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BLESS US WITH KNOWLEDGE, O LORD!

      Prayer originally written in Hindi by
Swami Aniljee, translated by Abhinay Patekar

Bless us with knowledge, O Lord,
               Bless us with knowledge!
We offer our propitiation,
               Which is our privilege.
Help us to know ourselves, O Lord,
               Bless us with knowledge;
Help us to know ourselves, O Lord,
               Bless us with knowledge!

You mesmerize us
               By pervading every single body;
Yet you have kept us away from you,
              By hiding your divine identity.
We now plead for oneness with you, O Lord,
We now plead for oneness.
              Help us to know ourselves, O Lord,
              Bless us with knowledge!

In this nescient World,
              Where everyone is engaged in your search;
We cannot focus on anything,
               As your glimpse is our only thirst.
We now wish to see you, O Lord,
We now wish to see you.
              Help us to know ourselves, O Lord,
               Bless us with knowledge!

This entire World is illusory,
              We now have come to know.
Yet we cannot detach ourselves from it,
             Which causes us only sorrow!
Please grant us emancipation, O Lord,
Please grant us emancipation.
             Help us to know ourselves, O Lord,
             Bless us with knowledge!

You exist internally, O Lord,
               You exist externally;
Unveil the secrets of truth from deception
               So we can see you clearly, O Lord,
So we can see you clearly.
               Help us to know ourselves, O Lord,
               Bless us with knowledge!

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