DASAKOM 93

 STANZA 1

 I, WITH YOUR KIND HELP, SHALL CONCENTRATE ON YOU, GIVE UP ATTACHMENT TO MY PEOPLE,

 AND SEEING ALL AS ONE, MOVE AROUND LOOKING ON ALL THINGS AS A PLAY OF MAAYA

 WHEN I, HAVING OVERCOME THE SENSE OF SEPARATENESS OF THINGS, DEVELOP THE POWER OF DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD,

 HOW CAN THERE BE PRESCRIBIING OR PROHIBITING OF ACTS, FOR ME WHO HAS OVERCOME THE FEELING OF SEPARATENESS OF EXISTENCE!

 STANZA 2

 LET THERE BE BEINGS WITHOUT LIMIT, WHO LIVE ONLY TO EAT AND DRINK,

 AND AMONG THEM, MAN IS SUPERIOR, BECAUSE OF HIS KNOWLEDGE, AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO BE BORN AS SUCH,

 AND HE, WHO WORSHIPS YOU FOR ALLEVIATION OF HIS MISERIES

 IS HIS OWN FRIEND, OTHERS, THEIR OWN ENEMIES THEMSELVES

 STANZA 3

 ONCE YOUR KINDNESS IS THERE, WHO DOES NOT SERVE AS TEACHER OF THE ART OF LIFE!

 PATIENCE FROM EARTH, WHICH DOES NOT MOVE EVEN WHEN TRAMPLED BY ALL,

 DETACHMENT FROM WIND, WHICH DOES NOT ATTACH TO ANYTHING IT BLOWS THROUGH,

 OMNIPRESCENCE OF SOUL, AND DETACHMENT FROM SKY, WHICH DOES NOT STICK TO ANYTHING THAT EXISTS IN IT

 STANZA 4

 MAY I BE CLEAN LIKE AIR, SWEET LIKE WATER,

 AND LIKE FIRE, NOT BE HARMED, EVEN WHEN IT EATS ALL THINGS,

 AND THE SOUL'S PRESCENCE IN EVERYTHING,

 LIKE ITS PRESCENCE IN ALL THE TREES

 STANZA 5

 MAY I NOT BE FRUSTRATED BY CALAMITIES, LIKE THE DOVE WHICH KILLED ITSELF, WHEN ITS SON WAS CAUGHT BY A HUNTER,

 MAY I BE ABLE TO STAND HUNGER AND THIRST, LIKE THE PYTHON, WHICH EATS ONLY WHAT IT GETS, AND LIKE THE DEEP SEE, NOT BE SHALLOW,

 AND MAY I NOT SUFFER FROM TOO MUCH LOVE OF WOMAN, AS DOES THE BEE, WHICH GETS BURNT IN FIRE,

 AND, LIKE, THE BEE WHICH GATHERS ONLY THE ESSENTIAL GOOD FROM THINGS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, NOT GET KILLED BY STORING THINGS IN ITS NEST

 STANZA 6

 MAY I NOT BE KILLED 'LBY EXCESSIVE LOVE, M LIKE THE ELEPHANT W,HICH IS DRAWN INTO THE HUNTER'S TRAP BY A SHEELEPHANT,

 MAY I NOT LIKE THE HONEYBEE GO AFTER TOO MUCH WEALTH, WHICH GET STOLEN BY THIEVES, AND NOT BE OVERWHELMED BY CHEAP VILLAGE SONGS,

 AND, LIKE FISH BY BAIT, NOT BE ATTACHED TOO MUCH TO PLEASURES, AND SLEEP UNDISTURBED, LIKE PINGALA, WHOM HER LOVERS HAD ABANDONED, AND

 GET FAT, LIKE HIMALAYAN ANTELOPE, WHICH IS KILLED FOR MEAT

 STANZA 7

 MAY I SLEEP UNDISTURBED, LIKE A BABY, WITH NO SHAME,

 AND MOVE WITHOUT RUBBING ONE ANOTHER, LKE A GIRL'S ONLY ONE BANGLE,

 AND LIKE THE ARROWMAKER, NOT HEAR THE LOUD SOUND OF CELEBRATION OF THE KING'S TRAVELS,

 AND LIVE IN HOUSES MADE BY OTHERS, AS THE SNAKE DOES, IN THE HOLES OF BANDICOOTS

 STANZA 8

 MAY I LEARN FROM THE SPIDER, WHICH MAKES THE WEB AND THEN DESTROYS IT, HOW YOU CREATE THE WORLD AND THEN DESTROY IT,

 AND FROM THE WORM IN THE BUD, THAT DEVELOPS, AFTER BROODING FOR SOME TIME, INTO A BEE,

 AND FROM THE BODY, THAT IS NO MORE THAN DIRT AND ASHES, WHICH TEACHES US DISCRIMINATION AND DETACHMENT WHEN ONE THINKS OF IT,

 ESPECIALLY MINE, PLAGUED BY ALL SORTS OF DISEASES, MY LORD

 STANZA 9

 KRISHNA, HELP ME TO OVERCOME THIS IDENTIFICATION, BECAUSE OF WHICH, OCCUPIED WITH CARE OF WIFE AND CHILD, NEGLECT YOUR WORSIP

 AND THIS BODY, THE FEED OF FIRE OR DOG IN THE END, PULLS US HERE AND THERE, BUT ALAS! , NEVER TOWARDS YOU

 STANZA 10

 IF THIS IDENTIFICATION IS UNAVOIDABLE, PLEASE SAVE ME FROM MY ILLNESSES,

AND KEEP MY DEVOTION MORE AND MORE FIRM,

 PLEASE DONOT HURL THIS BRAHMIN'S BODY, ACHIEVED AT THE END OF SEVERAL BIRTHS,

 INTO THE SEA OF WORLDLY PLEASURES, MY LORD MEANWHILE HELP ME, MY LORD

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