited me by its attractions.
I ignored that inner call, that inner voice.
Today I move on, inspired by that (inner) longing.
By an affectionate and gentle song from within
that lost sweetness has been regained.
266
O Lord, the first meeting between You and me
took place at the golden shore of the ocean.
With a flood of light,
You arrived at my mental plane.
You came in the silent night
with the tinkling of the lyre string.
The sky was full of poems,
and I charmingly got hold of You.
You became mine in dream..
Why did not You come to me in the awakened state?
Why did You not illuminate my entire existence,
accompanying me in pain, pleasure and distress?
267
O Lord, I continue waiting for Your arrival,
my mind is eagerly waiting to hear Your footsteps.
Your sweet smile and fragrance
awakens hope in disheartened people.
To Your feet dust,
human beings of this world bow down.
Your form and colour,
Your radiations of light and fragrance,
Your liveliness, quench all thirst.
I am Yours and so are all.
The inert mind does not understand this.
To Your tunes, rhythm, melody and attraction
all are dancing.
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O my Supreme Friend,
I shall never fear Your harshness.
I shall continue moving ahead on this path of light.
Those who say You are cruel,
do not understand Your value.
Your sternness maintains Your softness covered.
Those who say You are merciless,
move away from You.
Those who know You and came close to You,
know that no other is as goodhearted as You are.
269
O Lord, by Your name and song,
I offer my life unto You.
You are the basis and pabulum of all thoughts;
In Your ideation, I am constantly absorbed.
On the earth, in the ocean,
in the world and in heaven,
in the sweet morning light,
in all actions and natural characteristics of life,
I know You alone as essence.
In the blue sea, in fountains,
in the clear sky,
in the sweet intoxicating and fragrant breeze,
I become immersed in bliss,
encountering Your divine game all around.
270
O Lord, about Your attributes,
I keep on thinking time and again.
Other then You,
who else does love me?
When the night
turns into the crimson effulgence
of the morning sun,
in that colour,
I find Your touch and divine nectar.
The sun at dusk, beckons me over
and wants to speak to me.
It calls me from afar.
I am never alone...
You are always there, ever looking after me.
271
O Lord, Your divine game,
You only are able to explain.
Hiding within the mind,
You do not want to get caught.
By observing Your sweet smile
and by listening to Your enchanting flute,
the mind goes on floating towards You.
Unto You it is being pulled.
Even though I want to forget You,
(I never do, and) by never forgetting You,
I constantly cry.
Why did You tie me unto You
with a floral rope?
Tell me: what is it that You want?
272
O Lord, You know so many divine games!
You continue enchanting the entire universe,
You are never obstructed.
The wheels of Your cart move ahead,
throughout the blue cosmos.
Extending a lively divine touch to all,
no hindrance ever stops You.
You love all.
You cry and smile for all.
At times of pain,
You grant the boon of fearlessness
and shed sweet smiles on us.
273
O Lord, You came in the dark night
bringing along decorations of light.
You poured into my dry heart
the flow of a cool, tasteful stream.
You came during a silent period,
on a gentle and sweet breeze.
You removed from me all misery and selfish desires.
A tremor went through the sky and through the earth.
It stirred the rhythm of everyone's heart.
You dissolved my entire ego
and shed drops of nectar on me.
274
O Lord, neither arrival nor departure,
ever occurs in Your case.
I know it very well and won't accept it.
For You there is no reception nor farewell.
I have observed this fact very well.
I won't say otherwise.
Hidden within all development,
also lies the seed of destruction.
In this way, the eternal divine game
forever goes on in the Cosmos.
Not wanting the smile of Your two eyes to last forever,
You ignite the fire of destruction in the third eye.
Next to the light of creation,
a dark shadow appears;
both light and darkness are within a single You.
275
O my Eternal Companion,
come into my life,
the sky is full of poems.
The smile of the dream-carrying moon
lingers on unhindered.
What a new kind of love of Yours is this?
Always awakening ever-newer rhythms.
I want to catch hold of You.
Why are You hiding?
Look at me with open eyes.
I will always move along Your path,
merging my mind into Yours,
from all perspectives and aspects.
My mind is enchanted.
I have forgotten all fears.
