राम
Abhanga 917The Saints

Their Character

English Translation · I.P. 917

WHEREVER 1 may go, my destiny will not be changed; that supreme gain 1 shall only procure in the company of the saints. If I had had perfect merits to help me, no source of disunion could have arisen. I need neither fortune, wealth, child, nor wife; the best thing is to dwell close to the saints’ feet. Tuka says, Give me this for a freehold inheritance; let me sacriiice my life to win the company of the saints.

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

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The Saints

The character and service of true saints: softer than butter, harder than diamond.

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