English translation of 'Prarthana ane Udgaro' in Gujarati. Champaklal: 'This is not poetry, it is not song either, these are only my inner being's utterances.'
These are the “Prayers and Aspirations” which the Mother has made Champaklal write. I thought you might like to know how much I have been helped myself, for the same help is there for you also.
“True Surrender” were words to me and until my wife Sudha and I were caught in Kuwait on 2nd August 1990 I did not think about them much. We were taken as hostages by the Iraqis and used as “human shields” in a strategic installation in N.E. Iraq. All of a sudden we lost our freedom as well as our luggage from the aeroplane and if the bombing started we would be the first to know. In such circumstances, one has only the inner strength to turn to. As followers of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother we asked Them to get us out. Sure enough our answer came on 19th August when we were offered travel documents by the Indian Embassy because of Sudha's Indian birth. But I felt this would be dishonest as we earn our living in Britain, and gratefully declined the offer. Sudha refused to leave without me. Having decided to stay with the others—the British, Americans, Germans and Japanese—we tried our best to keep cheerful and confident for their sake as well as our own.
Then we came to understand that the Iraqi police and soldiers were equally hostages to their government as they too would be bombed with us. So we tried to be polite with them also.
The Mother has written:
“I belong to no nation, no civilisation, no society, no race, but to the Divine.
“I obey no master, no ruler, no law, no social convention, but the Divine.
“To Him I have surrendered all, will, life and self; for Him I am ready to give all my blood, drop by drop, if such is His
“Will, with complete joy; and nothing in His service can be sacrifice, for all is perfect delight.”
You might tell me that only the Mother can do this. But if we are not to try ourselves, then why are we on the earth at all? And if we believe that God has given us life as an opportunity to do His service, then why complain about the circumstances or worry about when our life will end?
So finally I would like you to know that when on 9th December 1990, the 40th Anniversary of Sri Aurobindo's Samadhi, all the hostages were set free, I remembered what the Mother had said, that Sri Aurobindo is in the earth's atmosphere and has not left us. Then I prayed to Them both that if at all it is helpful for Their work I am ready to be born again and again to do Their service.
I am yours with kind regards,
DON FISHER
A Request:
”“This is not poetry, it is not song either, these are only my inner being's utterances. I have not written them, the Supreme Mother and Lord have made me write them. Whatever I have had to say I have said in these lines.”
Champaklal
Remember always and at every moment the Supreme Mother and the Lord (3) With a heart full of love, with a heart full of love, With a heart full of love. (2) This is our prayer (2) May we never forget Thee (2) May we never forget Thee.
Ma... Ma... Ma... This alone is our prayer May we never forget Thee. (3) Ma ... Ma ... Ma ... May we never forget Thee. (2) Blessed verily is their life who live this experience constantly. (3) Who live this experience constantly. (3)
1973-11-13
Without the Supreme Mother's and Lord's will, (2) Nothing ever happens in the whole universe. (2), In vain carries man the burden on his head, (3) Without Your Grace, nothing ever happens. (3) Even Your constant remembrance can only come by Your Grace, (3), By Your Grace alone it comes. Day and night is then lived only in Your presence, (4) Only in Your presence, in Your presence only, (4) Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... in Your presence alone.
(13.11.73)
The Compassionate Mother's Grace descended, (2) At a tender age the Mother called me, (2) Always had I yearned for the Mother's remembrance and service, (2) And hoped for living a life in that manner.
I experienced then the boundless Grace of the Gracious Mother, (2) And felt it every moment, (3) I experienced then the infinite Grace of the Gracious Mother, (1) And felt it continuously.
To help all was my heart's tendency (3) That service I offered at the Divine Mother's and Lord's Feet (4) At Their Feet, at Their Feet, at Their Feet. Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma....
O mind, repeat Thou the Mother's name This name makes all auspicious And changes all that is undesired.
O ...Ma, O ...Ma, O ...Ma, O ...Ma, (2) ...Ma, (2) O ... the heart's Master, O ... the heart's Monarch, O ...the heart's Lord.
What wonders have You wrought! (2) What miracles performed! (3) O ...Ma, O ...Ma, O ...Ma, O ...Ma!
