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BIRTHDAY FAMILY SERVICE.*[1]
(1922)
Hymn—Kanugontini Kanulapanduvaganu.
Om! Glory, glory, thrice-sung glory unto the Giver of all good! He is the sole Giver of all good : of all that is good, of what is wholly good, of the good that never fails, of the good whence all good springs and spreads, of the good that consecrates every life unto the good. Unto Him, the Giver of the supreme good, glory, glory, glory for ever!
We need no udbodhan, no special invocation of the spirit-no separate exhortation, to apply the mind or to attune the heart to God. The darling, dear unto us all in the All-merciful and All-blessing God—he is the solemn udbodhan, the uplifting invocation to-day, as our eyes and hearts dwell on him, braced with the goodness, beaming with the grace, of God. He is
- ↑ In Pithapuram Palace, on the twelfth birthday of the senior Mahavajakumar (8—10—22.).
