Beloved Bhagawan… Many Many Happy Returns To You…

Sunday, November 23rd, 2014

More than a thousand ‘full moons’ ago a day dawned that was to brilliantly enhance the destiny of mankind. 23rd November has ever been the ‘most celebrated’ day, with far-reaching Cosmic Significances… Commemorating The Day once again, Sri Jullie Chaudhuri writes, wishing Beloved Bhagawan “Many Many Happy Returns”, singing the Glory Of Bhagawan, singing the significance of The Day, a date that will surely be circled in gold by the moving finger of time and bedazzle generations to come…

On Monday, 23rd November 1926,
As the soft rosy hues of an early dawn,
Embraced the sleepy hamlet of Puttaparthi,
Celestial Beings and Angels showered fragrant flowers,
…and jubilantly sounded the conch…
Sages and Saints delightedly welcomed this sacrosanct morn…
Joy blossomed in the bosom of Mother Earth…
…decades had she spent utterly forlorn…
…now, of her prolonged despair…
…She was instantly shorn…
…bliss most wondrous…
…quite spontaneously did Her thoughts adorn…
Unknown to most humans…
…at precisely 5.06 am…
…in this inconspicuous…
…‘more remote than remote’ village in southern India…
…quite soon to be catapulted in to mesmeric renown…
…all due to the commencement of a Divine Drama…
…a beatific illustration most exactingly drawn…
From the womb of Easwaramma…
The Supreme Personality Of Godhead…
…had so chosen to be born…

Little Sathya displayed a vast Heart…
Enshrining in it expansive space for one and all…
…humanity was about to receive a magnanimous windfall,
From this Endless, Timeless Ocean…
…the Source of Pure Love, Selfless Care and Compassion…
…sprung a fountain of refreshing maxims…
…that sleeping souls did enthral -
Love All, Serve All… 
Help Ever, Hurt Never…
…created a global stir…
Seva was no longer just service…
…and there was no room for inaction…
…His Essence touched all beings omitting none…
…His Life an eternal message benevolently spun…
…if there was just one phrase to describe Sathya Sai…
…it is to be found in this golden line…
…a most appropriate expression -
To know Him is to experience Love In Action…

Hearts are aglow with a wondrous glow…
…hearing just a whisper of Thy name, Oh! Mother Sai…
The Advent of this Avatar did myriad aspirations fortify…
Parthi was serenely luminescent…
…though unseen to the naked eye…
Truth had incarnated…
…now Dharma would distinctly revive…
Prema, Shanti, Ahimsa…
…would certainly come alive…
Samastha Lokaah Sukhino Bhavantu,
Samastha Jeeva Sukhino Bhavantu…
Peace and Amity the globe and creation through…
Of the Golden Entity each being…
…would receive their rightful share…
…their wholesome due…
…for there is no other purpose other than this -
Soak in the Darshan…the Presence…
…adhere the Master’s words…
…and live only to merge into the petal soft Lotus Feet…
…of the Infinite One…Who is Satchidananda…
…Existence, Knowledge and Bliss…
Whom heavenly beings crave for…
…and upon Whom the wise constantly reminisce…

Oh! Sweetly Cherished Lord…
Oh! Eashwarinandan…
…on this sacred day we celebrate You…
…Beloved You…
…with so much joy Your Divine Love…
…with every passing second…
…our life with beauty and peace does imbue…
…a mention of You…
…does the sting of existence instantly subdue…
From the mayhem of living in kaliyug,
…drowning in the sea of ignorance…
…only You can effect a rescue…
Come, herald in that transformation…
…bestow that breakthrough…
Come, hear our plea,
Oh! Beloved Soul of our soul…
Oh! Loving Mother with Enchanting Eyes,
You are the life force in every breath…
…every heartbeat chants Your name anew…
…there can never be anyone else for us…
…but You…
Incomparable You…
Matchless You…
Life is inconceivable without You…
…every adoring heart craves for You…
…from legendary devotees taking their cue…
Oh! Sai Maa…so gentle, so kind…
…do accept our plea make us Thine…
We love You…we love You…we love You…
…we do…
On this day, we pray for strength that we may…
…pursue the pledge we made to You…
…invoking Thy Grace for glimpses of Thy Will…
…in all spheres through…
Celebrations are on in Universal Realms…
…chimes sound in the Cosmic Avenue…
…a magnificent cascade approaching in view…
…revealing an inevitable ecstatic hue…
We, Your children…all of creation…
…lovingly gather together too,
…on this day…
To say -
You are our dream come true…
…we dedicate our soul to You…
…each moment through…
…the past, the present and the upcoming ones too…
…and then in one voice we do…
…gaily, spiritedly, eagerly wish -
Many, Many, Many Happy Returns to You…

II Samastha Lokah Sukhino Bhavantu II

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