Arunachala Patikam - Ten Verses on Arunachala
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Arunachala Patikam - Ten Verses on Arunachala
1.
O Love in the shape of Arunachala! Now that by Thy Grace Thou hast claimed me, what will become of me unless Thou manifest Thyself to me, and I, yearning wistfully for Thee and harassed by the darkness of the world, am lost? (How) can the lotus blossom without the sight of the sun? Thou art the Sun of suns; Thou causest Grace to well up in abundance and pour forth as a stream!
2.
O Arunachala, Thou Form of Love Itself! I am loveless and do not think of Thee and melt with love for Thee like wax over the fire. But does it become Thee, once having claimed me, if instead of producing such love in me, Thou letst me now be lost? O bliss rising from Love! O Nectar springing in the heart of devotees! Heaven of my refuge! Thy pleasure is mine. It is also my joy, O Lord of my Life!
3.
Arunachala who art the Lord! Drawing me with the cords of Thy Grace, although I had not even dimly thought of Thee, Thou didst decide to kill me outright. How then did poor me offend Thee that Thou dost leave the task unfinished? Why dost Thou torment me thus, leaving me suspended between life and death? Fulfil Thy wish and long to survive me all alone, O Lord!
4.
What did it profit Thee to choose me out from all those living in the world, to rescue my poor self from falling into the dreary waste (of samsara) and hold me at They Feet? Lord of the Ocean of Mercy! Even to think of Thee puts me to shame. Arunachala, (long) mayst Thou live! I bow my head to Thee and bless Thee.[3]
5.
Lord! Thou didst bring me by stealth and all these days hast held me at Thy Feet. Lord! Thou hast made me (to stand) with hanging head (dumb), like an image when asked what is Thy nature! Deign to ease me in my weariness struggling like a deer that is caught in a net. Lord Arunachala! What can be Thy will? (Yet) who am I to comprehend thee?
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