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asmin akinchanavihangaśiśau
dravināmbudhārām dadyāt,
may there be a dounpour of gold on this (flledgeling
parched in penury.
The thirsty Chataka birds would eagarly await
rain drops to moisten their parched thoats and the
kindly clouds sweetly murmur assent and pour their
showers in compassion being magnanimous by nature,
being of the noble lineage of Pushkala and Avarta :
trishakulais chatakapakshiņām kulaiḥ prayāchitās toya-
bharavalambinaḥ, prayanti mandam navavāridhāriņo
balahakās śrotramanoharasvanaḥ, Ritusamhāra, 2, 3.
Nīlakaṇṭha Dikshita clearly shows how if water were
withheld by the cloud everyone would perish; tvayyud-
grihnati vāri vārida jana naśyantyavasyam kshaṇāt,
Anyapadeśaśataka, 68, and shows how without the least
trace of a desire for any return, or even waiting for
a supplication from any, the cloud drenches the world
with its cool showers and helps people to live happily:
astapratyupakāragandhām akṛitasvaprārthanāpeksham ap-
yambobhir bhuvam ärdrayanti jalada jivantyato jantavāḥ,
Anyapadeśaśataka, 7. In the same manner Śrī as a
mother, expecting no return but purely by her
compassion, avyājakaruṇā, showers her grace and
nourishes the world. There are certain holies that
achieve what other holies cannot. Ishta is performance
of sacrifices and other ritual to win heaven. Purta
is performance of social service to humanity in the
form of planting trees for shade, digging wells and
tanks for thirssy travellers, creating sheltering abodes to
help homeless folk and so forth which also win heaven.
The compassionate look of Śrī assures heaven without
the performance of any of these, just as a holy plunge
in the waters of the confluence of Ganga and Yamunā
asmin akinchanavihangaśiśau
dravināmbudhārām dadyāt,
may there be a dounpour of gold on this (flledgeling
parched in penury.
The thirsty Chataka birds would eagarly await
rain drops to moisten their parched thoats and the
kindly clouds sweetly murmur assent and pour their
showers in compassion being magnanimous by nature,
being of the noble lineage of Pushkala and Avarta :
trishakulais chatakapakshiņām kulaiḥ prayāchitās toya-
bharavalambinaḥ, prayanti mandam navavāridhāriņo
balahakās śrotramanoharasvanaḥ, Ritusamhāra, 2, 3.
Nīlakaṇṭha Dikshita clearly shows how if water were
withheld by the cloud everyone would perish; tvayyud-
grihnati vāri vārida jana naśyantyavasyam kshaṇāt,
Anyapadeśaśataka, 68, and shows how without the least
trace of a desire for any return, or even waiting for
a supplication from any, the cloud drenches the world
with its cool showers and helps people to live happily:
astapratyupakāragandhām akṛitasvaprārthanāpeksham ap-
yambobhir bhuvam ärdrayanti jalada jivantyato jantavāḥ,
Anyapadeśaśataka, 7. In the same manner Śrī as a
mother, expecting no return but purely by her
compassion, avyājakaruṇā, showers her grace and
nourishes the world. There are certain holies that
achieve what other holies cannot. Ishta is performance
of sacrifices and other ritual to win heaven. Purta
is performance of social service to humanity in the
form of planting trees for shade, digging wells and
tanks for thirssy travellers, creating sheltering abodes to
help homeless folk and so forth which also win heaven.
The compassionate look of Śrī assures heaven without
the performance of any of these, just as a holy plunge
in the waters of the confluence of Ganga and Yamunā