Lalan Gititka : The Celestial Songs
How can one touch the nectar unless steeped in love?
Mere touch of it cures all ills of this world.
The nectar is the symbol of the omnipotent
This universe does not have its equivalent.
It originates from the lotus with thousand petals
And flows incessantly down the stem.
How can one narrate the prowess
Of the shadow less great sage?
Meditating upon the holy water,
He became one with nature; and
Gora* transcended life and death!
When it rains from the sky
The earth holds the water on its surface;
Lalan Fakir ruminates over the phenomenon, and says
The devotees alone own the earth.
*Gouranga, another name of Shri Chaitanya
[The song is of the genre of Deha Tattwa ie ‘Secret of the Body’. Baul
songs largely draw from ‘Tantrik’ philosophy’ according to which ‘Lotus with
thousand petals’ mentioned in this song denotes ‘Sahasra’ located in the head.
From there flows the nectar through three stems ‘Ira’, ‘Pingala’ and
‘Susumna’.]
