Change of Heart

Arjuna said: My delusion is destroyed, and I have regained remembrance by Your grace, O Achyuta. I stand firm, my doubts gone; I shall do Your word.

Even if a person of the most wicked conduct worships Me with undivided devotion, he is to be regarded as righteous, for he has resolved rightly.

Gods, celestial musicians, ancestral spirits, yakṣas, kinnaras, seers, and all the perfected ones — none of them can attain liberation if they turn away from the service of the Guru.

Salutations to the glorious sovereign Guru, by whose grace one is able to cast off the great darkness of ignorance. May that salutation bring the fulfilment of the highest aspiration — Self-realisation.

I fold my palms in this salutation to honour the Guru, who is an ever-growing ocean of compassion. It is by the Guru's grace alone that a being becomes worthy of liberation from this wondrous and ever-changing cycle of worldly existence.

The self-born has set the body's doors to face outward, so the soul of a person looks outward, not within. Rarely, a wise person seeking immortality turns their eyes inward to see the Self within.

Turning away from the path to unity means turning away from existence and light.

Perish that property, house, happiness, friend, father, mother or brother, who does not gladly help one turn one's face towards Rāma's feet!

One who does not respectfully follow the advice of a selfless friend, teacher, and master will fully repent in their heart and undoubtedly harm themselves.

Listen, O king, having aversion to Rama leads to repentance, while His adoration soothes the heart's agony.

What good is a shower when the entire crop has dried up? What use is repenting over a lost opportunity?

Give up all hope and turn your faces homewards. It is not the will of Providence that Sītā should be married. All my religious merits shall be gone if I abandon my vow.

Listen, elders and great sages! Those who have insulted or heard Lord Shiva being insulted will face the consequences of their sin, and my father will also repent.

Abraham in the Koran is described as someone who turned to the stars, moon, and sun as the objects of his worship, until he realized the one who created all these things, and then he said, "I do not love those that set."

I am the eternal one without equal, whom no creature can kill or destroy. For this reason, O prince, turn your desires towards virtue, so that you may attain salvation through this means.

One becomes freed from their sins in proportion to their repentance.

You are the all-powerful deity who is the doer of everything, with your face turned towards every direction. You are the soul of all things, seeing, pervading, and knowing everything.

Consciousness, in turn, is swallowed up by the Mahat-soul, who is conversant with the past, present, and future.

When we resolve to cast off sorrow, it marks the beginning of happiness. Anything that brings us joy leads to pleasure, and this pleasure can give rise to pride, which in turn produces sorrow.

You are the friend of the ruler of the Yakshas. Your hands and feet extend in all directions to all places. Your eyes, head, and mouth are turned on all sides. Your ears are everywhere in the universe, and you are present everywhere, O Lord!