What marvels have You created! Which never can be expressed, in any span of time, (3) Blessed, blessed, blessed have I become, (2) Am I made, have been made indeed, (2) O ...Ma, O ...Ma, O ...Ma, O, the heart's Sovereign! (2)
What astonishing splendours have I witnessed, one after the other, All, everything is devised in a way (2) That never will be understood in this world, at any time. (3) Never would be grasped in any age, never realised, never ever! One day will come, one day will come, (2) One day will definitely come (3) When everything will shine, when all things will shine (2) By Your Grace they will shine, Ma, they will shine by Your Grace. All will shine by Your Grace alone. (2) O ...Ma, O ...Ma, O ...Ma, O ...Ma, O ...Ma (2)
By Your Grace alone they will shine. (2) Everything will shine by Your Grace alone, Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma....
Whatever you do, do with full feeling and total interest, Put all your heart and energy in it, Do it with sincerity. (2) Put all your force in it, put all your force in it. (2)
Whatever work comes your way, whatever work may come your way, Do it with sincerity, do it with transparency, Do it with love, do it with love.
Whatever work comes your way, whatever work may come your way, (2) Submit it all to Her, (2) Lay it at Her feet alone. (3) Offer it all at Her feet, (3) Place it all at Her feet, at Her feet.
Success or failure is Hers, is Hers alone (2) What seems to us a failure Is not a failure, is not a failure at all. This is Compassionate Mother's infinite Grace, infinite Grace. (2) Live this truth within, live within.
It will give you happiness, peace, bliss. (2) The Compassionate Mother will grant you, the Compassionate Mother will grant you. The Compassionate Mother is showering Her Grace Showering Her Grace all the time and always, (2) She is showering Her Grace continuously. Never forget this, forget it not. This is the only way, one way alone, For obtaining joy, peace and bliss. (2)
Do not seek hither and thither in vain, don't look in vain (2) Take refuge at the Mother's feet, at Her feet alone, (5) Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Take refuge in the Mother, only in Her, (5) In Her alone, (2) Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Seek refuge in the Mother alone.
1976-10-14
Once there was a time (2) When I kept hearing around me phrases like: “Don't like it, don't like it, don't like it.”1 ”“There's no peace, there's no peace.” I also got infected by this vibration.
Now I wonder, Why this used to happen (2) Now the Gracious Mother has revealed to me, (2) Why this used to happen, why this used to happen, The Mother showered Her Grace, the Mother showered Her Grace, showered Her Grace, The Mother, the Mother, the Mother showered Her Grace.
Now I feel boundless joy, joy, joy within Flowing out, to everyone, it is flowing out to everyone, Flowing out to everyone, flowing out to everyone, (3) The Mother's joy, the Mother's joy, the Mother's joy She is pouring, pouring and pouring. The Gracious Mother, Gracious Mother, Gracious Mother, Gracious Mother, Gracious Mother is pouring.
She is pouring joy into everyone, She is pouring joy into everyone (3) Ma, the Mother of Grace is pouring happiness into all (4) The Mother's joy, the Mother's joy Why this used to happen, why this used to happen, The Mother showered Her Grace, The Mother's joy,... joy,... joy,... joy.
(14.10.76)
I am doing, I alone am doing, I alone am doing. I have done, I have done, I have done. I will do, I will do, I will do, I will do. These are all false thoughts, these are all false thoughts. (2)
Throw away, throw away from your head the burden of 'my doing', (2) The burden of 'I have done', the burden of 'I will do'. Without Your Grace, even in the whole universe Nothing is done, nothing is done, (2) Everything is done by Your Grace alone, (2) Everything is done through You alone, (3) By Your Grace alone it is done, by Your Grace alone it is done, (3) By Your Grace alone it is possible in this life. (3)
O Compassionate Mother, O Gracious Mother, O Compassionate Mother, O Gracious Mother, Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Shower Your Grace, shower Your Grace, shower Your Grace, shower Your Grace O Ma, day and night, shower Your Grace. (2)
Saying “mine, mine, mine” he died, The things that were worth doing in life he left undone.
I don't know what is truth, I don't know what is untruth, I don't know what is to be done, I don't know what is not to be done, I don't know what is religion, I don't know what is not religion, I know only one religion, (3) Only one religion, only one religion, With all devotion, with all love, to take refuge in You, (3) Ma... Ma... Ma...
With all devotion, with all love, to take refuge in You alone, To take refuge in You alone, Ma, In you, in You.
Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... The glory of Your name is great; Even in the whole universe Its equal is nowhere found.
With examples and arguments, all these secrets cannot be understood, Can't be understood, these secrets cannot be understood, (2) Even with a lot of discussions, nothing happens, Nothing happens, Nothing at all is understood, nothing at all is understood. Nothing happens, nothing happens, Despite much reading and reflection Nothing happens, nothing happens, Nothing comes, nothing comes. When the full Grace descends, then alone the understanding comes, Then only everything comes, everything comes.
