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any worldly help he is spending his life unconcerned. Like a great sage, he too realized:
Torinmalololong protibirotidattandhatamasang Bhobe soukhyong hitwā gomosukhomupādailyo monoghang.
The meaning is—
The agile bird laughs for a moment
Laughs (and) again drowns into the pit of darkness
Likewise momentary is the rise of happiness in the life of man/mankind, Sorrow is at its end/
We humans know it for certain, but hardly do we realize it. how many of us can remain steady in the teeth of a crisis or danger? We have heard it from Baba that sri hari ran to the rescue of one of his devotees when the latter fervently prayed for his help and that when he saw that his devotee was trying to defend himself he returned. We too are no better than that devotee. We too fail to remain calm and unconcerned by having left everything in the hands of God. We suffer from apprehension that our prayer may not have reached God and that he may not run to our rescue. We do not have that unquestionable faith in God like that of Prahlad. Then why do we in a state of fear coupled with doubt pray for his help? Why do we run for the blessings of a sage, with attachments as well as detachment? Why have those old men and women, young men and women, the Lord and the laity assembled in hordes to listen to the words of that sage with only a koupin on? For what reason or with what desire have they forsaken their comforts to listen to him? Why have they brought many a gift and offered the same at his feet? Why are they spending unquestioningly for the appeasement of the Baba? They are in fact not expecting any return from the Baba who has nothing to offer them except a word of advice. Why have they assembled at the door of the Baba? Even they do not know why they are there. Man wants to realize God. With a view to realizing him, man forges forward by tiding over odds and obstacles. One littérateur once said, man is potentially more beastly than the beast of a forest. But such a view is not worth appreciating. One great soul viewed,
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