Journey into Grace

In those countless moments of affliction
You craved those balmy hands of love
Straight out of thy pictured image
And wiped my heart’s
Unending tears

And now in the sanctuary
Of my tears
Is born
A new life
A new meaning.

At thy bidding
I rushed to thy sacred feet
And you poured out
Thy love-soaked message.

From then on
Time stands still
And I behold nothing
But thy Golden-hued frame
And thy grace-laden eyes

O merciful Bhagavan!
Grant that no other thought
Seizes my mind except thy presence
Grant that nothing else
My tongue utters
But thy praise.

—Sathia Kandavanam.
Kokuvil, Ceylon 25-11-67
Source: Sanathana Sarathi, Dec 1967