Gracious Mother, Gracious Mother, Gracious Mother, Shower Your Grace, day and night shower Your Grace, Day and night shower Your Grace.
1977-10-30
O Mother! You have given me Your enchanting, loving, beautiful smile (2) How much of it I have absorbed, You alone know. I know that it has been given for spreading it everywhere. But only very few people know That it is Yours alone, only Yours. Actually in every smile, in every smile, You only are there, You alone are there. (2)
This is experienced only by Your infinite Grace, Occurs only by Your infinite Grace (2) Is welcomed everywhere, This welcome is for You, for You only, For You alone, The whole being blooms fully due to this And becomes blessed, blessed, blessed.
When the inner experiences Will come to the forefront, (2) This only You know; (2) They will come only by Your Grace, They will come solely by Your Grace, Surely, They will come by Your Grace alone.
(30.10.77)
Speak, speak, speak with all devotion, With all love, but speak from within, (2) Keep smiling, keep smiling, keep smiling, Always keep smiling. But smile from within.
Sing songs, sing songs, sing songs, (2) All the time, day and night, sing only the Mother's songs, (3) With love, with love, with love, With all the feeling, all the feeling, Sing only of the Mother's glory, sing Her glory. Sing only of the Mother's glory, All the time, day and night, sing only of the Mother's glory. (2)
Smiling always, make everyone smile. With divine love always in your heart, (2) Receive everyone always with affection (3) With respect, with respect, with respect.
The Mother made me offer all Her Force, At Her own feet, The Mother Herself made me offer it at Her own feet, The Mother Herself accepted it with joy, Accepted it with joy, accepted it with joy.
Now the Mother has showered Her limitless Grace, showered Her Grace, And made me a child forever. (2) Then She kept me at Her feet alone for all time, Kept me, kept me, kept me.
The Mother and Father showered Their limitless Grace Showered Their limitless Grace, showered Their endless Grace, Showered Their boundless Grace on me, Showered Their Grace for all time, showered Their Grace, showered Their Grace.
This priceless gift of silence came to me easily, (3) That for which I had wished for a long time, for a long time (2)
That for which I had wished for a long time, for a long time (2) Having come to me, having come to me, having come to me. It has stayed with me easily, (2) This priceless gift of Yours has come to me, This priceless gift has given me all joy, bliss.
I don't know anything, I don't know anything, I do not know anything. I know that whatever comes, I should accept it always With love and joy as Your precious gift, Should accept it, accept it, accept it.
Now being lost, being lost in You alone, I go about here and there, I go about here and there. You make me go about, You make me go about here and there, For Your work. Your work, for Your work.
I danced and went on dancing In the sky, I danced in the sky. I danced in the sky. My I was made a bonfire. (2)
Higher and higher up in the sky, higher and higher, (2) Higher and higher, higher and higher it made me fly, (2) Consecrated in the golden light of the bonfire It brought me into the golden light in the sky, in the sky.
It brought me into the golden light in the sky, And gave me altogether new experiences. (2) It set in me a unique stability. (2) It gave me a wonderful composure. (2)
Golden, golden, golden, Everything is golden (2) Everything is luminous, luminous, luminous, luminous, (2) Everything is lustrous, lustrous, lustrous, lustrous, (2) I feel limitless joy, joy, joy, (2) Joy within, joy without, (2) Bliss, bliss, bliss, (2) Sat Chit Ananda, Sat Chit Ananda, Sat Chit Ananda. (5) Om... Om... Om....
Om Supreme Mother of Bliss, Consciousness, Truth, (4) Sing victory, sing victory, sing victory, Chant victory, chant victory to the Supreme Mother and Lord. (4) Victory, victory to the Mother Mira, Sri Aurobindo, (3) Victory, victory to the Mother Mira, Sri Aurobindo, (5) Om... Om... Om... Om....
(Given by the Compassionate Mother)
Whenever the Mother used to give me something, She would give it saying. “Cudeau pour vous”. In French “cadeau” means “gift” and “pour vous” means “for you”. That is why I regard these lines as “Mother's Gifts” as they have been very helpful in my life.
Forget, forget, forget all the time, always, The wrongs done to you, (2) Wish, wish, wish constantly, always, for the welfare of all (2) For the welfare of all, for the welfare of all. Always adopt this path for becoming happy, (2) This path for becoming happy, (2) Offer everything with all devotion at the feet of the Supreme Mother and Lord (2) At the feet of the Supreme Mother and Lord.
