Kanakadasa's Poems on Lord Krishna

O Lord, are you in the maya

O Lord, are you in the maya, 

Or, the maya is in you.? 

Are you in the body, 

Or is the body in you? 

Is the view in space, 

Or the space is in the seen? 

Or do both be in the eye? 

Is the eye in buddhi, 

Or the buddhi in the eye? 

O! Hari! Do both exist in thee? 

Is the sweetness in sugar, 

Or sugar in sweetness? 

Or are they together in the tongue? 

Is the tongue in buddhi, 

Or the buddhi in the tongue? 

O Hari! Do both exist in thee? 

Is the flower in fragrance, 

Or the fragrance in the flower? 

Together are they in the smell? 

O Aadikeshava of Kaginele 

Of incomparable prowess! 

These are beyond my grasp! 

Isn't all in thee? 

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Nee Mayayolago

English Translation of Nee Mayeyolago Are you a creature of illusion? or illusion your creation? Are you a part of the body? Or is the body a part of you? Is space within the house? Or the house within space? Or are both space and the house within the seeing eye? Is the eye within the mind? Or the mind within the eye? Or are both the eye and the mind within you? Does sweetness lie in sugar, or sugar in sweetness? Or do both sweetness and sugar lie in the tongue? Is the tongue within the mind? Or the mind within the tongue? Or are both the tongue and the mind within you? Does fragrance lie in the flower? Or the flower in fragrance? Or do both the flower and fragrance lie in the nostrils? I cannot say, O Lord Adikeshava of Kaginele, O! peerless one, are all things within you alone? ------------------------------------------------------------------