आमुक्तमाल्यदा (विजयनगर सम्राट् श्रीकृष्णदेवराय - गोदा देवी आण्डाल भक्ति एवं साम्राज्य-नीति)

62 Goda's Garland of Devotion
body, life-force, mind, feeling, will, soul,
all are surrendered to the Lord Divine.
A new light lit in her consciousness,
Goda plunges into the deeps of devotion
and makes herself God's true serviteur.
The cold days swiftly pass by
in music, dance, meditation and prayer.
She visits the Temple of Kāma
and with datura and palasa invokes
the elusive God of Love.
She begs the kuyil and the parrot,
other birds, flowers, and even the cloud,
to convey her message to Krishna.
As she feels self-lost remembering
how Krishna sang his way to Brindavan,
the Vision grows clear, she has seen:
she has seen the Lord in Brindavan.
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Holding the dear image in her heart,
her ardour giving her wings of flight,
Goda journeys to distant lands
in search of the Lord of her being.
Single-pointed her action,
and a frenzy of consecration:
but where is Krishna, where his ready Grace?
Vishnuchitta accompanies her
as she goes the round of shrines,
and seeks remedies for his ailing child!