1) My eyes too weak to see Thy holy feet
My ears too deaf to hear Thy voice sweet
My smell too dull to sense Thy presence fine
My tongue too numb to chant Thy name divine.
2) My touch too inert to touch Thy sacred heart
My mind too ruffled with distractions fraught
My span of thought too short to soar and fly
To reach Thy heavenly realms too high.
3) Thou, boundless ocean of Love and Mercy !
Thy name enough to cross this turbulent sea
Of earthly troubles of egoistic illusion
And grant Thy beatific thrilling vision !
4) Ev'n beasts and birds have found Thy grace
Why can't my mind with intelligence trace
Thy cool benign presence within my heart
Like lovely sunbeams by red lotus caught.
5) With a language bestowed with meaningful sounds
Yet still I can't know Thee-- beyond my bounds !
I can't decode Thy mysterious thought and sense
With my intellect clouded with delusions dense.
6) Flitting like a bee from flower to flower
I ran after worldly wealth, joys and power
Not a moment I found to sit calm and quiet
To gaze upon Thy feet and feel really blest.
7) Trapped like a rat in momentary pleasures
I found scarce time for silent, serene leisure
To pray to Thee with tearful gratitude
Set me free from these temptations crude.
8) These vile passions, like vixen wait for chance to find
To pounce upon my fickle and tottering mind
My worldly knowledge no match to fight and decide
The righteous path and resist their raging pride.
9) My limping mind too weak to give a firm, strong hold
Thinking too long my woes become too manifold --
My wisdom is but a frail leaking ship ;
How can I come out of their crushing python-grip ?
10) Only Thy name to liberate me from this maze
No masterly guidance to brighten my dismal gaze
No yogic mysterious skills for me to dream
No more dallying with my musings, my Lord supreme !
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16th November, 2016 Somaseshu Gutala
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