A Gujarati ‘Bhajan’

(Translated by Jayantilal Acharya)

 

Let us, O brother, worship the living man,

let us worship him who speaks;

for he alone can attain the Niranjan.

 

If God can be seen by worshiping a stone,

why should I not worship the big mountain?

 

Varieties of sweets didst thou prepare,

and offer at the feet of God;

 

But they were enjoyed by those,

whose business it is to monopolise them;

and the God had not even its smell!

 

While carving the image of God out of stone,

they stain it with their legs;

 

Were the God real, would He not punish the image-maker first?

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