Whenever Narendra thought of bliss <br />Of Samadhi, as spiritual experience, <br />He heard the moans of millions, <br />The victims of poverty and ignorance. <br /> <br />He thought, “When this’ll end? <br />Who’ll be their proper guide? <br />Even the West spiritually suffers <br />Despite their abundant riches.” <br /> <br />As a lad of twenty five then, <br />How to solve them alone? <br />The task was gigantic one <br />To be tackled by a single person. <br /> <br />In the confined life of monastery, <br />Narendra wasn’t so much happy, <br />When his services were in demand, <br />To be done elsewhere in the world. <br /> <br />He told, “I shall not return <br />Until I gain such realization, <br />That will transform a man <br />When I just touch one.” <br /> <br />Blessed by the Holy Mother, <br />And taking leave of her, <br />He left for the Himalayas <br />In search of ways and means. <br /> <br />With two brother disciples, <br />He had arrived at Nainital, <br />On the way to Badrikashrama <br />In the heart of the Himalayas. <br /> <br />At the final destination, <br />They sat in meditation <br />Under a Peepul tree there <br />In that biting cold atmosphere. <br /> <br />Narendra realized the oneness <br />Of the man with Universe, <br />In that, the elements of bodies <br />Also existed in the Universe. <br /> <br />The whole Universe existed, <br />In an atom, what he found. <br />The power of Ramakrishna <br />Started working on Narendra. <br /> <br />He became a realized soul. <br />But it wasn’t his ultimate goal, <br />As in his uppermost mind <br />Only the poor people stood.<br /><br />Rajaram Ramachandran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/26-vivekananda-the-moans-of-millions/
