Garden: Clouds thicken...

Clouds thicken in the sky! O, listen to the deep voice of their ROARING; the RAIN comes from the east with its monotonous MURMUR. Take care of the fences and boundaries of your fields, lest the rains overflow them; prepare the soil of deliverance, and let the creepers of love and renunciation be soaked in this shower.

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Where to next: the ROARING or the RAIN, or perhaps the MURMUR?

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[Source: RT 87 (partial); 1.71. gagan ghatâ ghaharânî, sâdho]

renunciation. This refers to the life stage known as sannyasa, the final stage of the four stages of life known as ashramas.

Here is the full poem:

LXXXVII

I. 71. gagan ghatâ ghaharânî, sâdho

  Clouds thicken in the sky! O, listen to the deep voice of their

    roaring;

  The rain comes from the east with its monotonous murmur.

  Take care of the fences and boundaries of your fields, lest the

    rains overflow them;

  Prepare the soil of deliverance, and let the creepers of love and

    renunciation be soaked in this shower.

  It is the prudent farmer who will bring his harvest home; he

    shall fill both his vessels, and feed both the wise men and the

    saints.