DASAKOM 96

 STANZA 1

 YOU ARE BRAHMA ITSELF, “A “AMONG LETTERS, THAARA AMONG MANTHRAS, MANU AMONG KINGS,

 BHRIGU AND NAARADA AMONG SAINTS, PRAHLAADA AMONG ASURAS, SURABHI AMONG COWS WHO IS

 GARUDA AMONG BIRDS, ANANTHA AMONG SNAKES, GANGES AMONG RIVERS,

 KRISHNA, BODY HOLDS THE WHOLE WORLD INSIDE IT

 STANZA 2

 YOU ARE MAHAABALI AMONG THOSE, WHO GIVE BRAHMINS ALL THEY WANT, AMONG YAGYAS, YOU ARE JAPAYAGYA, RECITAL OF HOLY NAMES,

YOU ARE ARJUNA AMONG THE ARCHERS, YOU ARE UDHHAVA AMONG DEVOTEES, YOU ARE STRENGTH OF THE STRONG, YOU ARE ENERGY OF THE ENERGETIC,

 THERE IS NO LIMIT TO YOUR POWERS, YOU ARE ALL THAT IS GREAT, YOU ARE ALL THAT LIVES,

 YOU ARE THE ELEMETARY MATTER FROM WHICH THE WORLD IS MADE, THERE IS NOTHING IN THE UNIVERSE, WHICH IS NOT YOU, MY LORD

 STANZA 3

 HE, WHO WITH DEVOTION TO YOU, PERFORMS THE DUTIES PRESCIBED

 BY SCRIPTURES FOR DIFFERENT CASTES AT DIFERENT STAGES IN LIFE,

 REALIZE WHEN COMPLETE DETACHMENT ARISES INSIDE, THAT YOU ARE THE "I"

 THAT IS THE ULTIMATE TRUTH APPEARING DIFFERENT, BUT REALLY NOT DIFFERENT, IN ALL BEINGS, MY LORD

 STANZA 4

 ALL THESE THREE, KNOWLEDGE, ACTION, DEVOTION EASILY LEAD TO YOU,

 KNOWLEDGE IS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT THE LEAST ATTACHMENT OF ANY KIND,

 AND THE PATH OF ACTION IS FOR THOSE BORN ACTIVE

 WHILE, FOR THOSE, NOT COMPLETELY ATTACHED, NOR COMPLETELY DETACHED, DEVOTION IS THE SUITABLE PATH

 STANZA 5

 KNOWLEDGE OR REALIZATION LEAD FAST TO MOKSHA, AND BOTH THOSE IN HEAVEN AND IN HELL

 PLEASE, PILOT ME, FORTUNATELY BORN IN THE BODY OF A MAN,

 WHICH IS LIKE A BOAT FOR CROSSING THE SEA OF LIFE-DEATH CYCLE,

 WITH GURU, SERVING AS THE WIND, MY LORD

 STANZA 6

 THOSE WHO SEEK YOUR FORM, AND WANT TO GET MORE AND KNOWLEDGE,

 REALIZE YOU, AFTER SEVERAL BIRTHS, AND THOSE WHO WORK FOR IT BY TAKING ACTION AS THE WAY TO REALIZATION,

 MAY REACH YOU AFTER SEVERAL BIRTHS WHILE THE WAY OF DEVOTION, BHAKTHIYOGA, TAKES ONE THERE WITHOUT ANY EFFORT AT ALL

 LET ME ADHERE TO THAT BHAKTHIYOGA, WHICH IS, FROM THE BEGINNING PLEASANT, AND WHICH QUICKLY TAKES ONE TO YOU, MY LORD

 STANZA 7

 THE SAGES DONT ADVISE TOO MUCH EFFORT FOR ONLY KNOWLEDGE, AND HE, WHO HAS UNDERSTOOD YOUR TRUTH, AND PRACTISES BHAKTHYOGA, REACHES YOU IN NO TIME,

 LET THAT BHAKTHIYOGA GROW MORE AND MORE IN ME, AND TAKE ME TO YOU FAST!

 AND MEDITATION IS NOT EASY, BECAUSE OF THE MIND'S RESTLESSNESS,

 BUT MIND CONTROL IS POSSIBLE, THROUGH YOUR GRACE AND YOUR BEAUTY, MY LORD

 STANZA 8

 EVEN AFTER BEING DETACHED FROM PLEASURES, AND GETTING DEVOTED TO YOU

 I AM NOT ABLE TO GIVE UP ALL ACTIONS COMPLETELY, THOUGH KNOWING THEY ARE BAD,

 AND SO, SHALL WITH MORE DETERMINATION, CONTINUE MY DEVOTION, KEEPING MY MIND IN THOUGHT OF YOU ALWAYS

 AND ALL ATTACHMENTS WILL DIE OUT, WHEN YOU ARE PRESENT IN THE MIND

 STANZA 9

 ONCE A BRAHMIN, WHO LOST ALL HIS WEALTH MADE WITH TROUBLE, WHEN ASKED BY PEOPLE, ANSWERED,

 “IT IS NOT MY PEOPLE, NOR TIME OR PAST ACTIONS, THAT IS THE CAUSE, IT IS ONLY MY RESTLESSNESS OF MIND”

 AND FINDING PEACE IN RENUNCIATION, GOT YOU

 MAY I TOO HAVE SUCH MENTAL PEACE ALWAYS

 STANZA 10

 THE KING, YAYAATHI, ONCE FELL IN LOVE WITH URVASHI,

 AND AFTER SEVERAL YEARS, BECAME DETACHED TO WORLDLY PLEASURES,

 FULLY DEVOTED TO YOU, MOVED AROUND, WITH NO CARE

 MAKE ME THUS FIND PEACE, AND PROTECT ME FROM DISEASES OF ALL ILLNESSES, PLEASE

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