"Lord! Make Me a Sheep" is a beautiful poem composed by a great Nepali poet Laxmi Prasad Devkota. In the poem, the speaker satirizes the people who are materialistic and selfish. He makes a point that the physical things and ambition are not great things. Therefore, he states that he renounces every worldly affair. He pleads God almighty to give him the strength to fight against the common human greed to get spiritual uplifting.
The speaker says he is tired of responsibility, thinking, judgment and and conscience. So, he prays god to help him. Since death is inevitable, he doesn't want to be proud. He wants to be carefree like an animal. He also wants to reject the varieties of dishes, and artificiality of perfumes. He questions against the useless laughter and cries. He wants to be the sheep of the God. He compares hermit with the sheep and states that he doesn't like the strings but the bleating of the sheep. He wants to own the horns to fight but doesn't want the destruction of the universe with the atomic bombs.
He doesn't want devil sit on his horns as the symbol of knowledge. He doesn't want to be trapped by the so called civilization. He wants to live a life of reality but not of falsehood. He doesn't want to go for something ideal. If it happens, he thinks it is the fall of spirituality. For him, the sound of string is not as sweet as the sound of lamb. He prays God for making him a kind father.
He doesn't mind if he dies because he thinks he will die only with the wish of God. Even in the poorest state of his health, he doesn't want the doctor. After his death, he wants to go to heaven with his soul purified. He is conscious of the sins and wants to be the man of virtue.
He says he doesn't like to reform for this world. He is happy with what he is like. He is happy with his tattered clothes. He wants to go higher to the heaven than the sage and Brahmin after death. The heaven is the home of happiness and bliss for him. He wants the blessings and favor of God for that. In this way, the speaker mocks the human shallowness in the poem and walks on the enlightened path of spirituality.
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