Singular Devotion

By the grace of the One Universal Creator, the True Guru. The Tenth Sovereign. By Your grace. These are the Savaiyas.

I have searched among all the pure disciples, the perfected sages, the yogis, the celibates, the warriors, the gods, the demons, and the sants of many paths. I have traveled through all lands, but I found no one like the Master of life. Only by the grace of the Supreme Lord is there not a single particle without another particle of Him.

Even with intoxicated elephants adorned with gold, beautiful tall horses leaping like deer, swift as the wind, and countless kings of mighty arms who make others bow their heads—what matters if there are so many monarchs? In the end, they all depart barefoot.

Even if a king conquers all directions with the beat of drums, the roar of elegant elephants, and the neighing of thousands of horses, and even if he is unmatched among the rules of the past, present, and future—without meditating on the Master of Laksmi, the Supreme Lord, in the end he departs to the ultimate dwelling.

Performing many pilgrimages, practicing compassion, self-control, charity, discipline, and numerous vows; studying the Vedas, Puránas, the Bible, and the Qurán; observing the earth and the heavens; subsisting on air; practicing strict celibacy and austery—after examining all these, with out devotion to the Supreme Lord, a king is not worth even a particle.

With pure and fierce soldiers, double-armed, with wepons and armor that terrify enemies, with great pride in their minds as immovable as mountains with wings—they will crush the arrogant foes and destroy the pride of intoxicated elephants. But with out the grace of the Master of Laksmi, the Supreme Lord, they ultimately abandon the world and depart.

Boundless heroes, great champions who devour the essential with out reflection, they break kingdoms, crush the pride of intoxicated elephants, and destroy strong fortresses with mere words. The Master, the Supreme Lord, the Head of all, bestows many gifts upon the humble seeker.

Demons, gods, serpents, night-wanderers, and beings of the past, present, and future—all will m Editate. All living creatures in water and on land will be established in an instant. The radiance of virtue will increase, and the masses of sin will be consumed. The comm unity of saints will roam in joy, and all enemies will be crushed upon seeing them.

Even if humans, Indra, kings of elephants, or rulers of the three worlds reign, perform millions of ritual baths, give away elephants and other gifts, and arrange many weddings—even Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu, and Indra ultimately get caught in the noose of death. But those who are devoted to the feet of the Supreme Lord will never again take birth.

What is gained by closing both eyes and sitting in meditation like a crane? You wander to bathe in the seven seas, but lose both this world and the next. You live in the company of evil and waste your life like this. I speak the truth, listen everyone: only those who have loved have found God.

Some worship stones and place them on their heads, some wear lingams around their necks, some see the Lord in the eastern direction, some bow their heads to the west, some worship idols, some worship the dead. The whole world is entangled in false rituals; no one has realized the mystery of the Supreme Lord.