When people touch a rope without knowing
what it is, they are terrified; when they
learn what it is, it becomes a rope to both sides.
So too you and I, O Hari, in the flood of the
mirage could find nothing to support us. The
necklace, the collar and the golden bee are various
jewels and variously named; but if you melt
them they cannot be distinguished as gold. A
juggler shows us doves by turning feathers into
doves; do not Thou, O Lord, says Tuka, deceive me
in any such way.
what it is, they are terrified; when they
learn what it is, it becomes a rope to both sides.
So too you and I, O Hari, in the flood of the
mirage could find nothing to support us. The
necklace, the collar and the golden bee are various
jewels and variously named; but if you melt
them they cannot be distinguished as gold. A
juggler shows us doves by turning feathers into
doves; do not Thou, O Lord, says Tuka, deceive me
in any such way.