ANANTA

Firelight at midnight
I laid myself to sleep and I tried to forget
About my loneliness and my worry
They say I have it all but I am just caught in a net
Of unsatisfied desire.
There’s an aching in my soul that is driving me mad.
I just want darkness to overcome me,
Oh let the waves of sleep carry me far away.

Ananta! Sheshanaga!

But suddenly without warning
I was floating through the night leaving my body behind.
I saw the universe below me
Like a tiny mustard seed that I hardly could find.
There was a billion more like that one,
Each one was like a jewel upon the heads of a snake.
With a billion tongues He was singing
And I was wondering if I’m asleep or awake.

[Refrain:] Ananta! Sheshanaga!
An endless form! Of endless bliss!
The Supreme Lord! Appears like this!

I was shaken and bewildered
All my petty problems simply vanished from view
As the nectar of His singing
Filled my very soul with the most wonderful Truth.
My only wish is to see Him
With His millions of hoods spread out across eternity
He’s the resting place of Vishnu,
He’s always merciful to the most fallen like me.

At the time of devastation
A fire emanates from out His millions of mouths.
It sets the galaxies ablazing,
It's by our ignorance that His wrath is aroused
But if we take His mercy
Ananta will deliver us from all our worst fears
So don’t you fail to believe me,
Just let His divine singing flow right into your ears!