The love divine is always constantly flowing from the heart towards everyone (2) Is flowing, flowing, flowing, (2) Is always constantly flowing.
Bliss, Bliss, Bliss is filling my entire body, (2) Is filling my entire body. (2) I am being blessed, blessed, blessed, (2) Everything is being offered at Her feet, (3) Is being offered at Her feet alone.
Her glory alone is being sung every day, (3) O...Ma, O...Ma, O...Ma, O...Ma. Ma, Ma, Ma, Ma, O ... Ma, Keep me always constantly at Thy feet, (3) At Thy feet, at Thy feet, Keep me always constantly at Thy feet, Ma,... Ma,... Ma,... Ma... Keep me always constantly at Thy feet. (3)
1980-07-10
I am unable to give up, unable to give up, unable to give up, unable to give up The comfortable beliefs of my outer being (2) My outer being, my outer being. I am unable to give up, unable to give up, unable to give up, unable to give up, My outer being, my outer being, my outer being. (2)
By arranging circumstances the Mother alone draws my attention (2) Draws my attention, the Mother alone draws my attention. Then the Mother Herself frees me, frees me easily from them. Frees me from them, frees me, frees me.
I feel a great joy from this release, I feel a great joy. This way She makes me understand the real freedom, (2) The Mother alone is doing everything and She will surely do everything always, (2) Then what is there for us to do? (2) We have to only take refuge in the Mother alone, We have to only take refuge in the Mother alone, We have to only take refuge in the Mother alone. We have to do this much only, do this much only, (2) Just to take refuge in the Mother alone. (2)
Mother—the Compassionate, the Blissful, the Compassionate, the Blissful, Mother—the Compassionate, the Blissful, the Compassionate, the Blissful, Sing songs, sing songs, sing songs, Day and night sing the Mother's songs alone. (3)
Remain carefree, carefree, carefree, carefree, (2) Just remain engrossed, engrossed all the time in the Mother alone. (2) Sing songs, day and night sing the Mother's songs alone, (2) Remain carefree, carefree, carefree, All the time, just remain absorbed in the Mother alone. (2)
(10.7.80)
What's the use of just regretting... (3) If life's path is not changed ...(3) What's the use of just regretting... (2) If inner experiences don't come to the forefront ... (3) Don't come to the forefront If in life the Supreme Mother and Lord do not manifest... (3) This life is like death... (3) O Ma... O Supreme Mother Ma... O Ma... O Ma....
Shower Your Grace, shower Your Grace, shower Your Grace, Day and night shower Your Grace, day and night shower Your Grace. O Ma... he compassionate, be compassionate, be compassionate. Be compassionate, be compassionate, be compassionate, be compassionate, Day and night shower Your Grace. O Ma,...O Ma,...O Ma,... O Ma,... O Ma,...O Ma....
O Supreme Mother and Lord, O Supreme Mother and Lord, Manifest, manifest, manifest, manifest, O Supreme Mother and Lord, manifest, O Ma, O Ma, O Supreme Mother and Lord, manifest, manifest. O Ma,...O Ma,...O Ma,...O Ma...
Shower Your Grace, day and night, shower Your Grace, shower Your Grace, shower Your Grace, shower Your Grace. O Ma..Ma. Ma...Ma...O Ma....
I have never ever cheated myself consciously (2) Myself, or others, or others Never cheated, never cheated, never cheated, never cheated. It is by the Compassionate Mother's great Grace That I have not been cheated by myself, I have not been cheated by myself, by myself. (2)
Even when I am about to do something undesirable, She draws my attention, She draws my attention, She draws my attention by arranging circumstances (3) She draws me close to Her. (3)
I walked, and walked, and walked and walked... Holding somebody's finger I walked, (2) Holding somebody's finger I walked, (2) Following somebody's shadow I walked, (2) I walked behind, behind somebody (2) Listening to somebody I walked, Catching somebody's word I walked, Catching somebody's eye I walked, Inside someone I walked, Jumping, jumping, I walked (2) Falling and stumbling I ran, ran, ran, ran (2) Even somersaulting, I ran, I ran (2) Someone came and held my hand, held my hand, (2) Holding my hand, made me walk, (2) In between made me run, made me run, (2) Then made me run, run at full speed, (2) In this way made me reach the goal, (2) In the end kept me forever only at Her feet, (2) Kept me forever at Her feet alone. (3)
Champak now prays, Wake me up, wake me up, wake me up, Even those who are not awake, awakening them, Bring them to Thy feet, Thy feet, Thy feet.
