Prayer of the Day

Prayer from Basavanna Vachana 

 

ಕರಿ ಘನ ಅಂಕುಶ ಕಿರಿದೆನ್ನಬುಹುದೆ? ಬಾರದಯ್ಯ.
ಗಿರಿ ಘನ ವಜ್ರ ಕಿರಿದೆನ್ನಬಹುದೆ? ಬಾರದಯ್ಯ.
ತಮಂಧ ಘನ ಜ್ಯೊಥಿ ಕಿರಿದೆನ್ನಬಹುದೆ? ಬಾರದಯ್ಯ.
ಮರಹು ಘನ ನಿಮ್ಮ ನೆನೆವ ಮನ ಕಿರಿದೆನ್ನಬಹುದೆ?
ಬಾರದಯ್ಯ ಕೂಡಲಸಂಗಮದೇವಾ

Song as Romanized text

 

kari ghana aMkusha kiridennabuhude? bAradayya.
giri ghana vajra kiridennabahude? bAradayya.
tamaMdha ghana jyothi kiridennabahude? bAradayya.
marahu ghana nimma neneva mana kiridennabahude?
bAradayya kUDalasaMgamadEvA.

Meaning of the Prayer Song:

Can the elephants say goad is inferior (small)? Shouldn't.
Can the mountains say crow-bar is inferior? Shouldn't.
Can the darkness say light is small? Shouldn't
Can the forgetfulness say the mind with Your memory is small?
Shouldn't, oh Lord of Kudalasangama.

 Notes: 

1. Count not the time that was wasted.
Count the time that was spent usefully in the memory of God.
Increase that focus. As that grows the darkness
of ignorance will vanish.
2. c.f. Can I get enlightenment overnight?

Try, Try, Even the rock will break