Today's Beautiful Gem: `Why do you hide?' by Saint Tyaagaraaja
(translated by me)

"marugelaraa, o Raaghavaa,
marugelaraa?

"Why do you hide from me, O Lord,
Why do you hide?

"marugela charaachararoopa, paraatpara,
sooryasudhaakaralochana?

"O Lord, the embodiment of all that is kinetic and stationary?
O Lord, the ultimate of all?
O Lord, with eyes as big as the universe?
Why do you hide?

"anni neevanchu, antarangamuna
tinnagaanu nenu telisikontinayya,
ninnegaani madilo ennazaala norula
nannu brovumayya, Tyaagaraajanuta,
marugelaraa?

"At last, I have realised that you are the summum bonum of my life;
I will not stray away from you nor approach anyone else;
Kindly lead me and bless me with your favours;
O Lord, the one praised by the bard, why do you hide from me?"

Om Santih! Peace! - J. K. Mohana Rao

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