Passage 2

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In plain words

To shed tears over ‘passing clouds’ is not the mark of a human being

To recognise the close bond between these four, vyaṣṭi, samaṣṭi, sṛṣṭi and Parameṣṭhi, is man’s chief duty. Without the vyaṣṭi there is no samaṣṭi. So, for the samaṣṭi, the vyaṣṭi is what matters most. The samaṣṭi is an inner part of sṛṣṭi. Sṛṣṭi came from Parameṣṭhi. So everything in creation is a gift of God’s grace! But are we making any effort at all for God? Do we shed tears for God? In this world everything comes and goes. To shed tears for such ‘passing clouds’ is not the mark of a human being. When clouds gather thick in the sky, the sun and the moon are hidden. For that alone we should not grieve, saying, ‘Alas, the sun cannot be seen’, ‘The moon cannot be seen.’ If we have a little patience, the clouds move on; we can see the sun or the moon again. What man needs above all is forbearance.

In the most holy land of Bhārata, forbearance alone is our beauty; of all the vows, the one that has won renown, the great practice of Satya is the hardest tapas; if you ask what feeling is sweetest in our country, what is more honoured than the feeling for a mother? that held honour higher than life itself, our country’s code they have burned to ash, and today, searching out foreign codes, they have handed us the sharp sword called strange freedom; what shall I say of the rule of Bhārata! Like the elephant that did not know its own strength, so have the people of Bhārata become today!