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M.K. Krishnaswamy • January 15, 2003 


Dear Devotees,

Happy Sankaranti, happy Pongal to you all.

I would like to share the following which I sent first to Shri Sandeep Iyengar
who wrote an excellent prayer song that is a garland of flowers plucked 
from the garden of our puranas/mythological tales. I am sure we have
many more such poets in our group.

Dasan,
M.K. Krishnaswamy

 "M.K Krishnaswamy"  wrote: 
Dear Sri Sandeep,
That was really great and impressive, your recent posting in the Bhakti-List.
I was motivated to add a few more "Will you be"s and am attaching the piece that I built on your writing for my personal use. The credit is all yours only.
Dasan, Krishnaswamy
  PRAYER from A SOUL IN DISTRESS
  Will you be -
  my Sanjaya in vision
  if I were to be a blind Dhritharashtra
  and let me see the world through you?

  my Krishna in knowing (Gnyana)
  if I were to be an Arjuna in battle
  and help me see the purpose of my life ?

  my Krishna in friendship
  if I were to be Sudhama in poverty;
  and never let prosperity affect our closeness ?

  my Krishna in dire need
  if I were to be a Draupadi
  abandoned by my kith and kin
  and save my honor and virtue?

  my Lord Vishnu  when I am in deep trouble
  if I were to be a Gajendra in the grip of
  the vicious grip of the crocodile of my senses,
  and come rushing to grant me release (moksham)?

  my Duryodhana in support
  if I were to be a Karna in distress;
  and not judge me by my orphan status?

  my Hanuman in valor
  if I were to be a Lakshmana dying
  and move mountains to save my life ?

  my Rama in magnanimity
  if I were to be a Vibheeshana in need of refuge;
  and give me shelter without question?

  my Rama in removing the wounds of curses
  if I were an Ahalya turned to stone
  and grant me deliverance
  by the mere touch of your sacred feet?

  my friend, philosopher and guide,
  And help me see
  the God in me
  and God in all beings?

  my God in this my Life
  In thought, word and deed of mine
  And grant me wisdom supreme
  To cross the ocean of Samsara.




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