Poetic RenderingBlind me like one who cannot see beauty,deafen me like one who hears no gossip,mute me like one who utters no falsehood.Father, keep me untouched by worldly things,so that…

Poetic RenderingBurn away the darknessfrom this mind of mine,O Lordmelt me clean.Heat me again in Your crucible,refine me to the true measure of gold.Break me, beat me,purify every flaw withinuntil…

Poetic RenderingA true Bhakta must be testedjust as fine cloth is provedby the sharpness of a needle.And a Sharana living among saintsshould be like the fermented jowar brotha blend of…

Poetic RenderingA single pot of milk rests beneath the toddy palm.One person declares it milk, another insists it is liquor.This is the disease of a clouded gaze, O Kudalasangamacut through…

Poetic RenderingWhen I proclaim admiration for the divine,You test my devotion by shaking my spine.If I claim union with the divine's grace divine,You test my resolve, subjecting me to life's…

Poetic RenderingYou blessed the hunter who bound the bird,You listened to Arjuna’s word.You turned to ash the god of desire’s flame,Yet crowned Kannappa’s savage love with Your name. Their worship was…

Poetic RenderingHe who had treasures beyond measure,consorts in countless numbers,counselors filling halls like forests,sons and soldiers beyond the sands of the sea,guardians of heaven’s gates bound in his house,even the…

Poetic RenderingThe field was sown,the shoots rose green,the grain ripened,the harvest was gathered in.Sheaves were threshed,the chaff blown off by the wind,the grain measured and storeda year’s labour brought to…

Poetic RenderingIn the soft, fertile fieldeven the hidden weedtakes root, grows tall,and stands as if it belongs.So too, in the tilled soil of this heart,quiet faults sprout beneath the lushnessof…

Poetic RenderingThey call him bravebut let his enemies say so.They call him vowedlet his kin find peace in his promise.They call him devoutlet the Jangama rejoice in his presence.When words…