Today's Beautiful Gem: "Universal Prayer" (authors unknown)

"yam saivaassamupaasate sivaiti brahmeti vedaantinah
bauddhaabuddhaiti pramaanapatavah naiyaayikaah
arhannityathah jainasaasanarataah karmeti meemamsakaah
soyamvovidadhaatuvaanchitaphalam trailokyanaatho harih

"The Saivas worship Him as Siva;
To the Vedic scholars He is Brahman;
The Buddhists worship Him as the Buddha;
To the logicians He is the existence of proof;
The Jains worship as Arhanta;
To the enquirers, He is Karma;
The Lord of the Universe thus grants the wishes of various people."

"saivaanaam eesvaro vishnur-vaishnavaanaam cha sammatah
deveeti saaktatantre cha budhdho baudhdha-supoojitah
arhanto jainadharmasya kraistaanaam krista eva cha
jehovaascha yahoodaanaam allaa maahammadasya cha
parairahoora maasdeti phaarseekair-kathyate
evam yajjyotiraabhaati tajjyotis-sham karotu nah

"To the Saivas, He is Siva; to the Vaishnavas, He is Vishnu;
Devi in the Saaktatantra, and Budhdha to the Buddhists;
To the Jains, He is Arhanta; to the Christians, He is Christ;
To the Jews, He is Jehovah; to the Muslims, He is Allah;
He is called Ahura Mizda by the Parsees;
May the Eternal Light shining thus bless us all!"

Note: A few years ago, I remember to have read the third stanza
in the Digest. The first stanza is the favourite of Mahatma Gandhi
whose birthday falls on Sunday. I request someone to publish in the
digest the other Mahatma favourite "Vaishnava janato".

Om Santih! Peace! - J. K. Mohana Rao

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