Without hesitation,
I move on, ever remembering Your song.
276
He has spread a beautiful effulgence.
He has coloured the entire universe
and poured light into life.
He told that no one belongs to others.
He wants to take all along with him.
I only love and smile and go on dancing
towards Infinity.
He has illuminated all minds.
He realized the pain and agony of all
and consoled everyone.
He crossed the ocean of effulgence
and enchanted all minds.
277
O Lord, unknowingly,
from area to area,
I have loved only You.
By Your force, I move on
with tremendous speed.
I move forward without dullness.
Inumerous days and nights have passed,
yet, there is still no deviation from the path.
My eyes are ever open.
Today, I find You closer to me
in a sweet and enchanting adoration.
Today, all my pains have dissolved
into Your form and colour.
278
O Lord, I am offering my life to You,
what else do You now expect from me?
By attaining You,
all my hopes and love have today been fulfilled.
Only to listen to Your footsteps
I have remained ever awake for eras, day and night.
I have been threading ever-new garlands soaked in tears.
In the eastern sky light shines forth with a gentle smile.
That smile, O Lord, is full of forms and colours.
278
I offer my life unto You.
Will You now look benignly at me?
All my hope and love are centred around only You.
I am ever awake, listening for Your gentle footsteps.
I keep weaving ever new and fresh garlands
and drench them with my tears.
The eastern horizon is radiant with a flood of light.
It betokens a gentle smile of Yours,
full of sweet forms and colours.
279
O Lord, by what name should I call You?
How is Your worship to be conducted?
What is the utility of flowers and fragrance
when all is the display of Your imagination?
You are beyond all worlds,
You remain above everything.
All entities reside within You.
With what accessories should I worship You?
In which temple should I establish You?
You exist amidst all living and non-living entities,
You exist in fire, in wind,
in heaven, in hell
and in the vast blue sky.
There is neither invocation
nor relinquishment for You.
No mantra can ever bind You.
280
O Lord, please come in the lustre of beauty,
in the intense flow of light.
Fulfill my realisation,
colour my mind in Your radiance.
You are beyond this universe.
You are present everywhere,
You are the shelter of my thoughts.
I work for You, I meditate on You.
And thus, I am eternally replenished by Your light.
Don't keep me away.
Raise my consciousness with Your rhythmic tune.
So that I may never feel,
the pain of loss.
280
O Lord, come, spreading beauty and effulgence!
Come in illuminating fulfillment of my realisation.
Beyond the world and constituent of the world,
You are the pabulum of all thoughts and ideations.
I continue doing Your work,
I meditate on You in ever-new arenas.
Never leave me aside.
Fill my consciousness with rhythmic melodies,
So that I do not shake
by the agony of defeat.
281
O Lord, You are beyond the world
and yet, You are within it,
why then, do I keep on searching?
In the fire, in the air and in the great blue sky,
by Your grace, everyone has been sweetly touched.
You are the origin of all inspirations,
and of all beauties of all that is created.
Your Grace overwhelms me.
I remain absorbed in that ideation.
You remain alert each moment
in the deep recesses of every mind.
That is why,
searching for You outside,
would be a waste of time.
282
O Lord, hiding within the mind,
You continue playing Your divine game (liila')
(in the outside word).
My mind appears to have held You,
yet, You are not caught.
Your game comprises pain and pleasure,
it includes inumerous honours and dejections.
The dancing time plays on.
Whereto does it flows away?
Explain this to me.
Perhaps You do not realise my earnestness,
as I do not look within.
Now, my time just drifts away.
Today, I am alone, lost in darkness.
Piercing the bosom of a dark night,
radiate a colourful effulgence upon me.
283
I came and have accomplished the work.
It is now time to return home.
I arranged a bouquet of flowers
and threaded a garland for You.
Whatever I took, was still less
than what I gave in comparison.
And what I got, was beyond comparison
in beauty, fragrance and taste.
This tear-drenched garland is for Him whom I loved.
I go on moving forward, propelled by a past memory.
That sweet memory, that everlasting song -
how can I ever forget it?
284
O Lord, come to me,
return now and fill my mind.
Ignite the lamp of my life
and decorate the path with beautiful flowers.
