śrī datta prārthanā tārāvalī

A string of prayers by Vāsudevānanda Sarasvatī, each verse in a different metre, which is what the title's garland of stars refers to. The middle of it works through the offices of one god under many names: as Brahmā he makes everything, as Viṣṇu he keeps everything, as Rudra he ends everything and as Durgā and her kind he quiets it; taking the form of a deity he eats the offered share, taking the form of the Veda he carries the sacrifice, as lord he gives enjoyment and as the silent one he spreads out yoga. One verse sorts his giving by who is asking — boons to devotees, the rod to the wicked, fearlessness to the frightened, release to renunciates, medicine to the sick, heaven to those who want heaven. Another states the reversal it all turns on: the ignorant becomes wise in a moment if the mind is surrendered, and the wise becomes ignorant if it is scattered.