SPEAK  OUT, MIND

 

 

          Speak the truth, O Mind!

                      and tell me straight;

          Is supreme joy to be found

                      in worldly wealth

          or in rendering service

                      to Lord Rama?

 

                                              Is taste to be found

                                                          in curd, butter and milk,

                                                                    or in meditating upon

                                                                                and singing the praise

                                                                    of Dasaratha’s son?

 

                                Is supreme joy to be found

                                            in immersing yourself

                                in the holy Ganges

                                            of sense-control and serenity,

                                or in wallowing in the mire

                                            of worldly pleasures?

 

                                              Is supreme joy to be found

                                                          in extolling humans

                                                                    bound by Ego

                                                                                or in chanting the glory

                                                                    of the Deity

                                                          who is worshipped

                                                                    by the simple-hearted

                                                                                Thiagarajan?

 

 

 

[Telugu Kirtan by  Sant THIAGARAJA of Tiruvaiyaru (1767 - 1847)  rendered into English by Sage TGN]

 

 

 

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