Where the ideas of parent and produced,

Purified thoughts and endless varied forms,

Merge in the Real one; where the existence ends

Of such conceptions as "within", "without" -

The wind of modification being stilled -

That Hara I worship, the suppression

Of movements of the mind. Shiva I hail;

From whom all gloom and darkness have dispersed

That radiant Light, white, beautiful

As bloom of lotus white is beautiful;

Whose laughter loud sheds knowledge luminous;

Who, by undivided meditation, Is realised in the self-controlled heart: May that Lordly Swan of the limpid lake

Of my mind, guard me, prostrate before Him!

Him, the Master-remover of evil,

Who wipes the dark stain of this Iron Age;

Whom Daksha's Daughter gave Her coveted hand;

Who, like the charming water-lily white,

Is beautiful; who is ready ever

To part with life for others' good, whose gaze

Is on the humble fixed; whose neck is blue (Nilkantha, a name of Shiva) With the poison (The all-destructive evil) swallowed:

Him, we salute!

A HYMN TO THE DIVINITY OF SHRI RAMAKRISHNA (Rendered from Bengali) We salute Thee!

Lord! Adored of the world,

Samsra's bondage breaker, taintless Thou,

Embodiment of blessed qualities,

Thou transcendest all Gunas: human form

Thus bearest.

Thee we salute and adore!

Refuge of mind and speech, Thou art beyond

The reach of either. Radiance art Thou

In all radiance that is. The heart's cave

Is by Thy visitance resplendent made.

Verily Thou art that which dispelleth