Expecting Your arrival,
I will keep on waiting (sitting),
I will count the moments and sing for You.
Let this memory of Yours
remain forever shining on my mental plate.
285
O Lord, You are the lotus of my mind.
You make my mind bloom.
Continue forever singing in my mind.
Your smile remains ever awake in my mind.
In the vineyard of my mind, bees hum in swarms.
They come in the hope of getting Your nectar.
You alone puts an end to their stomach-rumbling.
Today, my intense thirst has been quenched.
Today, my love became filled with enchanting adoration.
Today, all my earnestness merged into You.
286
In a silent moment,
I found that unseen God,
secretly in my life.
In my mind, I could hold Him.
I did not know how close He was.
Even before knowing Him,
I had sung His praise.
By His effulgence,
I became acquainted with Him.
He had been secretly residing in my mind.
How He bound me with a floral thread
and captured my entire being, I do not understand.
His eyes gazed deep into the core of my heart
and induced in it a nectarial flow of forms and colours.
287
O, who are You,
dancing towards me
amidst the moon in the sky
and a breeze of love in the air?
Who comes to me, smilingly,
inducing a divine fragrance
into the garden of my heart?
The flow of the fountain is intoxicated with melodies.
Who has come,
nto this dreamful environment,
in a new adoration,
carrying so much love for all?
The flood of the moonlight has broken down all boundaries;
the night queen of the garden remains intoxicated in bliss.
That bliss today overflows and stirrs my heart.
Who are You,
spreading forth a nectarial flow of that kind?
288
O Lord, I attained You,
after such a long time,
waiting for so many lives!
Expecting You,
I have been waiting for Your arrival for so many eras!
You had forgotten that one person
was constantly meditating on You,
calling You again and again.
When it occurred to Your mind,
You came rushing towards me,
dancing with Your rosy feet.
I cannot attain You by the strength of my spiritual effort;
You blessed me for no reason.
By Your grace, I attained You,
and all my aspirations became fulfilled.
289
O Lord, into my life You came.
In my eyes You took Your seat.
With smooth steps You came near me,
and through the soft breeze,
spread forth a floral fragrance.
Although I had nothing to offer You,
You nevertheless came into my desert-dry heart
and quenched its thirst.
By showering Your uncalled grace upon me,
You cleared all dirt from my mind.
Due to becoming inflated with pride
by the strengths You bestowed upon me,
I had gone far away from You.
Today, amidst destitution,
and a tear-drenched heart,
You returned again.
290
O Lord, due to Your consciousness, all are living.
The earth is filled with Your impulse.
By Your sam'giita (song, instrumental play and dance)
all are absorbed in charming
and intoxicating melodies and rhythms.
By Your touch, inert wood becomes alive,
In this creation, You are the first and the last word.
In Your pleasure, all forget their pains.
Because You exist, the world exists,
You are unlimited and above all limits.
I came floating like a flower in the river.
I float on to the currents of Your tides.
In my internal and external existences,
my life becomes lost in You.
291
O Unknown Traveler,
I do not know
what for You came,
nor do I know, why You left.
You came with an intoxicating fragrance, in a deep dream.
You came in a sweet and affectionate divine play.
Your charming smile made me become restless.
That sweet gesture filled my entire being.
Attaining You, my enchanted heart
lost itself to some unknown realm.
I do not know whether Your divine play has any limits,
but this much do I know:
that You are full of such plays.
Thus, You make me float on
in that ocean of games
at each and every moment of my life.
292
On an inauspicious night,
in the garden of the night queen,
a storm had raged
and not spared my mind.
You did not come.
You remained indifferent.
Hit by the storm, buds of flowers dropped untimely;
and even the fragrance of those flowers that were blooming
vanished with the moonlight.
Alas, despite all this, You did not come.
Forgetting me, where were You?
In what thought were You absorbed?
Hit by the storm,
the strings of the lyre of my mind got broken.
My entire jingling note found an end,
and yet, You did not come.
To which unknown isolation
did You remain confined, oblivious of me?
293
O Lord, I have been loving You
era after era,
time and again.
Unconsciously, I have been loving You unconditionally.
Can any intellect know or grasp Him,
whose effulgence keeps the world alive
and maintains everything illuminated?