1980-08-27
O Supreme Lord, O Supreme Lord, O Supreme Lord, You are my mother and father. (2) O Supreme Lord, O Supreme Lord, O Supreme Lord, You are our mother and father. From age to age You have always kept me constantly, (2) Always kept me constantly, At Your feet, at Your feet, at Your feet. (3)
How sweet this word sounds when I hear, (3) ”“Champaklal” (3) From Your smiling lips, from Your smiling lips, From Your smiling lips.
It vibrates with joy my whole body, life and mind, (2) I hear it in my dream sometimes, and sometimes I also hear it when awake, I hear it also when I am awake, I hear it also when I am awake, On hearing it I become blessed, blessed, blessed. (2)
I pray on this happy, auspicious, sacred, Gurupurnima Day, (3) Keep us all always at Your feet from birth to birth (1) At Your feet, at Your feet, O...Ma, O...Ma, O...Ma, O...Supreme Lord.
(27.8.80)
Guided by my old beliefs (2) Led by my old beliefs, Blinded by my old habits, (2) If I happen to go against Thy will, (2) Your Champak prays today, Prays today: (2)
On this pure, happy auspicious Gurupurnima Day, (2) Spreading Your presence everywhere, in all places, (2) In Your presence only, in Your presence alone, (2) Keep me, keep me, keep me, keep me, keep me, In Your presence alone, Keep me always constantly at Your feet (3) O ...Ma, O ...Ma .... Keep me always constantly at Thy feet, Thy feet, Thy feet.
(6.7.82)
In life I had aspired to serve the Mother, With love and devotion, Service I offered at Her feet alone, (2) The Mother accepted it with joy, (3) By doing this alone I found my life blessed, Felt blessed, felt blessed, felt blessed.
(30.6.60)
1982-02-19
I never cared for respect or insult, (2) Never cared, never cared. I never gave importance to them, Never gave importance.
I always cared constantly for one aim alone, (2) For the only flame that always keeps burning in life, (2) The one flame alone that keeps burning.
The one flame alone that keeps burning constantly and for ever,(3) Which alone is changing the entire life. (2) The whole life I surrendered at the feet of the Supreme Mother and Lord, (4) Then what more is left for us to do? (2)
Champak prays with one objective alone, Give me Your unshakeable, one-pointed, desireless, unique bhakti, (3) Keep the flame burning of the eager aspirants, Always keep their radiating flame burning constantly at Thy feet, Their radiating flame at Thy feet, at Thy feet, Keep it at Thy feet, at Thy feet.
O ...Ma, O ...Ma, O ...Ma, O ...Ma, O ...Ma, Keep it, keep it, keep it, keep it always That constantly radiating flame, that radiating flame, At Thy feet, at Thy feet, at Thy feet, The flame of the enthusiasts at Thy feet.
At Thy feet, Ma ...Ma ...Ma ...O ...Ma, O ...Ma, Always keep that radiating flame at Thy feet.
(19.2.82)
It is shaping me, I am being shaped, (2) It is guiding me, I am being guided, (2) It is making me fly, I am flying, (2) Higher and higher, higher and higher, (2) The sky is rumbling, the sky is rumbling, (3) The inner being is resounding, the inner being is resounding, The inner being is dancing, the inner being is dancing, (2) That which is unbelievable, (3) Is always happening. (2)
Everywhere, everywhere, Your Force is experienced, (2) Is experienced. There is experience of Your Grace alone on all (2) Abundant Grace is pouring, (2) Is being poured, is being poured, (2) By Thy Grace alone, this experience Becomes concrete, becomes concrete, becomes concrete. (2)
O ...Ma, O ...Ma, O ...Ma, O ...Ma, Be gracious, be gracious, (3) Day and night be gracious, day and night be gracious.
O ...Ma, O ...Ma, O ...Ma, O ...Ma, Day and night be gracious, (2)
The outer happenings are just a pretext. What the Lord wills, Ultimately that alone happens in the world, (2) With good will towards all, your love, You are pouring, simply pouring, Pouring on all.
Whenever your personal desires are not satisfied, Even then if you are able to give the same love to everyone, Then only you can know that you are steady and patient.
Whenever your personal desires are not satisfied, Then if your faith wavers, Then you can know that your surrender is not true at all, It is not, it is not, it is not at all a true surrender.
