DASAKOM 95

 STANZA 1

 YOU TOOK IN THE BEGINNING, THE CREATOR'S FORM, AND THEN THAT OF A LIVING BEING,

 AND NOW REMAIN IN A BODY, MADE OF THE THREE GUNAS, THEN MAY I BECOME ONE WITH YOU, WITH INCREASED SATHVAGUNA, IN THE FORM OF DEVOTION,

 AND THEN, RENOUNCING EVEN THAT, BECOME ONE WITH YOU

 STANZA 2

 WHEN, THE ACTIVE PART, RAJOGUNAM, DEVELOPS, ATTACHMENT TO THE PLEASURES OF LIFE,

 IN SPITE OF KNOWING IT IS BAD, IS UNAVOIDABLE, MY LORD

 THE MIND AND IMPULSES OF NATURE ARE FULLY INTERTWINED ONEANOTHER,

 AND IT IS POSSIBLE TO BREAK THIS BOND, ONLY BY DEVOTION, YOU, IN THE FORM OF SWAN, SAID

 STANZA 3

 THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO HAPPINESS, AVAILABLE FOR VARIOUS TASTES,

 AND MOST OF THEM ARE TRANSIENT AND PROVIDE ONLY PETTY JOYS

 YOU TOLD YOUR FRIEND THAT THE GREATEST HAPPINESS COMES FROM ONLY DEVOTION

 WHERE IS ENJOYMENT OF WORLDLY SENSUOUS THINGS, COMPARED TO DEVOTION, MY LORD!

 STANZA 4

 YOUR DEVOTEE, WHO MOVES CAREFREE, WILL BE HAPPY EVERYWHERE, AS, FOR A DWELLER INSIDE WATER, EVERYWHERE IS ONLY WATER,

 DOES NOT WANT SATHYALOKAM, YOGIC ATTAINMENTS, NOT EVEN THE JOY OF LIBERATION, GAINED WITHOUT EFFORT OF ANY SORT

 STANZA 5

 YOUR DEVOTEE, EXPOSED TO ATTACK BY SENSUOUS PLEASURES, FOR WANT OF SELFCONTROL, WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THEM, SINCE THEY ARE POWERLESS AGAINST YOUR DEVOTEES,

 WHEN LIKE FIRE, WHICH BURNS FUEL IN ITS LEAPING FLAME, YOUR DEVOTION BURNS OUT ALL SINS, WHERE IS ITS PRIDE?, MY LORD

 STANZA 6

 HOW CAN THE MIND BE PURIFIED, EXCEPT THROUGH THE MELTING OF HEART IN THE WARM TEARS OF JOY, AND TINGLING OF SKIN! ,

 WHEN MY SELF, WASHED CLEAN BY THE MEDICINAL EYEBKLACK OF YOUR ENCHANTING STORIES, NOT BY THE STUDY OF MANY LOGIC BOOKS,

 LIKE THE EYE, WILL SEE THE DEEP-LYING TRUTH OF THE WORLD WITHOUT DIMNESS OF ANY SORT

 STANZA 7

 I SHALL PRACTISE MEDITATION, SITTING STRAIGHT COMFORTABLY IIN SUKHAASANAM,, AND PURIFYING MY MIND BY CONTROLLING BREATH WITH POORAKA AND OTHERS, SEEING YOU, BEAUTIFULLY DARK, LIKE THE BLUE LOTUS, INSIDE THE HEART, IMAGINED TO BE A DIVINE LOTUS POINTING UP, ABOVE WHICH ARE SEATED THE SUN, BRAHMA AND FIRE

 STANZA 8

 I SEE IN MY MIND YOU, WITH BLACK THICK HAIR, FISHSAPED EARRINGS, SMILE BLOOMING ON YOUR LIP, ADORNED WITH THE PRETTY KOUSTHUBHA GEM, FLOWER GARLAND AND NECKLACE, SHREEVATSA MARK, GOLDEN-YELLOW CLOTHES, BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES, LOTUS-PINK FEET, MY LORD UNT

 STANZA 9

 FIRST I SHALL WITH MOUMTING ENTHUSIASM, CONCENTRATE ON ALL YOUR LIMBS TOGETHER AT ONE TIME,

 THEN ONE BY ONE, BEGINNING WITH YOUR SMILING FACE,

 AND AFTER DWELLING ON IT FOR SOME TIME,

 START ALL OVER AGAIN, IMMERSED IN YOUR BLISSFULLY CONSCIOUS FORM

 STANZA 10

 THUS AS MY MEDITATION PROGRESSES, ABILITY TO HEAR DISTANT SOUNDS

AND MANY OTHER SUCH POWERS WILL COME IN A TORRENT,

 BUT I WILL DISMISS THEM, AND ADHERE ONLY TO YOUR FORM,

WHICH GIVES JOY MUCH MORE THAN OTHER ATTAINMENTS CAN EVER GIVE