Thursday, December 15, 2016



 DIVISION 92


 STANZA 1


 UNDERSTANDING THAT SCRIPTURES SAY THAT ALL ACTIONS SHOULD BE DONE WITHOUT ATTACHMENT TO RESULTS,

 MAY I ATTAIN MOKSHA, BY OFFERING WHATEVER I DO AT YOUR FEET

 MAY MY MIND, WORDS, AND ACTS NEVER TURN TO WHAT IS PROHIBITED BY THEM,

 BUT IF THE PAST IS BEYOND CORRECTION, THAT TOO I OFFER AT YOUR FEET, MY LORD

 STANZA 2


 MAY I BE ABLE TO PLEASE YOU BY PERFORMING KARMAYOGA,

 WHICH IS WORSHIPPING ONE'S FAVOURITE DIETY BY SEEING YOUR PERFECT FORM IN STONE, EARTH, HEART OR ANYWHERE,

 AND PERFORMING POOJA, WITH FLOWERS, INCENSE, OR OTHER OFFERINGS ACCORDING TO ONE'S CAPACITY

 STANZA 3


 ONE CAN SYMPATHISE WITH WOMEN AND SHOODRAS, WHO ARE BARRED FROM EVEN HEARING YOUR STORIES,

 BUT THE BRAHMINS WHO HAVE ACCESS TO YOU, BUT STILL HAVE NO DISCIPLINE,

 AND IN THEIR PRIDE OF BIIRTH, KNOWLEDGE AND OTHER THINGS,

 DONOT WORSHIP YOU ARE A SORRY LOT INDEED

 STANZA 4


 THERE ARE OTHERS, WHO CONTEMPTUOSLY LAUGH LOUDLY AT YOUR DEVOTEES, AND SAY,

 “MY BROTHER IS USELESS, HE WASTES TIME, BY ALWAYS RECITING ' RAMA, KRISHNA, ' ,

 AND BY LISTENING TO THIS SHAMEESS FELLOW, I HAVE LOST MANY A VENTURE' "

 MAY I BE NEVER LIKE THEM

 STANZA 5


 IN KRITHAYUGAM, PEOPLE WORSHIP YOU, AS WHITE IN COLOUR, BY PENANCES,

 IN THRETHA, AS RED, AND BODY MARKED BY GHEE, SPOON, ETCETERA, BY SACRIFICES,

 IN DWAAPARA, AS MIXED-COLOURED, AND WITH WHEEL, GUDGEL, AND OTHERS, BY MANTRAWAADA, BY RITUALS,

 IN KALIYUGA, AS BLACK, BY RECITAL OF HYMNS AND OTHERS

 STANZA 6


 THAT KALIYUGA IS NOW AT ITS PEAK, MY LORD,

 WHEN YOU ARE PLEASED BY PRAYERS, AND NO OTHER EFFORT AT ALL ITHA

 EVEN THOSE TOO BORN IN THRETHA, KRITHA AND OTHER YUGAS, WANT TO BE BORN IN KALIYUGA,

 AND PLEASE DONOT DECEIVE ME, WHO WAS LUCKY TO BE BORN AT THIS TIME

 STANZA 7


 IN KALIYUGA, THE DEVOTEES ARE THOSE WHO ARE MOSTLY BORN SOUTH OF THE VINDHAS

 AND EVEN THERE, IN THE AREA, BOUNDED BY THE RIVERS, KRITHAMALA, KAAVERI, AND THAMRAPARNI,

 AND DONOT CATCH ME BORN ACCIDENTALLY THERE,

 WITH THE BAIT OF WORLDLY PLEASURES, PLEASE

 STANZA 8


 PAREEKSHIT, SEEING KALI ATTACKING DHARMA, DREW HIS SWORD,

 BUT DID NOT KILL HIM, SEEING SOME GOOD EVEN IN HIM

 HIS MISCHIEFS WILL NOT SUCCEED, HE IS AFRAID OF YOU,

 PLEASE RESTRAIN HIM FROM STEALING HEALTH THROUGH DISEASES, MY LORD

 STANZA 9


 THE SAINTS HAVE SAID THAT THESE EIGHT THINGS, NAMELY GANGES, GEETHA, GAAYATHREE, EKAADASHI, RECITAL OF YOUR NAMES, THULASI, THE TURMERIC PASTE, AND SACRED SANDALWOOD, WILL ALL LEAD TO MOKSHA,

 AND MAKE ME PRACTISE THEM WITHOUT FAIL, My LORD

 STANZA 10


 WHOEVER TAKES REFUGE IN YOU, GIVING UP ALL STRESSFUL ACIVITIES,

 WILL NOT BE A BORROWER OR A SERVANT OF GODS AND ANCESTRAL SPIRITS,

 AND YOU ERADICATE WHATEVER WRONG

 ONE COMMITS, ENTERING, AND SITTING IN, HIS HEART

    

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