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maheçvaraù – he is none other quickly – today itself! May I
than the Supreme Essence surrender completely to you
expressing itself through that right now. I do not know what
body. will happen tomorrow. When
The Call of the Devotee my last breath is being
squeezed out of my body,
May Krishna bless us soon, how can I remember you? My
because we don’t know when vasanas are so strong that at
death will come. May we that time, in my excitement, I
surrender ourselves to Him may remember only my wife
completely before death. May
we be able to get out of this and children, because that is
stupid idea that ‘I am the body.’ what I have been doing all my
Narayana alone exists, and that life for so many years! There-
Narayana alone is the entire fore, O Lord, at this moment,
universe. May I understand this when I am feeling a little
quickly – this is the cry of the devotion towards you, please
greatest devotees: come quickly and accept it.
kåñëa tvadéya Right away, at this very
padapaìkajapaïjaräntaù moment, start doing your
adyaiva me viçatu sadhana to reach this higher state
mänasaräjahaàsaù, of consciousness, the Krishna
präëaprayäëasamaye consciousness. No doubt, this
kaphavätapittaiù sadhana of surrendering to the
kaëöhävarodhanavidhau Lord will be difficult at first.
smaraëaà kutaste. 1 Slowly, the second, third and
Krishna! May my mind enter fourth time you make the effort,
the cage of your lotus feet it begins to feel good and gradu-
1 Mukundamala, verse 8 ally you begin to feel blissful,

March forward; don’t hesi-
LATE SMT. JAYALAKSHMI &
tate; don’t tremble at the
SRI R. SATYANARAYANA SETTY gates of your own kingdom.
Rajanahally, Davangere Swami Chinmayananda

Tapovan Prasad 16 November 2017