15 Nov 2020
I dive deep into You, My Datta Ocean blue,
To be immersed in You, ever through ‘n through.
My only friend and companion is You.
I too want to be Your eternal friend true.
You are my only goal and home.
You are my only love and hope.
In Your love alone, is there eternal contentment.
The world or the self gives no entertainment.
Ever dynamic You are, working towards Your mission.
A soul made of energy, I too cannot remain in inaction.
Working for myself, I can not and care not.
Working for You too, I can not, but care a lot.
So, all my lives, I surrender to Thee.
Use me for whatever You please.
Your work proceeds with Your grace alone.
With my effort, I can’t even move a tiny stone.
Let me watch Your grace working all the way,
Applauding the masterstrokes in Your play.
I’ll just sign on the dotted line when told to,
Full of trust and love for My Datta Sadguru.
I need not seek others or jump in uncalled.
Patiently I wait in loving trust, until called.
I don’t want the work; I just want You.
The work’s but a pretext to be with You.
Without You, pointless is my existence.
Neither work nor life has any significance.
With You alone there is consummation.
All that matters is Your loving association.
My Datta and me, living in close communion;
The Master is this slave’s abiding companion.
O Three-Petaled Lotus with sweetness dripping!
This honey bee is circling around Thee, thirsting!
Datta is indebted to you as long as this creation exists;
For your support in theoretical knowledge and devotion,
For your sacrifice of service and sacrifice of fruit of work.
If you say that you are not doing divine service properly,
Hanumān too is correct in saying that He is the weakest monkey!
While burning Laṅkā, Hanumān said to the demons in Laṅkā that He was the weakest monkey among the army of monkeys present with Sugrīva, “Mattaḥ pratyavaraḥ kaścit nāsti sugrīva sannidhau (Sundara Kāṇḍam, Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam).
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