राम
Abhanga 924The Saints

Their Services to Men

English Translation · I.P. 924

THE sun, a lamp or a diamond shows visible objects; objects invisible are revealed by the saints. My powers are too feeble to describe their glory. Brahma and the rest do not truly know it. As sandal cools the fevered frame, so their company drives out the three qualities. Our parents cherished our bodies, but the saints drive away from us illusion, age and death. Sweet food drives away hunger, but the speech of the saints dispels the pain of birth. Tuka says, We should draw near them, though they summon us not, to approach their feet with faith. 92 & T HE pleasure which the saints feel reaches God; therefore, I serve them. What powers have I to describe this glory ? He who is void of form has assumed form and shape in them. I throw myself down in worship before them. Holy floods desire them continuously, to purify themselves. What to them are the eight miraculous powers worth ? He allows nothing to stand in their way. Tuka says, They are a jewel of glorious power; I will dwell close by their feet.

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

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