GOSPEL OF RAMAKRISHNA
3. There are evil desires, there are those which point to us the path leading to worldliness; Oh! Do not let them come near us! Let the eye of wisdom that leads Godward keep watch, and guard us from evil.
The Bhagavan then sang another song in which He placed Himself in the position of the weary and heavy-laden men of the world, bend- ing under the weight of their trials and suffer- ings:
Song
The Mother and Her Weary Children
1. O Mother! Thou art made of Bliss Ever- lasting, why then is it denied unto me?
2. My soul, O Good Mother, knows not any- thing but the Lotus of Thy Hallowed Feet. Why then does the Ruler of Death, the King of Justice, find fault with me? Tell me what answer to make to that dreaded King.
3. It was my heart's wish, O Mother, to repeat Thy Sacred Name and cross the ocean of death. Not even in my dream had I the least idea that I should be drowned by Thee in the shoreless ocean.
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