Indian Antiquary Vol 51

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[ FEBRUARY, 1922
2. If I say 'I believe Thee,' if I say 'I love Thee,' if I say 'I offer myself to Thee,' Thou wilt first shake my body; Thou wilt shake my wealth ; Thou wilt shake my mind, and so examine me. If I fear not, our Kudalasa igama Deva will then tremble at my faith.
3. Do not expect, because God is good, that you will get only good from Him. Is one that torments you fearfully good? Is one that makes you cry and laugh good ? But if you work as a slave without being alarmed and frightened, Kudalasangama Deva will surely offer Himself to you.
C. Be Fearless. 1. I will not lose courage, how much so ever it may cost me. Even though my bones protrude, my blood-vessels be torn, and my bowels drop out, I will not lose courage. Even though my head be torn off and my trunk falls to the ground, still my tongue shall say, "O Kudalasangama, I submit myself to Thee, I submit myself to Thee."
2. Look at his house : it is the house of & poor man. Look at his mind : it is great. He is pure in his touch, and courageous in all his limbs. He has nothing for his necessities ; yet he has everything when the need arises. The servants of Kudalasaigama Deva are independent and courageous.
3. One that runs away is not a soldier, and one that begs is not a devotee. Hence. I will not ran, nor will I beg, O Kudalasangama Deva.
4. I am not a soldier who is all hollow within. I am a soldier who is watching for Thy time. I am not a soldier who would break and fly. For hear, O Kudalasangama Deva, to me death itself is the great festival of Maha Navami!
D. There is One God. 1. Thou art the only Lord and Thou art eternal: this is Thy title. I proclaim it so that the whole world may know. There is no word beyond the Almighty God, the Almighty Gol. Pasupati is the only God in the whole universe. In all the heavenly world, the mortal world and the nether world, there is only one God, o Kudalasangama Deva.
2. I did not see those so-called gods alive, when the four yugas and the eighteen cyclas of those yugas ware being destroyed; nor do I see them now. I did not see them, when all was burning ; nor do I see them now. Neither that day nor this day, do I see those gods, exoept Kudalasangama Deya.
3. There are some gods that always watch by the doors of the houses of men. They do not depart, although told to depart. They are worse than dogs, these same gods. There are some gods that live by begging from men. What can they give ? But our Kudalasangama Deva will give you whatever you ask.
4. How can I say that the god that, filled with lac, melts down, or the god that being touched with fire, twists itself, is equal to Him? How can I say that the God that is sold, when the time oomes, is equal to Him? How can I say that the god that is buried, when there is fear, is equal to Him! Kudalasangama Deva is the only one God whose state is natural, who is in union with truth, eternal, pure and chaste.
5. O think : there is only one husband to a wife that loves. So there is only one God to the devotee that believes. Oh, do not seek the company of other gods. To speak of other gods is adultery. If Kudalasangama Deva sees it, He will cut your nose.
E. God is Universal. 1. Ah, wherever I look, there Thou art, O God! Thou Thyself art one with . universal oye. Thou Thyself art one with a universal mouth. Thou Thyself art one with aniversal arms. Thou Thyself art one with universal feet, O Kudalasangama Dova.