அருளுக்குக் குறைவில்லை
வேதாந்தம் சித்தாந்தம்
விளங்காத தத்துவம்
உருவாக்க முடியாத
உள்ளான ஒளியை
அருளான உன்வார்த்தை
ஒன்றாலே உள்ளத்தில்
நிறைவாக உருவாக்கி
நிலைபெறச் செய்தாய்
தவறாக வழிமாறித்
தடுமாறும் போது
தத்துவம் ஏதுமே
உதவாத போது
உன்னாவி ஒன்றாலே
உண்மையை விளக்கி
உன்னடி பின்செல்ல
உன்னருள் தந்தாய்
எதனாலே என்மீது
இத்தனைப்@ பரிவு
ஏதுதான் நீகண்டாய்
என்னிலே நிறைவு?
நோக்கினால் என்னில்
குறையன்றி வேறில்லை
ஆயினும் அவைநீக்க
அருளுக்கும் குறைவில்லை
English Translation
The inner light
Which cannot be produced
By Vedanta and other
Confusing Siddhantas
You created in its Fullness
And made it dwell in my heart
Only through your grace
And noble Words.
When we stumble in life
And go astray
Where philosophies
Won’t be any more use
Through your Spirit
Explaining the Truth
You gave your grace
To follow after you.
Why this much
Pity on me?
What did you find in me –
Any good quality?
If you look into me
There is nothing but shortcomings
Yet to remove them
There grace is not lacking.
Comments
When one goes astray, she might try to philosophize it by giving various excuses and reasons like, “No one is perfect, this is Kali age, it is my bad time, karma, sin, etc.” But a person who is conscious about her own shortcomings will never try to philosophize such acts. And this is common when I don’t know the Lord, as my worldview allowed such excuses easily without accepting personal responsibility quickly. But the first thing in our bhakti is to shed more light on our shortcoming than giving any other reason. The inner voice of the Holy Spirit which always warns us about any wrongdoing is a great asset for us in the Lord.
The ‘jyothi’ that I often heard from Hindus that dwells in our heart is the inner voice of the Holy Spirit silently whispering within us. “Don’t put out the Holy Spirit within you” (1 Thes. 5:19) is a serious warning given by Sevanand in this regard which we need to always keep in our mind. Though nothing can separate us from the Love of the Lord, yet by our own free will we can refuse to hear that ‘whisper’ of the Holy Spirit in our conscience, though God never withdraws His grace.