Chalk out a meticulous program,
Build on sweat-flood hope-dam,
Let not your efforts become sham,
Ban taking pills, even a milligram.
You must do punctually exercise,
Protect body like protecting eyes,
Not because others may praise,
But because health will be nice.
Praying, walking, swimming and cycling,
Are the four exercises to which you cling,
Extra flesh will be definitely declining,
Contract with peace, you will be signing.
Praying strengthens your mind,
In walking, patience, you can find,
Swimming and cycling come behind,
To power body that becomes refined.
Use both morning and also evening
Health's benefits, you will be learning,
On prayer and exercise, keep leaning,
Your life will then carry a new meaning.
All intake of medicines, you gradually cut,
Owning good health is to crack a hard nut,
With flood of sweats, make your body wet,
Health indeed is the most important asset.
Do exercise without any expectation,
It may involve hard and tough repetition,
Get a hard-worker's famous reputation,
Soon, disease suffers a firm termination.
Anyhow, practice always moderation,
Or else ill-health will bring botheration,
Do exercise daily for a fixed duration,
Intake of food also, you must ration.
Let God-faith form a very firm root,
Let your hope and guts nothing loot,
For all your pains to surely bear fruit,
You must travel in an honest route.
God is your holy guide and friend,
Toward Him, yourself, you extend,
To your needs, He will kindly attend,
Your knees, go before Him and bend!
M V Venkataraman