राम
Abhanga 724The Moral Ideal

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English Translation · I.P. 724

C ^OMK, brothers, let us first revere Vinayaka, J setting our heads at our teacher’s feet. My voice shall proclaim well pleased the praises of Hari-Hara. This is my vocation; as a servant of God rendering him service I claim to be above others. By watering places the path is made muddy; take, O mendicants, this lip water of mine, that is cooler, more limpid, than aught else that is cool or limpid. Enjoy, O ye fortunate, this wellfavoured nectar of love ! Conquer pride, if ye will beat down all sense of shame and honour. Emr brace the faith of Sambu, if ye will; display him, but display him thus. He will not allow destruction to find a place; if the blows of adversity fall, he will protect you. Keep your faith pure and true. Say “ Great is Hari-Hara ”; let your voice resound. Look on another’s wife as a mother, let not your mind be polluted with covetousness. Consider knowledge as a blade of grass; know that we can call such an one brave in his master’s service. Spend your strength in the service of others; it is a false action to spread false opinions. It is truth that will carry you over the stream of the world; I bid you be not idle here. Perform the due rites on every Monday, on each eleventh day, sing praises, offer worship, keep vigil in Hari’s name. There is merit infinite in song and dance. Again, you have been told that truly the world is not, is not. It is well to keep company with the saints; best of all is the treasure that consists in the service of praise. Walk along the good path; desire is an idle encumbrance. Tuka carries along this exalted yoke, from which depend the' active life and the life of repose. Before him lies a growing sweetness; he fills his pots of worship and joyfully sets on his pilgrimage as the servant of Kesava.

Tr. J. Nelson Fraser & K.B. Marathe (1909)

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The Moral Ideal

Purity, sincerity, truthfulness, humility, peacefulness, and service.

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