SALUTATION:

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SALUTATION:

Baba ! Ocean of kindness ! Light of Love ! Lord of Universe

How fortunate Thy bhaktas are ! What a strange coincidence

To-day is Thursday, the first of January of   the  New Year

Though every day is auspicious to the children, significant this is

Pour down thy purity, mercy, affection on us  unendingly

Render our lives purposeful and dedicated to the sacred service

Let misdeeds ?nd foul actions of the wicked touch   us   not

Yes,   men of   ego forget the good, and scorn the virtuous

They become slaves to desires, dethrone wisdom and fall a prey to lust

Baba !   Man  is mortal, Life is like a bubble, light in the air

Know   not   we    when death lays its   icy hands   on us, ends our

activities

Why this race towards amassing wealth, and rolling in happiness ?

Help to remove poverty and unemployment religious heads are told

Baba ! Thou art no religious head   nor leader.   Thou art all

How ideally Thou   led   life   and how Thou conducted Thyself  as light to

us!

Hunger is unconquerable to humanity, animals and birds too

But Thy motto to stand by the poor is marvellous and magnifying

Thou distributed Thy begged food to the hunger-stricken and dogs

Not only that,'thou” gave away Dakshina monies to the poor and the destitute

Thou  became   Paramapurusha   and   Purushottama,   friend   of the

down-trodden

Baba ! Poverty is a terrific enemy, fearful devil, hateful to all

Yet Thou invited and embraced it to demonstrate the path to us and learn

Thou wore rags, dressed like a fakir, Thou were Poverty personified

Baba !    Give us strength and will-power to imbibe   Thy spirit of goodness

Can we reach .the goal set by Thee.namely to help the poor meaningfully

Yes, If Thou bestow on us Thy mercy, advice, kindly look and love

If every man is full of sympathy like Thee, poverty will retreat

Grant us determination and resoluteness to cut down our desires

Let these desires be full of 'nishkama' and purity and brightness

Impart singleness and sterlingness in our thought, action and deed

Baba ! Kindle our lives in this new year with these rare qualities

That enrich us and pave the way for ushering in of new economic order

Baba ! Let Thy bhaktas forget not what thou taugnt, had done and said

Turn them as Thy "ankita"   children and   let there be   no defeat

and disappointment to them

 

 

L. Suryanarayana Sarma,

MACHILIPATNAM.

 

(Source Sai Leela Magazine May 1976)

 

 

 

 

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