Hinduism

Tulsidas, Ramayana, Ayodhyâ-kând, Dohâ 123

Whose tongue, like the swan in the dear hyperboreal lake of Your renown, gathers up the pearls of Your perfections; in His heart, Rama, fix Your home.
They who ever reverently inhale the sweet and blessed odour of the offerings to their lord; who feed upon what has been offered to You; who wear only raiment and adornments first offered to you; who bow their heads when they see a god, a guru, or a Brahman, and treat them with all honour and affection; whose hands are ever engaged in paying Rama worship; who have no other hope but Rama in their heart; and whose feet ever bear them to His shrines; be their soul, Rama, your dwelling-place. They who are ever repeating Your holy name, and adoring You with their family; who perform the varied rites of oblation and sacrifice; who feast Brahmans and give them liberal donations; who regard their own guru even more than You, and serve him with all honour and affection;

Source The Râmâyana of Tulsi Dâs, trad. F. S. Growse, 1883, archive.org · Contents