{"id":10514,"date":"2012-05-07T19:39:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T18:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=10514"},"modified":"2012-05-07T19:39:35","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T18:39:35","slug":"prayer-to-lord-nirsinghadeva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=10514","title":{"rendered":"Prayer to Lord Nirsinghadeva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samapriya dasi:  The Lord declared with a mighty roar<br \/>\nas He pulled the demon through door<br \/>\n\u201cMy devotee cannot be terrorized,<br \/>\n without the culprit penalized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Upon His sacred lap He strewn<br \/>\nthe demon\u2019s body in late afternoon.<br \/>\nAnd with His nails He ripped apart,<br \/>\nthe dreadful brut of blackened heart.<\/p>\n<p>For, there is no one who is more dear<br \/>\nto the Lord Whom  all directions fear,<br \/>\nThan the devotee who gives his life<br \/>\nPaying no heed to suffering or strife. <\/p>\n<p>In service love and gratitude<br \/>\nhis life\u2019s goal must be pursued.<br \/>\nThe Lord cannot ignore His friend,<br \/>\nwho chants His name until life\u2019s end.<br \/>\nDependent with no quest for more,<br \/>\nthan he\u2019s been dealt though rich or poor.<\/p>\n<p>Oh Lord who shook the universe<br \/>\nto satisfy a brahman\u2019s curse,<br \/>\nI pray to You to save us all<br \/>\nfrom threats and lures that make us fall,<br \/>\nAway from You to darkened space<br \/>\nwhere Your Holy Name has no place.<\/p>\n<p>But keep us safe at Your feet<br \/>\nAnd let our tongues always repeat,<br \/>\nThe glories of Your infinite fame,<br \/>\nthe mercy of your Holy Name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samapriya dasi:  The Lord declared with a mighty roar<br \/>\nas He pulled the demon through door<br \/>\n\u201cMy devotee cannot be terrorized,<br \/>\n without the culprit penalized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Upon His sacred lap He strewn<br \/>\nthe demon\u2019s body in late afternoon.<br \/>\nAnd with His nails He ripped apart,<br \/>\nthe dreadful brut of blackened heart<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}