Tuesday, September 19, 2000

Garden: More than all else...


More than all else do I cherish at heart that love which makes me to live a limitless life in this world. It is like the lotus, which lives in the water and blooms in the water: yet the water cannot touch its petals, they open beyond its reach.

Next: This is the end of a path, but not the end of the garden. Return to the beginning: would you like to follow the FLUTE again, or answer the call of the VEENA?


[Source: RT 24 (partial); 2.48. jis se rahani apâr jagat men]

lotus. The Sanskrit padma, or lotus, is associated with Vishnu, Brahma, Saraswati, and others.

Here is the full poem:

II. 48. jis se rahani apâr jagat men

  More than all else do I cherish at heart that love which makes me
    to live a limitless life in this world.
  It is like the lotus, which lives in the water and blooms in the
    water: yet the water cannot touch its petals, they open beyond
    its reach.
  It is like a wife, who enters the fire at the bidding of love.
    She burns and lets others grieve, yet never dishonours love.
  This ocean of the world is hard to cross: its waters are very
    deep. Kabîr says: "Listen to me, O Sadhu! few there are who
    have reached its end."

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