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Mahapuraanam
People only say "This is the grace of the Guru." But we, who have experienced the taste of your grace, have attained prosperity through your grace. ||101||
We, who are devoted to bowing down to you, who desire your grace, and who are your servants, do not desire to worship anyone else. ||102||
In this situation, Bharat desires to bow down to us. What is the reason for this? Is it pride or envy? ||103||
O God, our heads, which are intoxicated with the joy of bowing down to you, will never find satisfaction in bowing down to anyone else. ||104||
Does the royal swan, who has been served by the pollen-filled water of the Manasarovar, serve the water of any other lake? ||105||
Does the bumblebee, who is satisfied with the fragrance of the flowers in the hair of the apsaras, go to the forest of the Tumbi even at the end of his life? ||106||
Or, does the Chatak, who has drunk the pure water of the sky, which is like pearls falling from the clouds, desire to drink the water of a drying lake even when thirsty? ||107||
Thus, we, whose foreheads are stained with the pollen of your lotus feet, are not capable of bowing down to any other beings, whether they are gods or humans, in this world or the next. ||108||
We have come to you to receive the initiation of a warrior, which is free from bowing down to others and is free from fear. ||109||
Therefore, O God, tell us the path that is beneficial and auspicious for us, so that our devotion to you may be firm in this world and the next. ||110||
O God, may we attain your position, which is free from the fear of losing respect due to bowing down to others, in every birth. ||111||
Those who are free from the fear of being despised due to the loss of respect, who are yogis, live happily in the forests with the Hari. ||112||
They do not want to worship. ||100||
In this world, people only say "This is the grace of the father," but we, who have experienced the taste of your grace, have attained prosperity through your grace. ||101||
We, who are devoted to bowing down to you, who desire your grace, and who are your servants, do not desire to worship anyone else. ||102||
In this situation, Bharat desires to bow down to us. What is the reason for this? Is it pride or envy? ||103||
O God, our heads, which are intoxicated with the joy of bowing down to you, will never find satisfaction in bowing down to anyone else. ||104||
Does the royal swan, who has been served by the pollen-filled water of the Manasarovar, serve the water of any other lake? ||105||
Does the bumblebee, who is satisfied with the fragrance of the flowers in the hair of the apsaras, go to the forest of the Tumbi even at the end of his life? ||106||
Or, does the Chatak, who has drunk the pure water of the sky, which is like pearls falling from the clouds, desire to drink the water of a drying lake even when thirsty? ||107||
Thus, we, whose foreheads are stained with the pollen of your lotus feet, are not capable of bowing down to any other beings, whether they are gods or humans, in this world or the next. ||108||
We have come to you to receive the