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We are pious, we are pious, they cry !
I am shocked to see Oh! Guheshvara !
The self-styled devotees worship the Linga
Without clearing the taint
Of the earth and water,
Of fire, air and sky,
Of sun and moon
And self.
-- Allama Prabhu 1
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22. |
«When Grace strikes,
A clod of earth is turned to a pile of gold.
The common stone is charged with alchemy;
When Grace strikes
The Fortune that for years and years I sought,
Look, now flashes in my sight;
There, in a temple buried in earth,
I have seen a Gem,
And cast my past behind me,
Forever, oh, Guheshwara! » 1
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| 23. |
«The creeper I sought so long.
Is now about my leg entwined.
The longing of my heart is now
Within my grasp.
Like a poor man stumbling upon a trove,
With a seeker's tireless steps I have come.
And seen the Inconceivable;
And beheld the sweep of my consciousness;
My whole being, within and without,
Bathed in supernal splendour,
I have gazed at the Source of all light;
I have seen my Supreme Master
With his gaze of unfathomable wonder
Concentrating upon the emblem on his palm.
And having seen, I have been saved,
Oh! Guheshwara. » 1
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24. |
"Strike not Thy arrow, Oh! Cupid
Thou art stupid.
Canst thou burn me
Already burnt by the pangs
Of separation from Guheshwara." 1
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| 25. |
"Oh! Guheshwaralinga, by removing
All the contents of the unconscious,
You emptied me into the superconscious.
Where is the cuckoo, and where the mango tree?
And yet they meet.
Where is the myrobalan, child of the hills,
And where the sea-bred salt?
And yet they meet;
Even so have we met, you and I
Guheshwaralinga." 1
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26. |
Oh! Guheshwara
The Great one
Whose gait is without feet
Whose touch is without hands
Whose taste is without tongue
Who begs with a bowl of love
For the Supreme." 1
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| 27. |
"To Him who, ascending the mountain of the triple abode
With His breath pulsing upward from the still base,
Penetrates the plantain grove of the flesh;
To the Glorious one who moves about
Where here and hereafter are one,
Farther than where is the light of the Absolute
Beyond understanding and beyond change,
The consummation of the Ultimate Knowledge;
Oh! Guheshwara,
To Him, the Glorious One who has realized Thy reality,
I say, Hail!. Oh! Hail!!" 1
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28. |
"To suffer woes which hope thinks infinite
To forgive the wrongs which are darker than death or night.
To defy power which seems omnipotent
To love and bear,
To hope till hope creates from its own wreck
The thing it contemplates."
1
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| 29. |
" Fling not Oh Cupid, fling not thy arrow!
How canst thou burn me
Who is already burnt
By the pangs of separation from Guheshwar".
1
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30. |
"Son of man,
Thou hast crowned thy life
with flowers
That are scentless,
Oh thou golden image
Miniature of bliss
Speaking sweetly, speaking meetly,
Every word deserves a kiss."
1
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