2700. “I told my heart,
‘O heart, go to the sapphire-colored god
and ask him if he will give me his thulasi garland.
Speak to him when my enemies are not there—
otherwise they will give me trouble.
If he doesn’t answer you, just come back. ”
But when I said that, my heart that went to him
who has the dark color of the ocean
did not come back and forgot me. 28
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