O our Supreme Mother and Lord (3) O the Mother and Master of everyone's heart (3) Victory, victory to Mother Mira, Sri Aurobindo, (3) Victory to the sweet Mother, sweet Father. [^] On this good, sacred, auspicious, purifying, joy-giving Gurupurnima day, Your Champak prays, (2)
Keeping me always constantly conscious, Make me surrender myself spontaneously, totally, in all parts, (3) Make me surrender myself totally, spontaneously, Make me surrender myself totally, spontaneously (3) Make us all do it, make us all do it, (3) Keep us constantly awake always. (3)
Gracious Mother, Blissful Mother, Mother of Consciousness, Mother of Truth, Supreme Mother, Supreme Mother, Supreme Mother, (3) Guru is Brahma (Creator), Guru is Vishnu (Sustainer) Guru is Maheshwara (Great God), Guru is God incarnate, I bow to that Glorious Guru. I bow to Guru; I bow to Guru; I bow to Guru; He who has the form of the infinite universe, who permeates Everything mobile and immobile, Seeing whose feet, I bow to that Gracious Guru, I bow to that Gracious Guru. (3)
Sing the name of the Supreme Mother and Lord, (3) Giver of devotion and liberation, Protector of all worlds, (3) Sing victory, sing victory, sing victory, (3) Sing victory to the Supreme Mother and Lord. (3)
Remain absorbed, remain absorbed, remain absorbed, Always, constantly remain absorbed just in Her alone, Remain carefree, carefree, remain engrossed just in Her alone, (3) Chant victory, chant victory, chant victory, Chant victory to the Supreme Mother and Lord. (3) Chant victory to Mother Mira, Chant victory, chant victory, chant victory.
Gurupurnima (full moon) day 24.7.83.
There is a chain of thinking about justice and injustice, Done to each other. (2) I cannot forget, cannot forget, This sugar-coated self-deception.1 (2) Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... O... Ma, shower Your Grace, shower Your Grace, O Supreme Mother and Lord, shower Your Grace, shower Your Grace, Day and night shower Your Grace.
I have seen, seen, seen, in many places, I have seen. You have shown to me. You have shown to me. You have shown to me. All this self-praise, self-praise, self praise, flattery of others, flattery of others, Tastes sweet, tastes sweet, tastes even sweeter than honey, (3)
Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... O... Ma! O Supreme Mother and Lord, Your Champak prays Today, on this good, auspicious, pure, sanctifying Darshan day, Free me, free me, free me, Free me, free me, free me, Free me from this, constantly, always, keep me free, Free even those who wish to be freed, free them, free them. Thy Grace alone will release us from all this. (2) Free us, free us, free us, Keep us constantly and forever free from all this, (2)
O Gracious Mother, shower Your Grace, shower Your Grace, Day and night shower Your Grace, day and night shower Your Grace.
Give me blows after blows, Throw me down, throw me down, if necessary, throw me down, Even destroy everything, destroy everything, If necessary, if necessary, if necessary, If it is necessary in Your wisdom, necessary in Your wisdom to do so. (2)
But in all these, at every moment, at all times, always Do not ever let me forget You, that at least Do for me definitely, please do, do definitely.
Gracious Mother, Gracious Mother, Gracious Mother, Give me Your Darshan alone, Your Darshan alone, (3) Give me Your Darshan alone, always, at all times. (3)
In all circumstances, always and constantly, Pour, pour, pour Your love on everyone, (3)
Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma, Keep me, keep me, keep me, constantly and forever, At Thy feet, at Thy feet, at Thy feet, (3) At Thy feet, at Thy feet. (3) Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma.
For their own selfish ends all show love, (2) But whenever something is to be done for the Divine, They give excuses, give excuses, give excuses. (2)
This is the mentality of the present society. (2) Ma... Ma... Ma... Compassionate Mother, shower Your Grace, Shower Your Grace, shower Your Grace, shower Your Grace.
You alone are our support, Mother, (3) With Your support only, with Your support only, We can free ourselves, free ourselves from all this. (2) Ma, shower Your Grace, shower Your Grace, Ma, shower Your Grace, Always shower Your Grace.
This alone is my prayer Ma... Ma..., At Thy feet, at Thy feet, at Thy feet, Shower Your Grace, shower Your Grace, shower Your Grace. Ma... Ma... Ma....
