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As long as the miseries of living beings increase,
being difficult to remove, so long indeed flows thy
mercy on those whose minds are rapt in meditation
of the vehicle of the Perfectly Wise.
7
Upon one thus crying with raised hands for succour,
through pretext of uttering a hymn in thy praise,
even an outsider would not think it proper to look
down with indifference, much less would one like
thee, O mother. Seeing the success of other suitors,
I am filled with desire to obtain from thee fulfilment
of my request for a desired boon, while I am great-
ly burning with an unbearable and ceaseless internal
fever which has been brought on by sorrow.
8
If I am a sinner whence increases this great devo-
tion of mine for thee? Thou alone forcibly removest
all sins by the fact of thy name being heard or uttered
or meditated upon. So tell me, O truth-telling one,
wherefore in my case thou shirkest thy task of remov-
ing sins? Say, does a doctor, who is very kind-hearted,
refuse treatment to a patient even though the latter be
sure to succumb?
9
Since it does not fall to my lot even for a moment
to worship thy lotus-like feet, for that reason espe-
cially let this humble, sorrow-laden, poetical composi-
tion of mine ensure fulfilment of my longings, seeing
that I am one carried away simultaneously or suc-
As long as the miseries of living beings increase,
being difficult to remove, so long indeed flows thy
mercy on those whose minds are rapt in meditation
of the vehicle of the Perfectly Wise.
7
Upon one thus crying with raised hands for succour,
through pretext of uttering a hymn in thy praise,
even an outsider would not think it proper to look
down with indifference, much less would one like
thee, O mother. Seeing the success of other suitors,
I am filled with desire to obtain from thee fulfilment
of my request for a desired boon, while I am great-
ly burning with an unbearable and ceaseless internal
fever which has been brought on by sorrow.
8
If I am a sinner whence increases this great devo-
tion of mine for thee? Thou alone forcibly removest
all sins by the fact of thy name being heard or uttered
or meditated upon. So tell me, O truth-telling one,
wherefore in my case thou shirkest thy task of remov-
ing sins? Say, does a doctor, who is very kind-hearted,
refuse treatment to a patient even though the latter be
sure to succumb?
9
Since it does not fall to my lot even for a moment
to worship thy lotus-like feet, for that reason espe-
cially let this humble, sorrow-laden, poetical composi-
tion of mine ensure fulfilment of my longings, seeing
that I am one carried away simultaneously or suc-