A good Veena.

`After making a good Veena is it fair to let it languish by tossing it into dust?

Tell me Siva Shakthi--you have created me with a bright intellect,

Will you not give me strength ---so that I may be of some benefit to all those living here?

Tell me Sive Shakthi !---Will you allow me to be a burden on this earth?

Like a ball whirled by a machine ,

I asked for a body that would obey my mind,

I asked for a heart free of vices,

I asked for a new and bright life every day,

I asked for a inner self that would sing Siva Shakthi's praises even when my body is consigned to flames

I ask for a stable mind,

What prevents you from blessing me with all this?