apaśyatas tvac-caraṇāmbujaḿ prabho

dṛṣṭiḥ praṇaṣṭā tamasi praviṣṭā

diśo na jāne na labhe ca śāntiḿ

yathā niśāyām uḍupe praṇaṣṭe

apasyatah -- of me, who am not seeing; tvat -- Your; carana-ambujam -- lotus feet; prabho -- O master; drishtih -- the power of vision; pranashta -- is destroyed; tamasi -- into darkness; pravishta -- having entered; disah -- the directions; na jane -- I do not know; na labhe -- I cannot obtain; ca -- and; santim -- peace; yatha -- just as; nisayam -- in the night; udupe -- when the moon; pranashte -- has become new.


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Daruka said: Just as on a moonless night people are merged into darkness and cannot find their way, now that I have lost sight of Your lotus feet, my Lord, I have lost my vision and am wandering blindly in darkness. I cannot tell my direction, nor can I find any peace.

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