Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O mother, I ache to see the feet of the One.
Be kind to me, my One, that I might never let them slip from my mind.
Pure viraha — longing. The seeker's one prayer is not for things but for not forgetting: "that I might never forsake them from my mind." This is a subtle and important request. We do not usually fear forgetting what matters most, yet forgetting is exactly how the connection is lost — not through some dramatic betrayal but through the slow drift of attention elsewhere. So the deepest prayer is for steady remembrance — a mind that keeps returning, that doesn't let the most important thing quietly slide out of view amid the noise.
How do we lose track of important things — usually by a dramatic event, or by slowly forgetting to pay attention?
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