SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

       SWAMI VIVEKANAND & ROYAL DANCER

There was a Conference in Chicago

Swami Vivekanand was thoughtful ;

Why would he go there

What was the charm there(1)

All told that only Swamiji must go 

He would tell about Vedanta and Religion 

He may be travelling through out the country 

His mental stress was increased (2)

He dreamt at Madras that 

Shri Ramkrisna Dev was telling him while walking on the Sea " Go " & he disappeared (3)

At that time Khetri Maharaja Ajit Sing, a disciple of Swamiji,Rajasthan Khetri, came on

Swamiji was interested to go (4)

He became the guest of Maharaj 

He welcomed Swamiji 

As Khetri Maharaja was  

having a new born baby son 

So he was pleased (5)

He requested Swamiji to bless the new born baby a little,

Naina, the Royal Dancer, would dance for the reception of Swamiji too .(6)

He refused the dancing & came back to his resting place,

He thought to himself that he was a monk 

What is the necessity for enjoying dance and song ( 7 )

Maina's song rang in his ears 

In deed that voice was melancholic,

Maina was singing a Bhajan of Ramdas with her melodious tone (8)

Please don't look at my flaws my Lord , I am full of bad qualities 

You are unbiased O my Lord

You are the one who makes all the sorrows disappear (9)

That may be either a knife of a temple or of a slaughter-house, both  turn into gold with the touch of a touchstone,

without any discrimination (10)

Be it a polluted water of a drain or the pure stream water of the river,once they merge into the holy Ganges,they both become equally sacred (11)

O Lord please forgive me for my sins

I am taking shelter in your lotus feet 

Please grant me freedom from my sins

Maina Bai was singing in tears

her heart was filled with grief (12)

Immediately Swamiji opened the door 

and reached Maina Bai's side

" Forgive me O " my mother 

You taught me a lesson 

I remained in blind faith as yet (13)

The Supreme Divine resides in everybody 

Vedanta is the infallible truth,

I had forgotten, you reminded me 

Therefore, accept my salutation, O' my Mother.(14 )

For an ascetic every thing is the same, whether it is a goddess or a dancer,

No one is superior, no one is inferior,

This truth now I have seen.( 15 )."

[ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘫𝘪' 𝘰𝘯 09.08.1891. 𝘒𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪 𝘔𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘫 𝘈𝘫𝘪𝘵 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 Swamiji's 𝘷𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 1893 ]

( 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚂𝚠𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝚅𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚍 & 𝚁𝚘𝚢𝚊𝚕 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛, 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 ©𝙱𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚛𝚊 𝙽𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊 𝚃𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚢, 𝚁𝚎𝚝𝚍. 𝙾𝙶𝙱 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚛, 𝙲𝙳𝙰, 𝙲𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔 in Odia language & 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 © Abadhoot Panda, Chauliaganj, Cuttack into English verse.)