Who are you? <br />Or who am I? <br />Who’s my mother? <br />Or who’s my father? <br /> <br />Where do I come from? <br />In this world a fruitless dream, <br />Give up your wants material, <br />And go in the path spiritual. <br /> <br />Disciple Medhaatithira sang: <br /> <br />In everything, in me, in you <br />Lives none but the same Vishnu, <br />Your anger or impatience <br />Is, therefore, meaningless. <br /> <br />If you really wish to attain <br />The spirit of Vishnu soon <br />Think alike every creation <br />That has God’s sanction. <br /> <br />Medhaatithira sang again: <br /> <br />All efforts, why you waste <br />To win the love or hate <br />Of friends or foes, <br />Of children or relatives. <br /> <br />See them all as one. <br />Duality remains not then. <br />Thus you’ll really win. <br />Everything under the sun. <br /> <br />Disciple Bharativamsha sang: <br /> <br />Give up your lust or anger. <br />Greed or infatuation will no longer <br />Keep you happy anywhere, <br />They’re not your real nature. <br /> <br />Fools are they who’re blind <br />To the Self, and are left behind <br />To lead a life aimlessly, <br />And suffer in hell endlessly. <br /> <br />Disciple Sumatira sang: <br /> <br />Recite from Gita regularly <br />Meditate on Vishnu sincerely. <br />Chant His thousand glories. <br />Keep in mind His qualities. <br /> <br />Be happy in the company <br />Of the noble and the holy, <br />And distribute to the needy <br />Your wealth in charity.<br /><br />Rajaram Ramachandran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/adi-sankara-29-chant-the-name-of-govinda-6/
