Protector of orphans

(3406) Jar ar keu nai

Those who have nobody else,
You are theirs.^[1]
Who sing unaccompanied and helpless,
Hearing them You've remained.

The ones who come with others on the journey,
Each and every mental state has its own speed.
But those who move on the path only to gain Thee,
To them You've kept providing all luster and pace.

You're the orphan's guardian, life of the earth;
Amid the small and gargantuan, You are superb.
For everybody's sake is Your unearned allure;
By that pull, grip on the world You've retained. 

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Ever am I vanquished

(3405) Prabhu tomar manera katha

Lord, Your inner thought,
It is known not, fathomed not.
So deep are You, underworld touched;
Thus, to grant hold You want it not?

What little scholarship and intellect I garner,
I search for You, only by that power.
The little I understand through a meager knowledge,
Inside of that my depth I find it not.

In search of Source I lose myself;
By thinking get I lost, seeking the End.
Upon the path of movement, what I can inspect,
Time-borne is that, endures it not. 

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Ever a mystery

(3404) Ei jalajhara varasa rate

On this same monsoon night, the rain dropping,
With a gloomy darkness and sleet,
In what form did You come, I cannot conceive;
Is this to beguile me?

Liila, when and how You go on making,
I seek reason, logic, the mind but to mislead.
Finally, finding nothing, buoyant do I want to be
On Your kind compassion-stream.

Of You there's no start, middle, or conclusion–
Immense and boundless, not two opposite shores.
At end, the quintessence of intellect and intuition:
All that is or isn't, become one, goes to Thee. 

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He came, He saw, He left His songs

(3403) Dur videsher kanakacanpa

The frangipani of another land, far away,
It had inundated life.
With bright glow on a wind sweet,
Floating in, it's song had arrived.

Light of glee on its cheeks,
In it there's no evil, only weal.
Uninvited, it had come one fine morning;
Having forgotten its any wounded pride.

At late afternoon, silently it dropped on me.
To unknown place it withdrew stealthily.
Left behind was its song with rhythm and melody;
Begun was its new enterprise. 

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At the party of life

(3402) Tomare dekhechi jabe jiivaner utsave

When I've noticed You at life's festivity,
Upon a stream of light You were laughing.
In a garden blossoming, neath canopy of malatii,
Slowly-slowly You were floating with exquisite beauty.

Amid this restive world You had appeared;
Like ankle-bells jingling, You had heard weeping.
At only that sound, with dispersion sweet,
You had brought vitality to those foolish and worldly.

I've no count of days, there's no periphery of time;
An estimate of Your complete expression I don't find.
Sweetly smiling on an easy seat, with mind musing about weal,
You'd created a multicolored liila, amazing! 

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Floating on the wind

(3401) Cetana keyur mor manera mayur

An ornament of cognition, my mental peacock,
Dancing, he races in just Your direction, Love.
Even though unfamiliar, strange even when known,
His inmost secrets he tells, song after song.

You alone are every heart-heaven's gem;
Of all jewels I consider You the best.
And so in thought-splendor, there is not Your likeness;
Shattering pride, You continue piercing everyone.

All pay heed to the tales of Your compassion;
Your generosity's ballads the world is aware of.
Greater than everyone, hence Your equal non-existent,
Omni-interlaced, You're in everybody's heart. 

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Extraordinary

(3400) Alokotsave esecho

With a festival of light You've come;
Onto lap You've raised a drained population.
Beyond reach of intellect, by wisdom's kindly decree,
You have lavished affection.

Hey Sovereign, such is Your compassion, incomprehensible;
From multitude just one... You achieved the impossible.
Hope You have infused by letting it be done.

Toward You all are gazing with scrutiny unblinking;
Human, bird, and beast, each minute they are counting.
You have gone ahead, taking love without speaking,
From a bejeweled lamp You've conferred splendor. 

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