Passage 1

In English

This day, I am announcing an event which will give you great joy. is ever full of joy. Anxiety, grief and unrest cannot approach , not even as near as millions of miles, Believe it or not, does not have the slightest experience of anxiety, for is ever aware of the formation and transformation of objects and the antics of time and space and of the incidents therein. Those who have no knowledge of these and those who are affected by circumstances are affected by sorrow. Those who are caught in the coils of time and space become the victims of grief. Though is involved in events conditioned by time and space, is ever established in the principle that is beyond both time and space. is not conditioned by time, place or circumstance. Therefore, you must all recognise the uniqueness of the Will of , the . Know that this sankalpa is - it is irresistible Will. You may ignore its expression as weak and insignificant but, once the will is formed, whatever else undergoes change, it cannot change. Fifteen years ago, while inaugurating the College at , I had said that it will soon be transformed into a University. People thought that uttered those words in that strain merely to enthuse them. We established a College at only last year. While doing so., I said "This will be transformed into a University next year and so, we must ensure a stable basis." When I said so, remarked: "It is impossible". "Institutions working for twenty or even thirty years, having acquired many distinctions and equipped themselves with postgraduate faculties, have yet to realise this goal. is declaring thus! What course will this take"? he thought within himself. He knows what course it will take. Still, it appeared to him doubtful that it would become a University in the very second year of its existence.