What have you gained <br />if you have not gained yourself, <br />yourself the immortal, <br />yourself the infinite ? <br /> <br />What have you gained <br />if you have never tasted in your life <br />the deep longing to be free, <br />the deep longing to be liberated? <br /> <br />The spirit of the saints of all the ages <br />whispers in my ears - <br /> <br />what have you gained <br />if you have never tasted <br />the joys of self-surrender? <br /> <br />If your heart has not longed <br />to make of you a flute <br />in the hands of Krishna, <br />master musician of the universe? <br /> <br />And if you have not been able <br />to sweeten all your miseries <br />with a touch of God? <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />(versified from a lecture in Evanston, US, in 1926)<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dasgupta-asks/
