Ravidas: How to Escape?

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How to Escape?

by Ravidas
(1398? - 1448?) Timeline

Yoga / Hindu

Sikh

15th Century

How to escape? I recite the name Ram.
Lord, if you are sandalwood, I am water;
with the fragrance in all parts of my body.
Lord, if you are a cloud, I am a peacock;
looking for you like a chakora for the moon.
Lord, if you are a lamp, I am the wick (bAti);
with the light burning day and night.
Lord, if you are a pearl, I am the thread;
together like gold and suhaga.
Lord, you are the master and I servant;
thus is the devotion of Raidas.

Themes

Birds

Fire

Light

Moon

Night

Recommended Books

	Guru Ravidas: Life and Teachings (Mystics of the East series) , by K. N. Upadhyaya
	Songs and Saints from the Adi Granth, Translated by Nirmal Dass
	Songs of the Saints of India, Translated by John Stratton Hawley / Translated by Mark Juergensmeyer
	Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Translated by Gurbachan S. Talib
	Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Translated by Winand M. Callewaert

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