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         We are not those who sit inactively
         Grieving or drowning in the empire of sentiments,
         We have to be resolute
         To accept who are good
         To realize who are acceptable.
         And so,
         We have chosen today’s sacred day.
         His proximity emanated into affection
         For all of us over forty-five years;
         Today, he has departed from us.
         His life was resplendent like the sun,
         And cool like the moon.
         His life was duty incarnate,
         And death like an approved act.
         This was the uniqueness of his personality!
         We saw in him consciousness, but no sloth,
         Idealism but not absence of action,
         Splendour but not eagerness,
         Affection but not attachment,
         Detachment but not indifference,
         Love but not in excess,
         Strict but not harsh,
         Firm but not fundamental,
         Of course, we have seen all this,
         Experienced all this,
         In a natural, spontaneous way.
     (It is hard to imagine that the stream flowing gently on the plains
has emerged from the mountains tearing through the massive boulders.
It is equally hard to imagine the infinite energy that resides in him
when you look at Vakil Saheb.)
     The Gita says –
         Saints are desireless,
         He was.
         Saints are detached.
         He was.
         Saints are destitute.
         He was.
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