DASAKOM 3

STANZA 1

I PICTURE YOUR FORM,

CROWN BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN,

ROUND DOT SHINING ON THE BROAD FOREHEAD,

EYES MOIST WITH TEARS OF CONCERN,

FACE TENDER WITH LOVING SMILE, NOSTRILS WELLFORMED,

FISHSHAPED EARRINGS LIGHTING UP THE CHEEKS,

KOUSTHUBHAGEM ROUND THE NECK,

CHEST GLOWING WITH WILDFLOWER GARLANDS,

AND WITH BEAUTIFUL NECKLACES OF GOLD

STANZA 2

I COME FOR REFUGE TO YOUR LOTUS FEET,

SEEK PROTECTION FROM YOU WHO SHINES WITH HANDSOME BLUELOTUS-COLOUR,

AND CARRIES GADA, CONCH, IN THE EIGHT HANDS, ADORNED

WITH CROWN, BANGLES, BRACELET, BANGLES, GADA, CONCH, WHEEL, AND LOTUS, MY LORD

STANZA 3

WHO WILL NOT BE DRAWN TO YOUR FORM,

WHICH IS MORE POWERFUL THAN THE MOST POWERFUL,

MORE CHARMING THAN THE MOST CHARMING,

MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL,

SWEETER THAN THE SWEETEST, MORE GLITTERING THAN THE MOST GLITTERING,

MORE WONDER-INSPIRING THAN THE MOST ENCHANTING, MY LORD

STANZA 4

THE GODDESS OF PROSPERITY, AFTER ALWAYS, BEING WITH YOU,

WHO IS SO SWEET, UNWILLING TO LEAVE YOU,

DOES NOT, EVEN WITH YOUR DEVOTEES, LIVE LONG,

SO SHE, ALAS, GOT, OUT OF HER FIRMNES, BORN OF HER GREAT LOVE,

THE NAME OF BEING UNDEPENDABLE, MY LORD

STANZA 5

IT CAN BE EASILY PROVED THAT SHE DOENOT REMAIN LONG

WITH EVEN YOUR DEVOTEES, ONLY BECAUSE

OF THE STRENGTH OF THE FIRMNESS OF HER LOVE

AND SHE STAYS LONG WITH THOSE

WHO MEDITATE DEVOUTLY ON YOUR MARVELLOUS POWERS,

AND SING HYMNS OF PRAISE, MY LORD

STANZA 6

AND WHOEVER HEARS THESE HYMNS,

WHICH DRIP FRESH NECTAR,

WOULD BE THRILLED SO MUCH AS TO CAUSE THE HAIR TO STAND ON END,

IMMEDIATELY DRAWS ONE'S ATTENTION TO THEM,

AND WETS THE BODY WITH TEARS OF MOUNTING INTENSE JOY

STANZA 7

BECAUSE OF ALL THESE, THE WISE SAGES EMPHATICALLY SAY

THAT THE PATH OF DEVOTION, BHAKTHIYOGA, IS VERY MUCH SUPERIOR

TO THE OTHER TWO, KARMAYOGA AND JNAANAYOGA

AND BECAUSE BHAKTHIYOGA IS A PATH OF LOVE,

IT CAN BE FOLLOWED WITHOUT STRESS BY ANYBODY, MY LORD

STANZA 8

DOING ONE'S PRESCRIBED DUTY, IS THE PATH OF KARMAYOGA,

ITS BENEFITS COME SEVERAL YEARS LATER,

AND MAY OR MAY NOT COME,

WHILE JNAANAYOGA IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT

SO THE BHAKTHIYOGA, BY ALL ACCOUNTS,

IS THE BEST AND THE EASIEST OF ALL, MY LORD

STANZA 9

AFTER YEARS OF PRACTISING KARMAYOGA,

WITH GREAT EFFORT, FOR SEVERAL YEARS,

ONE MASTERS IT, BUT WHAT OF IT?

WITH MIND PURIFIED NOW, HE WILL BECOME FIT FOR BHAKTHI OR FOR KARMAM,

 BUT, WITHOUT ANY FEELING,

WADING THROUGH THE DIFFICUT STUDY OF LOGIC,

COME TO YOU AFTER SEVERAL BIRTHS

STANZA 10

BHAKTHI COMES AUTOMATICALLY,

BY IMMERSING IN THE INTERESTING STORIES OF YOURS,

LEADING FAST TO THE STATE OF UNSTAINED KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH OF EXISTENCE,

PLEASE MAY I QUICKLY ATTAIN, BY YOUR GRACE,

THAT STATE OF BEING SUBMERGED IN THE LOVE OF YOU, MY LORD

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WHILE THE OTHER, JNAANAYOGA, IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW,

AND SO BHAKTHIYOGA IS THE BEST THE EASIEST, MY LORD