Life's purpose

(2335)  Svarnashatadale bhare dile

On a lotus of gold You filled
My lake of psyche.
I could not grasp, could not imagine
Why it happened, this boundless mercy.

I had been racing behind vice and ignorance;
Not a bit I thought for other than myself.
But light You brought to a life deplorable;
Making Your own, myself You received.

I failed to fathom life's innermost core;
I had not got involved with Your chores.
By mistake, I did not think of another;
But You made me understand public duty.

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