राम
Abhanga 758Devotion to Vitthal

Life under the Influence of Religion

English Translation · I.P. 758

IN faithful devotion is a mine of jewels; a deposit made by Brahma. A band of children follows their mother as a rope is drawn by a single thread. Whencesoever a king demands aught, it is brought before him; no man answers him nay. By the authority that service gives we can make our master our servant; you need spend nothing of your own. There lies ever a middle point between beginning and end, and there it looks well to have a high seat for a prince. Tuka has been suddenly exalted by faith, he is altogether become God in the world.

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

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Devotion to Vitthal

Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.

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