By His impulse, all are rushing.
His momentum pours life into all.
That entity, in charming adoration,
all are bound to love.
294
O Lord, You came on my mental lotus,
disseminating Your flood of light in hundreds of flows,
arousing in my heart the rhythm of a new song (storm).
Do not go away,
sit close beside me,
in rhythm and dance.
Searching You, my heart becomes restless.
In my mind, the melodic flow of a new tune has arisen.
I always fear to find myself
a defeated emperor without his crown.
In quiet solitude, stay with me.
From the depths of my heart...
a song, I shall sing for You.
295
O my Lord!
You came to me after years and eras.
Why did You forget me?
Please tell me.
So many days have passed.
So many songs without melody
have been sung.
After such a long time,
You graced me,
showering a fountain of blessings upon me.
So many season-cycles came and went
with the rise and fall of life's flow.
So many arrivals and departures
have I had to witness.
296
O Lord, Your touch brought a fresh tide
into my consciousness.
Your joy brought heavenly effulgence into this world.
Whenever I look into this great blue sky,
I find no other than You.
You remain in the soft breeze of my mental spring.
Today, I find everything merging into You,
I do not want what I formerly desired.
From the deep and secret garden of my heart
I am pouring out into the world,
what once had remained hidden.
In Your new melody, my love for You overflows.
I attained You in exchange for all.
I know You as the only essence.
297
O Lord, with a unique decoration of forms,
You have maintained Yourself disguised
within Your own divine game (liila').
You have merged Yourself in Your own
song, melody and rhythm.
Whatever I see when opening my eyes widely,
whatever conclusion I derive by reasoning and contemplation,
in the depth of it all,
You exist hidden,
absorbed in a flow of sweetness.
Within the darkness of pain, Your light remains ever present.
Within losses, the re-attainment of new forms is found.
Within negativity, Your positivity persists over and above.
Your light puts an end to all pains.
298
O Lord, You came with the thunder of clouds
and heavy rains.
In You, the heated and fatigued earth
today found new consolation.
The peacock tail of my mind
goes on dancing in hundreds of rhythms.
The language-devoid dialogue found new speech
and now flows on towards Infinity.
Attaining You,
my heart today overflows.
In all ten directions,
I find a stirr of effulgence.
Today, there is nothing left for me to do.
Lost in enchantment,
I merely contemplate Your form.
Today, the hunger of all three worlds
and the nectar of all three realms
merged into one.
299
O Lord, I love only You.
I know You alone as the essence of all.
I am offering my life to You.
I have taken the vow to do Your work.
Ever since You awakened my consciousness,
I have been floating in Your stream,
with the lightness of a flower.
I continue dancing along to the rhythm of Your waves.
By Your love,
in this new melody of my life's dusk,
I become submerged into a fragrance of sweetness.
I now recognise that formless gem.
300
Inspired by the arena of light,
I continue singing the song
of a realm beyond darkness.
To those slumbering in deep darkness,
I raise my call.
O brother, get up!
Move towards the light!
Fill the deep dark night with effulgence!
The distressed humanity awaits you with restless eyes.
To move forward is the natural characteristic of life.
301
O Lord, You told me You would return,
but You did not do so.
Please tell me why.
The petals of the floral garland
that once was in my hand,
alas, are now covered by the earth's dust.
O Unmerciful One!
What is this game of Yours?
Is it a new play of cheating in love?
You went away,
yet, day and night,
You remain ever awake in my mind
- why is this so?
No matter how much I try to forget You,
I am unable to forget You.
Wherever I look at,
the reflection of Your memory shines forth.
Why did You tie me unto You
with a jingling melody,
using the strings of my psychic lyre?
302
The sudden and gusty wind keeps on raising its call.
It moves along a far and unknown path.
Tell me why You have kept me tied?
Please pause a while on the corner of my house
and tell me.
O King of my mind,
provide impulse to me!
Make me move forward in all my actions.
By Your inspiration and propulsion,
the river of my mind
flows towards its terminus and ultimate desideratum.
O King of harvests!
Let me merge in Your harvest.
Let me advance
through memory and contemplation.
Moving forward,
I will not look back.
