Dadu Dayal

Dadu Dayal was a saint from Rajasthan in northern India. "Dadu" means brother, and "Dayal" means "the compassionate one". He lived in the second half of the sixteenth century (1544-1603). His songs are in a Hindi dialect known as Braj Bhasa, being a mixture of Hindi and Rajasthani.

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Saints are the true redeemers,
They make one see the Creator
    face to face.
Having themselves crossed the ocean
    of the world, they take others across;
They are the saviors of beings.
Dyed in the color of the Supreme Lord,
They have the blameless Name
    as their support;
Always truthful, disciplined, blissful
    and contented,
Their wisdom and reach know no bounds,
In eternal love, in eternal ecstasy,
In eternal company with the essential
    Truth;
In eternal union, in eternal life,
In eternal knowledge and contemplation
    are they absorbed.
Crest-jewel of all, bestower of bliss to all,
They are rare in this world.
They are the Swans, the dwellers
    of the Ocean of Bliss,
Who come for the good of others,
    O Dadu.
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I found the true Home, O brother, within
        the house itself. *
Entering the state of blissful meditation,
        dwell within.
Thus hath the Master discovered and
        taught.
For the sake of that Home, I wandered
        everywhere.
But the Lord has been revealed within
        the very self.
The doors of the Palace have been
        thrown open,
And the everlasting Abode has been
        shown.
All fears, doubts and delusions have
        disappeared,
And the mind is absorbed in the Truth.
That state of bliss has it entered,
Where the self, transcending the body,
        ascends.
One that is immovable and unchangeable,
The same One Have I seen in all.
My mind is absorbed in that alone,
Other than that there is none.
That Home have I found which is
        the beginning as well as the end.
Now my mind goes not elsewhere.
Dadu has been dyed in the color
        of the One,
And therein has he merged.

* - the human body
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The venerable Lord is ever present:
God is nearby, not far off.
Effacing egotism enter the Palace;
Be not covetous, and do away with
        thy anger,
The Lord cannot then be away from thee.
One who has abandoned duality,
And refrains from falsehood,
He alone sees the Lord within his mind.
With care does he kill all the five
        enemies, *
And reflects and sees then the Lord
        nearby, sayeth Dadu.

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* Lust, anger, greed, attachment and pride. 

Saints are the true redeemers,
They make one see the Creator
        face to face.
Having themselves crossed the ocean
        of the world, they take others across;
They are the saviors of beings.
Dyed in the color of the Supreme Lord,
They have the blameless Name
        as their support;
Always truthful, disciplined, blissful
        and contented,
Their wisdom and reach know no bounds.
In eternal love, in eternal ecstasy,
In eternal company with the essential
        Truth;
In eternal union, in eternal life,
In eternal Knowledge and contemplation
        are they absorbed.
Crest jewel of all, bestower of bliss to all,
They are rare in this world.
They are the Swans, the dwellers
        of the Ocean of Bliss.
Who come for the good of others,
        O Dadu.
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O Maiden the night is running out.
Moment by moment it is waning,
And the terminal time is approaching.
    Please thy beloved.
Why art thou sleeping so soundly in
    comfort?
This opportunity is gliding by.
If thou miss Him in this body,
    where else
Canst thou find Him again? Thou shalt
    repent later on.
Thy Beloved is awake.  Why is the
    beautiful maiden asleep?
Hurry, wake up and clasp His feet.
Make humble and pitiful entreaty
    before Him,
And embrace Him from head to foot.
Kindle love for the Beloved, and enjoy
    its bliss, O fortunate bride.
It is a great good fortune, sayeth Dadu,
To obtain such a Beloved, the Supreme
    Lord of all.  

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      THE DIVINE LAW OF JUSTICE

Dadu explaineth to everyone: "As thou
   doest, so shalt thou receive."
No one is anyone's sharer, within
   all hearts doth the Lord see.

What thou doest secretly will be openly
   revealed.
Let no one perform evil, even by hiding
   in the nether world, sayeth Dadu.

What thou hast not done will never
   befall thee; only what thou hast
   done will befall thee.
There is justice at the portal of the Lord.
   Whatever comes to thee is God's
   bidding.

What has been done before appears now;
   what is done now will appear hereafter.
Rarely does anyone understand
   the occurrence of all three, O Dadu.

What thou hast done has come to pass,
   what thou art doing shalt be.
Thou alone art the doer or causer; there
   is none other than thee.

All that is poison or nectar, fire or water,
   the Master hath explained.
As one doeth through thought, word
   and deed, so doth one receive
   as fruit.

Knowingly does the person perform
   good or bad deeds, O Dadu.
Knowingly does he leap into the fire.
   Let no one blame God.

Whatever one does conceitedly
   as the doer, one is bound thereby.
On being asked, he has nothing to reply,
   sayeth Dadu.

The Lord alone, who has given this body,
   does or causes to do.
Dadu, as a servant, stands only for a show
   betwixt and between.

Karma is the axe, and bodies are
   the trees of the forest which are cut
   again and again.
By their actions, worldly men cut
   themselves as if by their own hands.

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DD1 - DADU
           The compassionate Mystic
            K.N. Upadhyaya
            Radha Soami Satsang Beas
            Punjab, India
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-06 p. 176