Tejas-taranti TarasA Tvayi Tripta-trishnAh
RAge Krite' Rita-pathe' Tvayi RAmakrishne'
MartyA-mritam Tava Padam MaranorminAsham
TasmAt-tvameva Sharanam Mama Deenabandho
Those who have found the fulfilment of all their desires in Thee and
developed loving attachment to Thee,
O RAmakrishna, the Apostle of Truth and Righteousness,
they do overcome very soon the heat of the passions of the heart.
Thy name is in sooth an immortal drink to Thy devotees,
a veritable dispeller of the waves of death.
Therefore Thou art my sole refuge,
O Friend of the lowly and the lost!
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