Thousands of years ago there lived in our country, Bharat a boy named Shravan Kumar. As his parents were old and had lost their eye-sight, Shravan Kumar used to carry them in baskets hanging from a pole, which he carried across his shoulders. For years he served them with love and devotion. The parents too loved their son.

Story of Pundalika

Hundreds of years ago, in Maharashtra, there lived a boy named Pundalika. He too served his parents with great devotion.

Every night Pundalika would press his father’s legs. One night, pleased with his service to his father, God appeared in the room to bless him. At that time Pundalika was pressing his father’s feet. He did not want to disturb his father who was just about to fall asleep. So without stopping his service, he pushed a brick towards god and said, “Lord! Please wait here till my father falls asleep.”

Lord Panduranga stood on the brick and waited. At last Pundalika finished. He came and prostrated to Lord Vithoba. Lord Vithala blessed him and told him to ask for any boon he wanted.

Pundalika prayed, “Lord, please stand here and grant Your Divine Darshan to others also in the same way as you have blessed me .”

Silent Sitting

• I will always be neat and tidy. I will brush twice a day, take bath daily and pray daily to God to make me a good child.

KHATE BHI RAM KAHO PEETE BHI RAM KAHO, SOTE BHI RAM KAHO , RAM RAM RAM, BOLO
RAM RAM RAM. RAM RAM RAM,RAM RAM RAM, RAM RAM RAM
BAITHATE BHI RAM KAHO UTHATE BHI RAM KAHO, CHALTE BHI RAM KAHO RAM RAM
RAM, BOLO RAM(3)
PADTHE BHI RAM KAHO, SEEKHTE BHI RAM KAHO , SOCHTE BHI RAM KAHO, RAM RAM
RAM, BOLO RAM (3)
KHELTE BHI RAM KAHO, JEETATE BHI RAM KAHO, HAARTE BHI RAM KAHO, RAM RAM RAM,
BOLO RAM (3)
HASATE BHI RAM KAHO, ROTE BHI RAM KAHO, MARTE BHI RAM KAHO, RAM RAM RAM,
BOLO RAM(3)

Activity

• What all God has given us
• Draw / colour 2 small and 2 big creatures that God has made
• List. Draw / colour 2 bright and 2 beautiful things that God has made.

Revision Of Karagre

Story Of Pretty Hands

Once God sent his angel in search of the prettiest hands! He said, “Go and bring to me a man from the earth, who has the prettiest hands!”

The angel came upon the earth at midnight thinking that all the people would be at rest, and work would become easy as the angel can observe their hands from a very close distance.

The angel first came to the palace thinking that hands of the queen would be the prettiest as it would be well decorated with jewels and nourished by ointments.

But when the angel entered the queen’s chamber, there was an unpleasant smell in the air. It was the smell of the bad actions done by the queen. Her hands had done many cruel things. Same was the case with the king. The angel then visited the house of the nobles, knights and the merchants thinking that their hands may have performed good deeds and thus would have acquired beauty. But the angel was disappointed.

Then the angel turned towards the temple quite happy with the thought that at least one of the pundits may have pretty hands. But alas! There too he was disappointed. They were also full of ego.

The angel was very sad. With a very heavy heart, the angel came to the open fields and sat under a tree. The angel thought how to face the Lord without having completed the task allotted to him ! And suddenly there was a lovely fragrance which drifted towards the angel from somewhere. When the angel looked around there were no flowers, trees nor any fragrant plants! The angel searched all around in the dark.

The angel saw a farmer sleeping on the ground in the open fields. The angel bent near him and saw the palms of the farmer. Though rough and brown they were shining with a glow! The farmer was fast asleep and from his palms wafted a lovely fragrance and the atmosphere was cool and pleasant

The angel carried the farmer to God but was quite puzzled. The angel asked God how the farmer could have prettier hands than king and the queen. God was pleased that the angel had made the right choice. He explained to the angel that the farmer was thankful to God for giving him two strong hands to work with. He also knew that his hands were merely tools and that he had to use this tool given to him by God for HIS purpose.

Therefore the farmer used his hands to gain knowledge and to give that knowledge to others. He used them to toil in the fields and to grow corn and thus become prosperous. He also used them to give away corn to the needy, he healed others wounds with his hands. He was never proud of his achievements but always folded his palms before the Lord. Thus, the farmer acquired knowledge, wealth and prosperity through his own efforts and now with those noble deeds, he had reached the Lord and had merged with HIM. Thus the farmer had attained Godhood.

Activity

• Good and Bad things we do with our hands

Silent Sitting

• Oh! God! Please make my hands pretty. I will do only good things with my hands. I will not use it to do anything bad

If sloka is not allowed then we can explain as

• Tips of Fingers – Wealth
• Middle of Palm – Knowledge
• Base of Palm – Protection

Activity

All children stand in circle. Leader of the game is the judge. Everyone has to stretch a hand towards the centre with palm open. When SAI word is uttered everyone has to show the front side and when Ram is uttered everyone has to show the backside of the palm. Any mistake in showing the front and back side of the palm, that child is ‘out’. RAM can be uttered before SAI or vice versa or can be repeated. The last child remaining will be the winner mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.

Activity

• Aum Sri Sairam chanting