Devotees who are interested in knowing the Nature of Life, mo e than anything else, and have come to Prasanthi Nilayam to seek answers for their questions from the Lord.Devotees who are intellectuals like scientists, but have realised the validity of super- sensory, beyond-the-mind Truths, revealed in Scriptures.Devotees who have a special aptitude and enthusiasm in worshipping God ritually (Puja) with lamps, flowers, etc.,.Singers of Soul-stirring, Heart-purifying bhajans.Selfless volunteers (sevadals) in service of God.The six ‘Good Mornings’ are respectively said by:
In the Sri Sathya Sai Suprabhatham the approach is quite different. In the last but one stanza, He is seen as the Bridge that alone helps us to cross the ocean of life.
He is also recognised and praised as the one who has descended to earth repeatedly in suitable forms for the removal of rampant evil and the re-establishment of Dharma for human beings. In the later stanzas, Lord Venkateswara of the Seven Hills (Tirupathi) is recognised as one of the forms of the omnipotent, and omnipresent, omniscient God – the originator and sustainer of the creation, the protector of His Devotees. When we pray thus, the Divinity inherent in us is manifested not for the sake of individual material welfare, but for the purpose of the welfare of the whole world or at least for the integration of the whole personality: physical, mental and spiritual.Īfter the first two stanzas others follow, each of them ending with wishing God “Good Morning.” The Venkatesa Suprabhatham, which is the most famous Suprabhatham song in India, says its first “Good Morning” to the consort of God, the Goddess who personifies Mercy and Compassion, and is said to be resident in His chest region. The last “please get up” addresses Him as the ‘Most Merciful One’ and requests Him to get up for the sake of the welfare of the world as a whole (Loka Mangalam). Second, it reminds God that He is not an ordinary person, but one with responsibilities for the whole world. First, God is requested to get up in order to engage in Divine duties for the day (Kartavyam Daiva Mahnikam). The first two stanzas of any Suprabhatham song exhort the sleeping God in us to arise (uththista).
Such a step is the singing of Suprabhatham, and putting into practice its implications. In this prayer God is visualised as sleeping and then woken up and wished “Good Morning.” Of course the Divinity in us is never asleep but unless we take at least one step towards activating it, it does not manifest itself. So God, who is latent and immanent in all, is sought out and made patent and public. For effective watering of a tree, water must be given to the roots of a tree. In Western culture, people wish each other “Good Morning.” But in Indian culture this is not done, because it is considered to be the equivalent of pouring water on the leaves of a tree. Suprabhatham literally means ‘good morning’! (Su, good, prabhatham, morning or dawn).