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5. Oh Lord of the Saints! I though, so feeble as the
one described above, shall still sing your praise, as I am full of devotion. Does not a feeble deer, unable to protect its young ones fight even a lion, not thinking about its own strength out of sheer intense devotion and affection.
6. Learned scholars ridicule my attempt at singing
your praise, considering me ignorant, but the intensity of my devotion gives me that strength to challenge them. Do not Cuckoos burst with songs in Summer, only out of devotion for the billion-buds on the trees.
7. Oh Lord, just as by the rays of the sun, pitch
darkness of night like that on the back of the bee spread over the universe is instantly destroyed.
So are all sins accumulated over ages in past births instantly destroyed by sincerely repentant prayer offered at your feet.
8. Keeping unwavering faith Oh Lord! inspired by
your contact, I have started composing this song to please me as a drop of water by contact on the lotus-leaf assuming brilliance of a pearl becomes fascinating to the mind of any one. You are the essence of all that is bliss, love and peace and therefore you are the jewel that adorns the three worlds. There is nothing else that equals you either in the form or shape.
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