THE TWO PATHS

 

VISWANATHA SATYANARAYANA

 

            While, eager for darsan, I was on

                        my way to Thy shrine,

            Someone told me Thou had’st gone

            In search of me to my humble abode;

            Lord, which way did I go, and which

                        way did’st Thou pursue?

            Beloved, how fortunate was my path

            That it did not touch even the fringes

                        of Thine!

                                                                        Translated from Telugu by ADIVI BAPIRAJU

                                                                                    Reprinted from Triveni, January 1928

 

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