16 – The only plea to Sainath – || AUM SAI SHARNAM ||

|| Aum Sai Ram || Aum Sai Para Brahmanaa Namah ||

A century is like a year.
The sages of that century
Are like the flowing waters
While the great souls are like the waves on the water.

Of these saints who are like Godavari,
In the early centuries,
There was a great flood
Of SANAT – SANAK – SANANDAN.

Followed by NARADA and TUMBER
DHURVA, PRAHLAD, powerful king BALI,
SHABARI, ANGAD, VAYUKUMAR,
VIDUR, GOPE – GOPIKA.

Thus, many came the present time
In each of the centuries of the past;
The floods came repeatedly,
Which I am unable to recount.

In this present century,
The sacred Godavari
Has for certain flooded this land
In your form, Oh, Sainath!

Therefore at your divine feet
I make obeisance;
Maharaj, of my faults
Take no notice, I plead.

I am a poor, wretched, ignorant man,
The greatest of sinners;
Ridden with vices,
But do not cast me off!

The inherent defects of iron
Are ignored by “parisa”
The small streams of the village, Lendi and ohol
Are not rejected by the Godavari.

I am full of vices within.
By your merciful glance,
Do, do quickly destroy them.
This, only, is the plea of “DAS”.