Pune City…Hadshi…And Beloved Swami…
Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
Four year’s since Bhagawan touched the soil of Pune…in His maiden visit to the Peshwa city… 28 October 2009 would ever be inscribed in gold in the history of the city, as this was the day when, precisely at 0940 hrs., the aircraft carrying The Divine landed at the tarmac of Pune airport fulfilling her most cherished dream with His unparalleled bounty of grace. Reliving those moments, writes Sri Jullie Chaudhuri from Pune…
If the hills around Hadshi make a priceless necklace,
Then Sri Sathya Sai Pandurang Kshetra…
…is the most exquisite pendant…
…absolutely matchless…
Such a marvelous sight to hold and behold…
A veritable feast for the eyes…
Oh! Most wondrously was this terrain bedecked…and dressed…
With every breath…
…creation did the Creator eulogise…
A bride waiting for her betrothed…
Such…
…was the buoyant whirl of excitement in the air…
In this most ethereal manner the habitat…
…did itself prepare…
…being decorated gaily for the Lord…
…His entourage and the forthcoming august assembly…
…comprising many an ardent devotee,
Truly a celebration exceptionally rare…
Mr Shivajirao Jadhav’s invitation was worded with care,
Adorned with the colours of love…
…beyond compare…
…It reached the Divine Hands and got acquiescence….
…for the Omniscient One knew…
…eager souls of that region had waited since decades…
…yearning to bask in that unsurpassably Precious Presence…!
When word of this acceptance reached Pune city,
Joy knew no bounds…
Every heart beat faster…
…every cell reverberated with joyous expectancy…
Such magnificent love…
Such exceptional Grace…
…the environment radiated exquisite glee…!
Gradually…
…with each passing moment…
…as is the play between Purusha and Prakriti…
…Shristi-Karta and Shristi -
…Pune did smilingly float and glide…
…transforming into a blushing bride…
Then what of Hadshi…?
Hadshi represented Nature,
Eternally affianced to the Creator…
…she shone radiant in all her beauty and splendor…
…an award which she got…
…simply by thinking of her Lord…
Happiness seeped through the city’s soil…
…it seemed everyday…as though…
…the sun too had done a little extra toil…
…awed by that awesome turnout…
…sharing the delight…the anticipation of those devout…
…setting quicker than usual…
…so as to usher in that beautiful dawn,
That wonderful morn…
…of Wednesday, 28th October 2009…
Just about everyone and everything…
…had waited so perseveringly…
…for that sacred sign…
…for earnest longing and hallowed consent…
…to harmoniously align…
Even the tarmac of Pune airport…
…tingled with exhilaration…
Nothing could compare with the overall ecstatic jubilation…
It was as though each particle in the air…
…was whispering to the other…
…and passing it on to the leaves, the trees, the flowers…
…the ground…to the water droplets in the streams…
…lakes and rivers…
…the birds…animals…
…and so too…to the rays of the sun -
That Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai…
…the Beloved One…
…the dearest of the dear…
…was finally here…!
The Divine Chariot landed at around 09.40 hrs, and each heart skipped a beat. Everyone sighed with blissful contentment to see the aircraft slowly coming to a final halt at the parking bay.
The High-lift, after having been beautified with pretty floral curtains, a red carpet and sprigs of red and yellow carnations, aligned itself, waiting for the Lord’s ‘charan sparsh’…the soft touch of the Lotus Feet.
Swami’s chair was carefully wheeled through, and in that fraction of a second before He got into the high-lift, He looked down at the devotees from the open space, and smiled a smile of unparalleled love…
As the High-lift slowly descended to ground level, and His chair touched the tarmac, tears of joyful welcome welled up in everyone’s eyes.
Hadshi prayed and the Lord responded…
How could the Mother stay away…?
Consistent are those sentiments of adoration…
…abiding uninterrupted even to this day…
Where each segment of earth…
…relentlessly questions its worth…
…where every soul seeks a fulfillment of its birth…
…where each flower that blooms…
…has a constant query –
For Whom…for Whom…for Whom…?
The breeze as it flurries by repeats –
Beloved Lord…come again soon…
Come soon…come soon!
Oh! Sweet Mother Sai…
All-Knowing You are…
…yet, don’t You know how deeply we miss You…?
It is You that bequeaths life…
…its melodious rhythm and soulful tune…
Oh! Ever Enchanting One…to the pleasure of Your Presence…
…that shimmering charm…
…none can remain immune…
Having left the dark confines of its cocoon…
…the hues of our longing…
…for You…
…fly free and high…
Reliving heavenly memories…
Pune city and Hadshi, Oh! Loving Swami…
…explicitly express and crave…
…encores of moments gone by…
Teardrops glisten…no eyes are dry…
Parthi awaits…Earth awaits…
…the rest of the Cosmos…
…so too does poignantly sigh…
Intensely…specifically…solely…
For You…
Seeking…imploring…pleading a reply…
…from You…of You…for You…
Oh! Gloriously Beloved Mother Sai…
II Samastha Lokah Sukhino Bhavantu II
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