Songs of Saint Tayumanavar

Songs of Tayumanavar

Of The Wild Banyan (1/30)

If under the shade of the wild banyan tree
Oh God, what Thou instructeth the peerless Four
Is but the gesture of Thy hand,
Is it possible to teach then by words?
To do so
Would be to attempt to cross the foaming seas,
Floating on a flimsy straw.