All actions and the entire world belong to You.
303
Sitting on the royal bird,
the prince flew through the sky,
unto some unknown destination.
Wearing a gold-threaded blue turban on his head,
he vanished away.
Seven brothers,
resembling campa' flowers,
rushed towards me.
They asked me
where their sister,
a pa'rul flower,
had disappeard to.
The prince, on his bird,
brought the sister back to her brothers.
The seven brothers sat on seven seats,
eating in seven plates,
in the prince's company.
The sister had applied on their forehead,
a ceremonial ritualistic mark.
304
O Lord, I love only You.
Why I love, I do not know.
I have been waiting for You,
Why, I do not know.
My eyes look out for You, day and night.
Why is that so?
My mind remains ever alert,
remembering You
in both good as well as bad moments.
Come into my mind,
in sleep or in my awakened state,
No other, do I contemplate.
No matter how high waves may be,
no matter how intense my pain may become,
I shall carry on overcoming them.
I do not want, any other than You.
305
O Lord, come this morning!
Merge Your hue into the crimson effulgence.
Come with a floral adornment,
carrying in Your hands, colourful blossoms.
Draw Your psychic picture on my mind
in ever new lines and sketches.
Awaken within me new ideas
and start up a new impulse of life.
Come to me in ever new surroundings
and, with the beauty of Your smile,
enchant my mind.
Come with the message of a new era.
Be the festival of light of a new evening.
Come and remove all my pains
with a new expression of love.
Come and crush the dark shadow
with the effulgence of Your golden chariot.
306
O most revered Lord,
You came on that sweet and beautiful morning.
O incomparable One,
You came with sweet smiles
disseminating fragrance along Your path.
By Your touch,
buds bloom in hundreds of styles.
By Your joy,
my garden dances in frenzy.
O most memorable One,
You went away on a rain-drenched night.
O dearest One,
Your affectionate and sweet eyes,
stirred the core of my heart.
307
O Lord, You are everyone's most beloved One!
You are the kaostubha diamond locket on everyone's bosom.
All are within You.
Nothing exists outside You.
Even though not everyone may know You,
everyone pays homage to You.
You are the fragrance of all flowers.
You are the “Padmana'bhi” of all creation.
In Your touch,
form and flow -
amidst all unknown,
I know only You.
You are the glow of gems.
You are the light of stars.
You are the nectar of the earth.
I ever salute You.
There is neither coming nor going for You.
Your ever-new divine game
finds expression every instant.
I know You as Vira't' Purus'a, O Lord!
308
Applying a blue decoration on my eyes,
the rain arrived today in a new dress.
Soft clouds have gathered
in welcome of Your arrival.
Today, the peacock (of my mind) spreads its wings
and calls out aloud in my mental forest.
In my mental arena,
the pollen of kadamba flowers float on,
mixing with the pollen of life.
Today's festivity lies centered around You.
You pervade all environments.
In salutation to You,
the bamboos in the bamboo groves
bend down in hundreds of ways.
Bunches of lotus flowers,
dance sweetly on waves
gently expressing their love.
You are the king of this grand festival,
adorned in an enchanting royal dress.
309
O Lord, come and stand in front of me
so that I may ever look at You to my heart's content.
Come into my mental garden.
Fill my mind with fragrance and murmur
Fill it with decorations of colourful flowers.
Fill that great sky of my mind!
Purifying the galaxies with sandalwood paste,
come slowly with a gentle breeze
and a soft jingle bell sound.
In this autumn of sweetness,
bring enthusiasm and festivity,
bring dance and songs.
Let me become intoxicated
by the happy attainment of Your smile
and the sound of Your flute.
310
The smile on His face speaks of love.
His two eyes are full of affection.
That stealer of my heart,
displayed external harshness on me.
Yet, my mind longed to look at Him more and more.
No matter how much I told him
that I would forget Him,
He repeatedly told me to forget Him
and not to turn my eyes on Him.
Unable to forget Him,
I kept my eyes open,
discarding all shyness
I remained intoxicated.
Irrespective of how often I told him
that I would not give Him anything,
He repeatedly told me
that He did not expect anything.
I could not hold back
and, overwhelmingly,
offered my all in meditation.
