TN the hour of my birth why was there a good omen seen ? Now you withdraw and hide yourself. 1 never asked for this gift of speech, a thing dry, fruitless and external. What is mere prolixity apart from truth ? Speech should be such as to attain its purpose ; all else is chaff. Tuka says, Who is it you are tormenting in this way ? You da not consider this, O Panduranga !