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To quench the ocean's

Thirst, adequate water cannot be found on earth;

To warm the fire

From where will the heat be found ?                                     …107

All articles needed for the worship

Are filled with your essence;

from the beginning, they are part of you,

Oh, SHREESAMARTHA GURURAYA !                                       …108

All my talk is a philosophical statement,

for I have not experienced its truth.

I have spoken with out experience,

A meangingless maze of words.                                            …109

If ritualistic worship

Of you, is to be performed by me,

To do that I have no wherewithals,

My SAMARATHA GURURAYA !                                                …110

Mostly, with the help of my imagination only

Will I worship  you.

That worship itself, oh compassionate one,

Do accept from this slave.                                                     …111

Now with my tears

I bathe your feet;

The sandalwood of true devotion

I make into paste and apply.                                                 …112

The long tunic ("KAFNI") of these orramental  words

I place on you, sincerely ;

This garland of adoration,

I place round your neck.                                                        …113

The incense of vileness

I burn before you, truly ;

Through it is of impure composition

Even then, there will be no foul-odour  from it.                    …114

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