Feb 281 min read

AN ACCOUNT OF A SAINT

nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhutale

srimate bhaktisiddhanta saraswati iti namine

You are our special link to the chain

And connection to the spirit vein

You are Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati

Resident of holy Jagannatha Puri

A genius who was not a light debater

A risk-taker and proven innovator

A lecturer owing to your reading

No wonder you were competent in your leading

A ray of Vishnu, the singha (lion) guru

Caste brahmins and mayavadis you'd pursue

Yet inclusiveness was your determined theme

You thought fallen mlecchas could be part of the scheme

A lover of bhajan projecting sacred sound

But brihat mridanga was the beat to get around

The printing press was for the world

A vision beyond India you had unfurled

And shared with your dear Abhay Charan

Who later on created the benevolent ISKCON

He was a follower of Gandhi at the time

At an extraordinary social-political prime

I express from the heart a great gratitude

That later generations can find solitude

And for not excluding us from the bhakti trail

Because frankly life can be a jail

The pursuit of lust, anger, and greed

Or any other notorious inner weed

Is to be extracted at the very root

And replaced with Krishna prema, the fruit

Had you not come when you did

We would all remain on that rotting grid

MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU!

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