THE GAYAN
ALANKARAS
(Alankara: The fanciful
expression of an idea.)
CS-0018 -
Indifference! My most intimate
friend, I am sorry I have always to act against thee as thy opponent.
CS-0019 -
My modesty! Thou art the veil
over my vanity.
CS-0020 -
My humility! Thou art the very
essence of my vanity.
CS-0021 -
Vanity! Both saint and sinner
drink from thy cup.
CS-0022 -
Vanity! Thou art the fountain
of wine on the earth, where cometh the King of Heaven to drink.
CS-0023 -
Peacock! Is it not thy vanity
that causeth thee to dance?
CS-0024 -
My bare feet! Step gently on
life's path, lest the thorns lying on the way should murmur at being trampled
upon by you.
CS-0025 -
My ideal! I imagine at moments
that we are playing see-saw; when I rise up, thou goest down below my feet;
and when I go down, thou risest above my head.
CS-0026 -
My self-dependence! Thou makest
me poor but at the same time rich.
CS-0027 -
My beloved ideal! When I was
looking for thee on the earth, wert thou not laughing at me in heaven?
CS-0028 -
My feeling heart! I so often
wish thou wert made of stone.
CS-0029 -
My limitation! Thou art as
a mote in the eye of my soul.
CS-0030 -
Money! Thou art a bliss and
a curse at the same time. Thou turnest friends into foes and foes into
friends. Thou takest away anxiety in life and at the same time givest it.
CS-0031 -
Waves: We are Upsaras of the
ocean. When the wind plays music we dance; earth's treasure is not of our
seeking; our reward is Indra's one glance.
CS-0032 -
Time! I have never seen thee,
but I have heard thy steps.
CS-0033 -
Time! In my sorrow thou creepest;
in my joy thou runnest; in the hours of my patient waiting thou standest
still.
CS-0034 - CM-
Time! Thou art the ocean, and
every movement of life is thy wave.
CS-0035 - CM-
Sky! Thou art a sea whereon
the boat of my imagination sails.
CS-0036 - CM-0001
My thoughtful self! Reproach
no one, hold a grudge against no one, bear malice against no one; be wise,
tolerant, considerate, polite and kind to all.
CS-0037 - CM-
My independence! How many sacrifices
I have made for thee, and yet thou art never satisfied.
CS-0038 - CM-
My simple trust! How often
thou has disappointed me, yet I still go on following thee with closed
eyes.
CS-0039 - CM-
My moods, what are you?--We
are the waves rising in your heart.
CS-0040 - CM-
My emotion, where do you come
from?--From the everflowing spring of your heart.
CS-0041 - CM-
My imagination, what are you?--I
am the stream that feeds the fountain of your mind. |