From time immemorial there lives a deadliest dragon within ‘me’.

The five senses are its five heads; Endless desire its body;

Seething and surging mind its heart; Illusionary ‘I’ is its spirit.

 

Never quenchable hunger, the venomous creature suffers from.

It devours sight, sound, fragrance, food and feelings for ever.

It gulps knowledge, but its burning ignorance extinguishes not.

The toxic dragon not only poisons ‘me’ but also ‘my surroundings’.

Randomly it surfaces to sting others by lust, anger and greed.

 

‘My little soul’ caught in its clutches, wriggles as a tethered bird.

The more the trial to get released the stronger the dragon becomes.

Knowing not how to redeem ‘myself’, I call out Your Divine Names!

 

Come! Take any form that threatens the cruel creature.

Let Your impressive Feet dance on the hoods of this spiteful dragon.

 

Come! Take all kinds of celestial weapons.

Take a sword; Cut the ‘tongue – head’ in a swift, since it slandered many a times.

Take an arrow; Pierce the ‘ear-head’ in a jiffy, since it helped others to slander.

Take a spear; Smash the ‘nose-head’ in a sec, since it breaths only for the ‘I’.

Take a disc; Slice the ‘eye-head’ in a tick, since it casts an evil watch at times.

Let Your mighty Hand nip the ‘skin-head’, since it hides the ugly dragon beneath.

Let Your tender but dominant Foot stamp the ‘mind’ since it proves always itself.

 

Come! Take the most ferocious form.

Let Your single touch demolish the charges of deadly dragon.

Let the ever conversational mind be dissolved into ceaseless silence.

 

Come! Then, take the most affectionate form.

 Have Mercy! Shed Your Love-Showering Eyes on ‘this’.

 

Merge this little soul with your formless FORM.

Help me to vanish into ever expanding SPACE.

Make the infinite TIME swallow this tiny life span.

 

Bestow Peace and Bliss.

 ~Raman Savithiri~

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