Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa | Science of Identity Foundation

FIVE

1
My life
Is ever given to sin,
In it there is not a particle of good;
Torment to others
Much I have caused;
I have pained all jivas.

2
For my own pleasure I was never afraid of sinning,
Selfish and devoid of pity as I am.
Dejected by happiness of others,
Always untruthful,
The misery of others has been my delight

3
Endless are the selfish desires
That fill my breast
To anger and insolence I am so prone,
Ever drunk with vanity,
Bewitched by worldliness,
I wear malice and pride and cherished ornaments.

4
Ruined by sleep and idleness,
Abstaining from all good works,
I am ever most zealous in evil deeds.
For the sake of worldly fame
An adept in the practice of duplicity,
A covetous victim of greed am I.

5
Even such a sinner,
Shunned by all the good,
And a constant offender, I am
Void of all good work,
Always evilly disposed
And poisoned with various misery.
6
Now in old age,
Bereft of all help,
Humbled and hoping naught,
Bhaktivinode
At the feet of the Lord
Tells his grief.

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* Taken from Guy Murchie, The Seven Mysteries of Life (Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1978), pp. 321-22.