SONGS OF THE SOUL
That binds the atoms close,
The long-passed guardian spirits all,
The demi-goblins, gods, and demons tall,
Mighty ones in Spirit’s path,
In wonder all behold Thy blazoned worth.
Colossal arms, Thy countless cheeks,
Thy starry eyes, Thy endless hands, and legs
adorned
With lotus feet, Thy chasmed mouth, with
doomsday’s teeth
Doth yawn to swallow swooning worlds around,
And leaves a distilled joyous awe in me.
Thy grandeur I and all are wonder-struck to see;
The bowels of the void deep are filled with Thee
Thy diverse hues and gaping mouths and lustre-
smeared body,
O [1]Vishnu of the flaming sight,
Directions lost, Thou now awest me, my peace
dost fright.
Ferocious teeth and deadly fire do howl
In mouths of Thine which at me scowl.
The long-passed guardian spirits all,
The demi-goblins, gods, and demons tall,
Mighty ones in Spirit’s path,
In wonder all behold Thy blazoned worth.
Colossal arms, Thy countless cheeks,
Thy starry eyes, Thy endless hands, and legs
adorned
With lotus feet, Thy chasmed mouth, with
doomsday’s teeth
Doth yawn to swallow swooning worlds around,
And leaves a distilled joyous awe in me.
Thy grandeur I and all are wonder-struck to see;
The bowels of the void deep are filled with Thee
Thy diverse hues and gaping mouths and lustre-
smeared body,
O [1]Vishnu of the flaming sight,
Directions lost, Thou now awest me, my peace
dost fright.
Ferocious teeth and deadly fire do howl
In mouths of Thine which at me scowl.
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- ↑ The principle of preservation.
