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The slothful

by Civivakkiyar
(9th Century) Timeline

English version by
Kamil V. Zvelebil

Original Language
Tamil
Yoga / Hindu : Shaivite (Shiva)
9th Century

The slothful
     sluggards
     say: He is far, far, far
     away!
But the Supreme It
is spread everywhere
on Earth and in Heavens.
O you poor dumb ones,
running
stunned and suffering
through towns and fields and forests
in Search!
He is right there
within you!
Stand still
and feel Him,
feel!

 

 

-- from The Poets of the Powers: Freedom, Magic, and Renewal, Translated by Kamil V. Zvelebil

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Themes

  Pain and Wounding
  Sky
 
 
 


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