If you make an uproar, nothing happens, (2) Nothing happens. It only makes you excited. Makes you excited. (2)
Everything is happening according to Her plan alone, (2) And everything will happen according to Her plan only. (2) What you have to do is With all devotion, all love, all energy, You have to offer all your actions at the Mother's and The Lord's feet alone. (2) You have to offer all your actions at Her feet alone, At Her feet alone. (3) At the feet of the Gracious Mother, Blissful Mother alone. (3)
Whatever circumstances you are placed in, regard them As the most valuable gift, the priceless gift, The Supreme Mother's and Lord's priceless gift, (2) Accept with all love and devotion, (3) This priceless gift of the Supreme Mother and Lord, (2) Welcome it with joy, accept it, accept it, welcome it. Accept this priceless gift of God, (2) Gift of God, gift of God.
The great Goddess shattered my mental constructions Into powder, into powder. The great Goddess shattered my mental constructions Into powder, into powder.
Releasing me from all mental constructions, You brought me to Your shelter, (2) Brought me to Your feet.
Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... You brought me to Your feet, You brought me to Your feet.
You are the doer, You are enjoyer, (2) Giving me this experience constantly always, Making my life wonderful, (3) You have made me blessed, made me blessed, Made me blessed, (3) Making my life wonderful, (2) You have made me blessed. (5)
Though dreaming of happiness, man runs towards (2) The path of pain, path of pain, path of pain. Even then the Compassionate Divine Turns the great hurdles into minor difficulties.
1984-03-21
A time will come— The Compassionate Mother, the Gracious Mother alone will bring it— (2) Such a time will come When ours or others' mistakes will not be taken as mistakes at all. (2)
They will be stepping-stones for our growth, The Compassionate Mother, the Gracious Mother with Her abundant Grace, Abundant Grace, (3) Is making a staircase, Is making a staircase for us. (3)
This is the Gracious Mother's limitless Grace, (3) limitless Grace. (2) Om the Supreme Mother of Bliss, Consciousness and Truth. (3)
(21.3.84)
There is a difference in each one's way of understanding, (2) There is a difference in each one's way of understanding, The real understanding is that which is practised in life. (3)
Om... Om... Om... Om... Om... Om... Om... On this good, auspicious, pure, sanctifying Gurupurnima day, we all pray at Thy feet:
Kindle in us Your eternal, unshakable flame, (3) In Your love, alone, constantly, always, keep us at Thy feet, (3) Always keep us constantly at Thy feet.
Sing victory, sing victory, sing victory Chant victory to the Mother and Sri Aurobindo (3) Chant victory to Mother Mira. (3)
Om the Supreme Mother of Bliss, Consciousness and Truth (3) Om... Om... Om... Om... Om... Om... Om...
Guru is Creator, Guru is Sustainer, Guru is god Maheshwara, Guru is God incarnate, I bow to that glorious Guru, I bow to that glorious Guru. (3)
Gurupurnima (13.7.1984) (Twelfth Night at half past twelve)
1984-08-02
Save me from the religion of convenience (2) Save me, (2) Always keep me constantly at Thy Feet alone (2) at Thy Feet alone.
Such are the things that are seen, and heard, Save me from that religion of convenience. Keep me always free from all this, Keep me always free.
By Your Grace alone this will happen, Then it will be possible to stay at Thy Feet.
You have also revealed to me such things And made me hear such things. Seeing and hearing which I am delighted. They fill me with wonder. Then everything turns to Thy Feet. Victory, victory, victory. Mother, victory to Thee!
Om Supreme Mother of Bliss, Consciousness and Truth Om Supreme Mother of Bliss, Grace Consciousness and Truth. (3)
(2.8.84)
Do not see faults, Do not see faults, (3) Do not ever see others' faults. (3) Do not see mistakes, (3) See, see always, your own mistakes and faults. (3)
If you truly aspire (2) To lead a higher life, Do not blame others, (2) Never blame others.
By the Gracious Mother's abundant Grace alone We shall be free, we shall be free from this. (2) She alone will free us. (2) Always invoke the Compassionate Mother's Grace, (2) Always, the Compassionate Mother's Grace. (3)
Om the Supreme Mother of Ananda, Consciousness and Truth. (3)
1984-07-13
Come, come, come to our home, (3) Our home is at the Mother's feet. (3) But do not forget this, do not forget, do not forget, You have to come completely empty, you have to come entirely void.
Come, come, come to our home, Our home is at the Mother's feet. There are treasures of immense happiness, peace and greatest Bliss, (3) Treasures of intense light, (3)
Come, come, come to our home Empty, empty, empty at the Mother's feet.
