So long as any suffer helplessly!

Ye Blessed Race of Manus, Rişhis, Buddhas,
Gods, Angels, mother-hearted Hierarchs!

Christs, Prophets, Saints! Ye Helpers of our race
Ye Holy Ones that suffer for our sake!

I lay this ill-strung wreath of bloomless words, But with the hands of reverence, at your feet, That, filled with freshness by their streaming life, And consecrated by their holiness,

And cleansed of all the soiling of my sins,

They may bespread their fragrance o'er the world,
And bring Self-knowledge and Self-certainness,
And quenchless joy of all-embracing Self,
To all that suffer voiceless misery,

Or old or young, yea, even to the babe
That lieth fainting, panting for last breath,
Passing to other worlds, its pretty limbs
All writhing in the grasp of ruthless Death-
May bring it and its stricken parents peace!
Peace unto all, sweetness, serenity,

The peace that from this doubtless knowledge flows
That there is naught beyond our very Self,
The Common Self of old and young and babe;
No Death, nor other Power out of Me,
To hurt or hinder, hearten us or help;
Knowledge that all this Process of the World,
Its laugh and smile, its groan and bitter tears,
Are all the Self's, My own, Pastime and Play;
Knowledge that all is Self, and for the Self,
And by the Self, and so Unshaken Peace!

INDEX OF SAMSKRIT PROPER NAMES

(The names of books being in italics).

A

Advaita-Vedanta, a system of philosophy.
Ânanda-Laharî, a hymn to Shakti, by Shankarâchârya.

Bhagavad-Gîtâ.

B

Bhagavati, a name of Shakti; a Goddess.

Bhava, a name of Shiva, the God of dissolution.

Bhâmatî, a commentary by Vâchaspati Mishra on the Sharîraka-
Bhashya of Shankarâchârya.

Garuda, the eagle-vehicle of Viṣhņu.

Gauri, the consort of Shiva.

Gautama, a sage, the author of the Nyâya aphorisms.

Gâyatrî, the sacred prayer; the metre of the sacred prayer;

the goddess of the sacred prayer.
Gopatha-Brahmana, a part of the Vedas.

H

Hamsa, the Swan vehicle of Brahmâ.

Hari, a name of Vishnu.

I

Indra, the King of the gods.

K

Kaṇâda, a sage, the author of the Vaisheşhika aphorisms
Kapila-Gita.

Katha-upanishat.

Kâlî, an aspect of Gaurî.

Kena-upanishat.

L

Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu.

M

Madhusudana Sarasvati, an author.

Mahesha, a name of Shiva.

Mahima-Stuti, a hymn to Shiva.

Maha-Chárata, the history' of the Lunar Race of divine

kings, by Vyâsa.

Maitreyî, the wife of the sage Yâjñavalkya.

Mandukya-upaniṣhat.

Manu, the law-giver.

Mukunda, a name of Vishņu.

Nachiketâ, a sage.

N

Nyaya-kosha, a dictionary of the technical terms of the Nyâya
philosophy.

P

Pancha-dashi, a work on Advaita-Vedânta.

Panchi-karana-vivaraṇa, a small treatise on the doctrine of
the quintuplication of the elements.

Patanjali, a sage, the author of the Yoga aphorisms.
Prajapati, one of the Progenitors.

Prashna-upanishat.

Purana, a series of works, attributed to Vyâsa, on cosmogony,

philosophy, and 'history' combined.

Pushpadanta, the author of the Mahima-stuti.

R

Rahasya-traya, a work on Tantra.

Râdhâ, a goddess.

Râma, the most famous of the Solar Race of Kings, an
incarnation of Vishnu.

Râmâyaṇa, the 'history' of the Solar Race of kings, and
of Râma in special, by Vâlmîki, in the Samskrit lan-
guage; also a similar and very popular work in the
Hindi language by Tulasi Dâs.

Rig-veda.

S

Sankṣhepa - Shârîraka - Tîkî, a work on Advaita-Vedânta, by
Madhusudana Sarasvatî.

Sarasvatî, the consort (or, by another tradition, the daughter)
of Brahmâ.

Sâñkhya, a system of philosophy.

Shankarâchârya, author and religious teacher and preacher of

Advaita-Vedanta.

Shârîraka - Bhashya, a commentary on the Brahma-sûtras or
Vedanta aphorisms of Vyâsa, by Shankarâchârya.
Shiva, the God of dissolution.

Shvetashvatara-upanişhat.

T

Tantra - shastra, a class of works, not widely known, dealing

with so-called 'secret' sciences and arts.

Taittiriya-upanishat.
Târa-sara-upanişhat.

Tripâd-vibhati-maha-narayaṇa-upanishat.

Tulasi Dâs, an author.

U

Upanishat, a class of mystical and philosophical treatises
forming part of the Vedas.

Vasishtha, a sage.

V

Vaisheşhika, a system of philosophy.

Veda.

Vedanta, a system of philosophy.

Vinaya-patrika, a collection of hymns in Hindî, by Tulasî Dâs.
Vishnu, the God of preservation.

Vishishta-Advaita-Vedânta, a system of philosophy.

Yoga-sutra, aphorisms of the Yoga philosophy, by Patanjali.
Yoga-Vasishtha, a large work, in verse, ascribed to Vâlmîki,
on mystical and Vedânta philosophy.