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Pasaydan

                                                           

The word Pasaydan is composed of two words- Pasa and Dan. which means a prayer gesture when the hands are joined together to receive an auspicious gift.




                                                 

     


Now, 'O' God, The entire Cosmos Divine | 
Be pleased with this pious word offering of mine ||
Grant me in goodwill benign | 
Your Benevolent Grace Divine ||1||


May the evil-minded, their wickedness shed | 
May their intellect turn to pious and good deeds instead ||
May all living beings find themselves bonded | 
By friendly ties of soul companionship||2||


May the darkness of ignorant disappear | 
May the universe see the Sun of self-consciousness ||
May whatsoever aspirations of those be fulfilled | 
Of all living beings ||3||


May shower all over the pious bliss Divine | 
May the world be full of Saintly beings benign ||
May incessantly in the Universe | 
Meet the living beings ||4||


Moving groves of wish-granting trees | 
Colonies of conscious wish-fulfilling jewels ||
These saints are, speaking oceans | 
Full of pious Nectarly Divine ||5||


A Moon without a smear | 
A Sun without a hot sear ||
Always to one and all, these hallowed saints | 
Become kith and kin dear ||6||


Let all beings be completely satisfied and happy | 
Fully contented in all the three worlds ||
Engrossed and merged in devotion | 
Eternally, of ultimate Divine ||7||


And those who live by this scripture Divine | 
Eternally guiding all living beings ||
Be victoriously overseen unforeseen | 
In this world and beyond ||8||


Here, said, the lord of the Universe | 
This shall become thy Grace Divine ||
And with this blissful Grace Divine | 
Jnandeva became ever joyous and happy benign ||9|| 


Reference- 
kavyanubhav.blogspot.com


P.S.-- thus Shri Gyaneshwara mentions and praises the spiritual beings who dwell in this world like commoners with their enlightened souls. they look like commoners but are divine and carry the song of the cosmos in their hearts. And to be noted, he mentions them not as a bunch of few people, but forests of moving wish-fulfilling trees. 


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