Then only will She fill us, She alone will fill us, She alone will fill us, If we let Her fill us. (3) Do not forget this, do not forget this, never forget this.
We can never fill, we can never fill, Don't you forget this, don't you forget this, don't you ever forget this. Allow Her alone to fill, allow Her alone to fill, allow Her only to fill, She alone will fill, She only will fill, let Her alone fill, (3)
Then nothing remains for us to do (2) If we let Her do everything, (2) Once we take refuge in Her alone, take refuge only in Her, There is nothing left for us to do, Nothing remains for us to do, She alone will do, She only will do, only She will do everything.
Victory, victory, victory! Mother of Compassion, Bliss and Love Victory to the Mother, victory to the Mother, victory to the Mother Om... Om... Om... Om... Om... Om... Om....
(13.7.84)
1984-08-11
Wake Up! (3) In life's fierce storms coming from all sides, Believed to be real or unreal, (3) In the quarrels for truth and falsehood, Do not get involved. (3)
With sincerity and goodwill, (3) Mingle with all with love. (3)
Look, look within your inner being: It is coming, (3) The wonderful Peace (3) In your inner being. (3)
She will establish Peace in every cell of your body. She alone will stabilise all. (3) The Mother of Compassion, Bliss and Peace Will establish Peace everywhere. (3)
Victory, victory, victory, Victory to the Gracious Mother, (3) Om the Supreme Mother of Bliss, Consciousness and Truth. (3)
All your actions are for the Mother alone, Then why do you involve yourself in all these arguments?
(11.8.84)
1985-12-09
I stand firm, I stand unshaken. Let death come to-day or tomorrow or at this very moment I do not care, I do not care, I do not care, I do not care, I care only for my aim, For my Dharma, for the truth of my being, Keep me always, constantly far away From the false beliefs full of illusion, Keep me always, constantly at Thy feet alone, This is my only prayer, This is my only prayer.
At Thy Feet, at Thy Feet, at Thy Feet, Then let the body leave, body leave, There is joy in this, there is bliss in this. Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma....
(9.12.85)
Champaklal was born on 2.2.1903 in Patan, Gujarat, India. During his first visit to the Ashram in 1921, when he prostrated himself before Sri Aurobindo with his palms around his feet, he lay there for one full hour. Then Sri Aurobindo placed his hand on his head and blessed him. When he got up he felt that he had nothing more to do in his life. There was an evident sense of having arrived.
In 1923 when a devotee, Punamchand, was coming to the Ashram from Patan, Sri Aurobindo asked him to bring Champaklal along with him. So he had the rare grace of being chosen by the Master himself.
In his book Champaklal Speaks, he writes: “I had aspired always to be able to spend all my time and all my energy in the service of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. This aspiration got fulfilled in a number of ways, often to my utter surprise.” (Page 16)
“You know I came here with the object of God-realisation. Here I found the stress on Transformation. Very soon, however, both receded and Service took hold of my being entirely.” (Page 17) And it is through dedicated and loving service that he achieved God-realisation and prepared for transformation.
He was the personal attendant and confidante of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. His simple, straightforward nature, his utter obedience, his thirst for perfection in every detail in whatever work he undertook, brought him very close to his gurus. The Mother called him 'my lion'. He was always alert in his service and saw to it that people did not unnecessarily disturb Her or waste Her precious time. Due to his adoration and physical proximity to his gurus, he has naturally imbibed many of their traits and even physical expressions. His service has blossomed him into a spiritual painter, writer and poet.
Soon after the Mother left her body, he kept voluntary “maun” (silence) and stopped talking. But being identified with the consciousness of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, he spontaneously projects Their presence. His travels all over India and to many countries in Asia, Europe and America have made a tremendous impact on all who have come in contact with him, and helped greatly the Mother's work. All this has been achieved silently through his personality which radiates more and more of spiritual lustre and love. It is touching to see how deeply he feels the sorrows of others and becomes a beautiful, luminous instrument for divine compassion, generosity, grace and tenderness to flow out from him. He is a living inspiring example of being the Mother's true child.
Working with him is a joy. Even to be with him is to be flooded with spiritual vibrations which lift one and bring one closer to the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. His very existence is for them, his whole being is tuned to them, and his only concern is to do their Will alone every moment.
When told that this book should contain an introduction about the author, he smiled in his unique childlike manner and sang,
Come, come, come to our home. Our home is at the Mother's feet.
That reveals in a subtle way his purpose of writing these prayers through which he invites all to his residence—the Mother's Feet—Her Consciousness.
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