Translation of :  मैं तो बद था ही
                        बदनाम भी हुआ

                          I was already known as having nothing good in me,

{With time } I grew more in infamy.

The world slandered me some, 

some stains I acquired myself .

My caravan would have gone on like this

If Your door had not come in between!

I am still going on in the same old way,

 I  am still no good, I still keep on acquiring blemishes,

But still whenever I come to Your door,

My ill fame vanishes away

And I do not know where the stains on my character disappear!

And in that {subtle} atmosphere that you create;

My heart brims over. 

That cup which You hold out forth for others to drink;

That cup calls me forth; and for that 

My hand comes out to hold! 

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"Out of the night that covers me

Black as the pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul." 

Under the bludgeoning of fortunes

I have stood as the best,

And I have walked, and slipped,

and sometimes taken rest.

This I could achieve, never alone

But I had my Teacher with me,

Who told me where the North Star shone

And His teachings I carry in my heart within me.

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Credits:

The first paragraph, "Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole" Is from the poem "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley.

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LORD HANUMAN SHOWING LORD RAMA AND SITA IN HIS HEART

SWAMI SATYANANDJI MAHARAJ

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR FOR US ! CELEBRATING TWIN BIRTHDAYS OF OUR SADGURU SWAMI SATYANANDJI MAHARAJ AND LORD HANUMAN ON 21ST AND 22ND MAY 2016 AT AMOGH DHAM!

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Credits:
Image of Lord Hanuman: Anant Shivaji Desai
http:/www.barodaart.com/oleographs_ramayana.html

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मैं तो बद था ही, बद से बदनाम भी हुआ 

कुछ दाग़ ज़माने से मिले, कुछ मैंने खुद लगाए  

मेरा कारवाँ यूँ ही चल रहा था, 

गर तेरा दर बीच में न आया होता!

चल तो अब भी यूँ ही रहा हूँ _  

बद तो अब भी हूँ, दाग अब भी लग जाते हैं 

पर अब जब भी दर पहुँच जाता हूँ तुम्हारे, 

मेरी बदनामी गुम हो जाती है 

और दाग न जाने कहाँ खो जाते हैं! 

और वह समां जो तुम बांधते हो 

उसमें मेरा दिल भर आता है, 

वह प्याला जो तुम औरों को पिलाते हो 

वह मुझे बुलाता है और उसके लिए अनायास 

मेरा हाथ बढ़ता है! 

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Today is Mahashivratri

The world as it is 

Is not as it is,

It seems that which it is not.

What is not the world,

Yet is the world,

Lies hidden.

To see it you have to remove 

the world.

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बड़ी आरज़ू ले के ढूंढ रहा था तेरा ठिकाना

खुदी में खुद को पाया तेरा आना और जाना\

मेरी उम्र भी न थी की तुझ को ढूंढ पाऊँ

रहमत है तेरी मुझपर फिर राह में मुझसे मिल जाना !   

With great desire (I) was looking for Your home

I found You in myself _ Your coming and going

I was not old enough to find You by myself

Your Grace it was on me that led my path to to meet Yours! 

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