Chapter 18: Sat-Guru (Great Master)

Lav and Kush:

Mother!

Friends, acquaintances and elders

Give us good education,

Then why is a Sat-Guru (Great Master) required

And how to recognise Him?

Song 1: Sat-Guru (Great Master)

Sita:

One who craves not an iota of wealth,

Or even a petal of flower.

One who is not infatuated

By any man, woman or power.

One who only immerses himself or herself,

In alleviation of human miseries of the world.

One who shows the path of Truth

And guides you to the love of Lord.

Oh devotee! Salute such a person

And touch his or her feet reverentially forever.

For indeed He or She is

The ‘Sat-Guru’, the Great Master.

Song 2: Love for devotee

Sita:

The Sat-Guru loves his disciple;

As a cow loves it’s calf selflessly.

Oh! Devotee know this for sure,

But be dedicated to your duty,

When you stand, sit, walk or roam,

Laugh, speak, arise or sleep

Who regulates your breath?

Can you perceive?

It is God indeed, God indeed,

He loves all beings,

Be they of human,

Animal, birds or plant species.

Song 3: Hermitage Environs

Sita:

In the Valmiki Ashram

Before even the sun rise

The sound waves spread everywhere

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