In plain words
All this is nothing but God's will! Everything happens by God's will alone. A great devotee said,
“Without Your will not even a blade of grass moves; but they do not know it, nor think of it in their minds, some on this earth find no joy; they swagger and boast that they act with discernment; but what will happen at the end, and when, they cannot know, however great they be.”
Whatever God does is only for the good of the people! For all are parts of Him! Not human beings alone; cattle, birds, wild beasts, worms and insects too are forms of God Himself! “Rāma, who bears the title of One who dwells, brimming with love, in the ant, in Brahmā, in Śiva, Keśava and the rest, protect me!” said Tyāgarāja. But not everyone can recognise this truth. That is why, when an ant crawls on their back, people swat it and kill it. If that same ant appears to them as the form of Brahmā, they bow to it. In this way names and forms create many differences. The divinity called ‘I’ that is in everyone is one and the same! Humanness is most divine, sacred and meaningful. Mānava means ‘one who is sacred’. Sankrānti is the very festival that recalls this truth and wakes man up. However poor they may be, today people make at least a little pāyasam and drink it. At this holy Makara Saṅkramaṇa people enjoy themselves with games and songs. It is a festival for the cattle too! People decorate their cattle beautifully and enjoy themselves making them play. The gaṅgireddu man names the bull Rāma and the cow Sītā, trains them well and brings them along. When he asks, ‘Is Rāma handsome, my dear?’, the cow shakes her head from side to side as if to say ‘No, no’. That means she does not like him. Then, waving the stick in his hand, ‘My dear! Rāma is dark, he is blue. So what? He is very good, my dear!