Proper Placing

Life he placed in the food we eat
And with life, Awareness.
Vision in the eye he placed,
And with the thought, the deed.
In the earth he placed magnificence.
For those afraid he placed in his glance
Grace, and brightness in space.
Lord Vēnkata, Master of strange behavior.   [107]

Union in the heavens he placed
And fragrance in fair flowers.
His loving glance he placed on Her
Whose eyes are blue lotusaes.
Five sacred thing in the cow he placed
And fror those afraid, his grace,
Vēnkata, the lord whose glance
Burnt Kama, god of spring.   [108]

A growing burden in the womb he placed
and in dreams a wakefulness.
The formless in all forarms he placed
And in seclusion, self-absorption.
Power he placed in wealth abundant
And for those in doubt, his grace
Lord Vēnkata, the mighty one
Pure and free from fear.   [109]

An eye he placed in his forehead
And goodness in heredity.
Poison in his throat he placed
And in union immortality
Firmness in the heart he placed
And for those who melt, his grace
Vēnkata, the God with matted hair
Who placed love within inveterate hate.   [110]

Fields he placed for tillage,
Thought for concentration.
Enmities for prompt removal,
Silence he placed for constant practice
And falsehood for abhorrence
And for those who praise him, his grace.
Lord Vēnkata, embodied truth
Who reveals the truth to us.   [111]

Within the mother, love he placed
And in the father knowledge
Water within fire he placed
And in the wicked grief.
Truth he placed in tongues
And for those who praise him, grace.
Lord Vēnkata, the Free, who placed
The pearl within the bamboo.   [112]

Justice he placed for prevalence
And friendship in the heart.
Suffering for removal
And bones to melt in love.
His feet outspread he placed for worship
And for those who worship, grace,
Lord Vēnkata, who revealed
the truth in Vēdas.   [113]

People in the land he place
and in friendshiop the good life.
In destruction new creation
And in kinship lastingness.
Music he placed in poetry
And for those who sing, grace.
Lord Vēnkata, the exalted one
Who placed freedom in bliss   [114]

With two curves in the sky he placed
The crescent moon, and in his crest
A serpent. In Vāsuki he placed a string
And on Tripura his eye.
In death he placed his ordinance
And for those who sought him, grace.
Lord Vēnkata, the rare God who holds
The Vīna's music in his throat.