Why have you counted me a burden?—for so
it seems you have. You have given others
salvation times without number: is there no place
for me even at last? My sin is strong and stout;
it can stand even before You. There is something
still dragging me from behind; I have seen a
strange puzzle. How will the saints believe me,
when I say that You are feeble? What! Has
Narayana grown old, that He cannot keep his time-
honoured pledge? Now do not hide yourself. Do
not hold me aloof. Why have you spread a
curtain within the house and kept me aloof? Do
not tantalize me, O infinite one; why do you
pretend, who know me not? Why do you not
assume your power? Tuka says, Come forth!
it seems you have. You have given others
salvation times without number: is there no place
for me even at last? My sin is strong and stout;
it can stand even before You. There is something
still dragging me from behind; I have seen a
strange puzzle. How will the saints believe me,
when I say that You are feeble? What! Has
Narayana grown old, that He cannot keep his time-
honoured pledge? Now do not hide yourself. Do
not hold me aloof. Why have you spread a
curtain within the house and kept me aloof? Do
not tantalize me, O infinite one; why do you
pretend, who know me not? Why do you not
assume your power? Tuka says, Come forth!