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lady saint named Janabai. She dance in joy; sanäthä ceyaà bhüù
would make cow-dung cakes, bhavati – this earth also becomes
chanting the name of Lord endowed with a master.
Vitthala all along, so much so The forefathers rejoice in
that the inert cow-dung cakes their fulfilment. Divine beings
reverberated with the sound of dance in joy and the earth
Vitthala. Swami Akhandananda itself becomes endowed with
has written about a sädhu who a spiritual master.
used to lie by the roadside do- When sinners increase and
ing nothing. People felt he was righteous ways of living are
lazy and somebody suggested
given up, saints and sages
that he should do some work. restore order in the world. They
The sädhu told him, “Put your
spread the message of love,
ear against my body and listen.” devotion and service and
The sound ‘Rama Rama’ ema- inspire millions of people. Thus
nated from every pore of his
the Earth also feels fulfilled.
body! His entire body was ‘Forefathers’ does not mean
mantramaya. In tanmayatä, a per-
only those of one family, but all
son becomes completely one the earlier generations of man-
with Paramätmä. kind. When we live in a soci-
The impact of such bhakti is
ety, it is not just a single family
indicated in the next sütra.
that is affected. Entire genera-
maedNte iptraE n&TyiNt devta> tions, both in the past and the
snawa cey< ÉUÉRvit.71. present are affected. Mahätmäs
modante pitarau nåtyanti devatäù bring glory not only to their
sanäthä ceyaà bhürbhavati. (71) own family, but also to the
modante pitarau – the fore- whole clan, the state, the nation,
fathers rejoice; nåtyanti devatäù the entire humanity – the Earth
– divine beings (good people) and Heaven, in short.

K.G.B. Guptha Through quiet and steady
contemplation, tune yourself
& Family
unto Him.
Bengaluru Swami Chinmayananda

Tapovan Prasad 31 November 2017