1 BHAGABATI GITA Whereat the Vision smiled and spake again :- "Too daring thou hast sought to lift the veil, That screens the Mother of the Universe, From eye of devas,* asuras, † and men ; Yet art thou speechless at the sight of this Light virgin form of mine. How, then, shalt thou Endure my varied Self in terror clad? Cease, therefore, thy vain, profitless pursuit, And work thy work in life and work it well. If there's a boon thou cravest, ask it now." By this, I had recovered from my trance, And humbly made reply, with clasped hands : "Entranced, O Mother, have I been, but where Is he in heaven or earth can see, unmoved, Thy loveliness supernal? All the more I'll cleave to my resolve, since it has led A gracious Power, out of her grace benign To offer unto me a boon unasked. But oh forgive the doubt that fills my mind,- The doubt that thou, a seeming little child, Art ought else than a false, illusive fay; And if, in sooth, thou art the Virgin blest, Then deign to show thyself to me in some Familiar shape, that I may well believe.- This is the boon I crave." "" Scarce was this said, When the fair Vision vanished suddenly, Followed by storms, and lightnings, and loud claps Of thunder, and repeated earthquake shocks.
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