If I were given good parents
How I would have come to You?
Thank You for making me understand
That Your love is the true parental love!

If I were given the beloved whom I liked
How I would have come to You?
Thank You for making me understand
That You are the true lover of my soul!

If I were given the job which I hunted
How I would have come to You?
Thank You for making me understand
That seeking a place in Your heart is the best job

If I were given good health
How I would have come to You?
Thank You for making me understand
That Your grace follows me surely when I am ill

If I were given abundant wealth
How I would have come to You?
Thank You for making me understand
That excessive wealth is the graveyard for the soul

If I were given no severe problems in life
How I would have come to You?
Thank You for all my problems and strife
Without which how I would have come to You? 260508

Raman Savithiri

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