O LORD JAGANNATH!

WISHING YOU "HAPPY RATH YATRA!"

O LORD JAGANNATH!

O Lord Jagannath!

Let me rely in, and practise genuineness

Let me abstain from guilt, and do confess

Let me put on a decency and honesty dress

Let no mundane allurement ever me enmesh!

O Lord Jagannath!

Let me walk on the path of truth and veracity

Let me not borrow, but lend with generosity

Let me not be indulgent to falsity and futility

Let me ever adorn myself with Virtue’s Beauty!

O Lord Jagannath!

Let, Thy Auspicious Annual Festival Chariot

End in me chaos, uproar, violence and riot!

Let Thy Holy Wheels run over the sins of my mind devil’s

Let Thy Pious Glance do away with all my dark, heavy evils!

O Lord Jagannath!

Let Thy unique Nine Day Long Chariot Festival

Usher in my gloomy world a renaissance and revival

Of peace, prosperity and philanthropic fraternity!

Let Thy blessings revive in me a redemptive Purity!

O Lord Jagannath!

Let Thy Divine Company restore in me sanctity

Let Thy Bounty shower in my a blissful gaiety

Let my Purity be my long solicited Salvation’s surety

Let Thy Mercy bless me to be a synonym of Eternity!

* rely – trust

* genuineness – realness

* abstain from guilt – remain away from wrong deeds

* confess – admit mistakes

* put on a decency and honesty dress – lead a decent and honest life

* mundane allurement – worldly attractions

* me enmesh – trap me

* veracity – truthfulness

* be indulgent to falsity and futility – be involved in false and useless activities

* adorn – be furnished with/be decorated with

* Auspicious – favourable/holy

* chaos – disorder

* uproar –chaos/disorder

* violence – cruelty/violent behavior

 *riot – disturbance/unrest

* run over – crush

* mind devil’s – mind is compared to a devil

* Pious Glance – virtuous/holy look

* do away with - finish off/kill/destroy

* Usher in – bring in

* gloomy world – world filled with darkness due to evil actions

*a renaissance– a new beginning

*revival – renewal/rebirth

* philanthropic fraternity – goodhearted/generous brotherhood

* revive– renew

*redemptive Purity – cleanliness of mind that brings redemption/salvation

* sanctity – holiness

* Bounty shower–rain of gift

*blissful gaiety – heavenly joy/happiness

* solicited– requested/sought after

*Salvation’s surety –security/guarantee of deliverance

* synonym of Eternity – be immortal

©Shankar D Mishra 23.06.2020

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