"Effortless Worship"
suniyai saba ki kahiye na kachu rahiyai imi bhava bagara main
kariyai brata nema sacai liye jina tain tariyai mana-sagara main
miliyai saba so durabhava bina rahiye satasanta ujagara main
rasakhani gubindahin yaun bhajiyai jimi nagari ko cita gagara main
Listen to everyone, but don’t say a word. In this manner, remain in the world.
Perform your vows and practices with sincerity—they will carry you across the mind’s ocean.
Greet all without negativity, and remain in the illumination of devotional association.
Rasakhan says, "Worship Govinda the way a village woman balances a water jug upon her head—with effortless concentration."
Using the example of babies suckling their mother's breast (33.4) to show that all beings obtain livelihood from what they do, Draupadi says: "All beings know exertion, Bharata, and visibly (pratyaksam), having the world as witness (lokasaksikam), they eat the fruit of their actions (phalam asnanti karmanam). I see that creatures live off their own total effort (swam samutthanam)--even the Placer and Ordainer, as does this crane in the water" (33.6-7)
And more perspective, not pretty so much as beautiful and profound.
A tear-inducing story and song of grace and not giving up--despite the odds:
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