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||श्रीहरि||
Seeking Refuge
By Bhavya Gogia

Oh ShriHari, I need thy help
For thy grace surpasses
All kinds of wealth
I need your mercy
My Lord, my Charmer
For am poor and I lack
Thy perfect Shelter.
Oh Lord let me grow
Under thy Feet
No other niche,
May my Heart seek!
Oh perfection of each virtue
My Lord, My Hero,
May my love be true
Towards only thy bestowing Feet
Nothing shall my mind
Neither I do seek!
But Oh Lord am poor
Neither humble by Heart
Then what do I deserve
Oh kind at Heart?
I deserve punishments
Of every hell
For I am deficient
Yet much reckless
But Oh Generous one
I believe in you
That you won't forsake me,
My Heart says so
Hence Oh lovely one
Wielding a discus
Give me thy refuge
And terminate my distress
I trust you much
So be it wholesome
For Oh Vishnu, sans surrender
Every path's cumbersome!
©shrihari_nandini

*Cumbersome- slow and inefficient

So what was I seeking till now? Yes, that's devotion! Devotion to ShriHari's and ShriVaishnavas' feet. But how may I achieve it, for one who achieves such devotion without any effort becomes the Greatest and is revered everywhere- ShriVaikunth or Earth. Therefore, when Krishna speaks of three yogas in Bhagwat Geeta as means to attain Moksha, in the end shloka 18.66 which is the Charam-Shloka in our tradition, he speaks of forsaking all ways and surrender unto him, He will take care of everything else then. Hence, from now ask nothing from him, but simply surrender! Simply HIS REFUGE! He shall deliver you! This is his promise!
Chant-
❇Om Namo Narayanaye!

And ShrimadGeeta 18.66, the Lord Promises:
❇sarva dharmān parityajya mām ekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja |
ahaṃ tvā sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ || 66 ||

66. Completely relinquishing all Dharmas, take refuge in Me alone. I will release you from all sins, grieve not.

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