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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