Look East, Look East...
Look East and see,
The blessings of Shri.
The sun's rising as it's done for billions of years.
Flowers & leaves greet it with joyful tears.
Me and you, we call these dew,
Kissed by the Sun, every morn anew.
But wait!
Something else is here, this wonderful dawn.
Look East, and see India, for centuries a pawn;
Rise again, the Bharat we used to be,
Before night fell on our self-respect and we,
Went to sleep at the feet of foreign foes,
Dreaming their dreams, ignoring our woes.
But no more! no more!!
To the sun's glow, we add our own
As t'was before.
Look East, this morn,
And see our miracle,
A new star being born.
Look East at our amazing rebirth,
Once more showing our worth,
And,
As the Sun's return is greeted by the holy bath*
Our ancient prayer lights our path,
Om bhur bhuvaj swah, tatsavitur varenyam I
Bhargo devasya dheemahi, dhiyoyonah prachodayat II
Om....
KA
16.01.25
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ॐ भूर् भुवःस्वः, तत् सवितुरवरेण्यं ।
भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि, धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ।।
The Gayatri Mantra (a translation)
Om,
O Surya (Sun)!, the source of all physical, mental and spiritual realms, the Creator, whose effulgance we adore and meditate upon, may your light illumine our intellect.
*Makar Sankranti is the day the sun starts moving up from the tropic of Capricorn. It's marked by the Kumbh mela where millions take the ritual bath in their rivers, deemed holy.