In English
This kind of celebration will take place in this college periodically, whereupon it is expected that our students show improvement year after year with regard to their spiritual and secular learning. While blessing you all for success in this regard, Swami expresses happiness to have interaction with such ideal students and to share happiness. This will help to enlighten students on the nature of things, and on the differences of transient and permanent aspects. In addition to imbibing Swami’s ideals, you should also be able to propagate them in the society. I expect that you will not tread a path that is contrary to these principles. ‘Devotion, Discipline and Duty’, these three are very essential qualities. Man is in fact endowed with three eyes. You may say that we see only two eyes for man. With these two eyes we see the present. We also saw the past. We will also see what is going to happen in the future. Our deeds of the present lay seeds for the future. As we sow, so we reap. As we eat, so is our belch. Therefore, we must try to spend the present in a sacred manner so as to derive good in the future. “Be good, see good and do good. This is the way to God”, it is said. For today’s celebration, all of you were looking forward eagerly all night awaiting the sunrise. This is not ‘sunrise’ (). It is ‘Joy-rise’ (). I conclude my discourse with a blessing and hope that all of you will fill your hearts with lasting happiness.