CONTENTS
PAGE - INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
9 ŚĀKATA SONGS - By Rāmprasād Sen
I. The Child’s Complaint of His Mother's Neglect................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................31 II. She is Utterley Indifferent................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................31 III. He Will Turn to His Stepmother, since His Mother is Apparently Dead................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................32 IV. His Mother is His Only Hope................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................33 V. He Will Endure Her Tricks of Deception No Longer................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................33 VI. Her Neglect of Humble Worshippers and Her Partiality for the Violent................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................33 VII. The Worshipper Complains of the Inequality of Lots.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................34 VIII. Kālī's Service has Made Him a Mendicant................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................35 IX. His Days are Passed in Misery................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36 X. The Vanity of Life after Life................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36 XI. He Trusts Kālī, though She Neglects Him................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37 XII. His Vain and Earnest Search for Salvation by Knowledge................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37 XIII. He Would Be Accepted for Service.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................38 XIV. Medicine for His Mind's Disease................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39 XV. The Foolishness of Pilgrimage................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................40 XVI. The Holiness of Kāśī Explained................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................40 XVII. He Sometimes Longs to Rest at Kāśī................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................41 XVIII. The Foolishness of Sacrifice................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................42 XIX. The Soul's Sleep of Death................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................43 XX. He is Old, Dependent, and Despised................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................43 XXI. The Useless Toil of His Days................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................44 XXII. The Tyranny of a Divided Will................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................45 XXIII. Kālī Neglects Her Worshipper, in Mad Dance................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................45
