Annapurna Puja at the Cremation Ground: Service and Devotion with Guru Shyama Khyapa

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Narrator: Ten heads, twenty hands | Guptasadhak Shyamakyapa YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0GcDOnAiUI
Narrator: 00:10 - 00:27 Today is Annapurna Puja, and it's being performed in the temple. It has been going on since morning. Hom (ritual with fire) is also going on.
Narrator: 00:28 - 00:54 Everyone is here. There's a lot of crowd here. Let me go inside.
Devotee: 00:55 - 01:14 Pranam, Gurudev. Pranam! You saw Annapurna Puja being performed in the temple. Hom and Puja are being performed here. Many people have gathered here. Prasad was distributed earlier, but I couldn't record it. It's fine.
Devotee: 01:15 - 01:46 Now, I want to talk with Gurudev. Please say something about it. Annapurna Puja has been performed for 32 years. Maa had said that she would come to my house, and it's been thirty-two years since the Puja's been performed there. For two years, it was stopped as some family members had passed away.
Guru Shyama Khyapa: 01:47 - 02:18 Some obstacles were there, so I decided to perform the Puja at the cremation ground. Puja and Hom are going on, and Puja will be performed at 1 AM today.
Guru Shyama Khyapa: 02:19 - 02:52 It's on a grand scale, and Ram Navami puja will be tomorrow. Mango and moong dal are used for the puja.
Guru Shyama Khyapa: 02:53 - 03:26 Tomorrow is not a good day as there's chaos all around. It's not good even if a single person dies.
Guru Shyama Khyapa: 03:27 - 03:55 Annapurna Puja has started in the cremation ground and it'll continue from now on. From next year, it'll be on a larger scale. This time, it was decided in a hurry.
Guru Shyama Khyapa: 03:56 - 04:22 Maa said she wanted to be worshipped at the cremation ground. No one should go back hungry from the Puja. Everyone should be served food.
Guru Shyama Khyapa: 04:23 - 04:54 Next year it'll be even more grand. This is being done for world peace and the well-being of all.
Devotee: 04:55 - 05:14 Pranam. Dr. Karanjai is also here. He's a PG student. Doctors keep visiting Gurudev. Yesterday a doctor from AIIMS, Delhi visited here.
Guru Shyama Khyapa: 05:15 - 05:51 It's good that doctors are devoted to God. They are serving the people.
Guru Shyama Khyapa: 05:52 - 06:23 They take some money, but they also serve the people. We can call it service. Everyone should serve.
Guru Shyama Khyapa: 06:24 - 06:50 I also serve without money. Dr. Karanjai, please say something. I have been visiting for three years. Gurudev does everything for everyone, and he doesn't take anything for that.
Guru Shyama Khyapa: 06:51 - 07:22 Every episode this thing comes up. God shouldn't be sold. Can you sell your profession? We perform our work to earn a living.
Guru Shyama Khyapa: 07:23 - 07:54 I've heard that doctors take an oath to serve people, and it's unfortunate that they take money from the patients.
Guru Shyama Khyapa: 07:55 - 08:26 I don't know if they have taken an oath or not, but they serve people selflessly. If they are not there, it'll be difficult for everyone.
Guru Shyama Khyapa: 08:27 - 09:02 New diseases are coming up, and they are trying to control them. I like to be around doctors.
Guru Shyama Khyapa: 09:03 - 09:33 They are involved in service and you're also doing that. I want people to serve others selflessly. If they are not there, things will be difficult.
Guru Shyama Khyapa: 09:34 - 10:04 I don't want you to sell your profession. I also don't want to sell my profession. God has given me power. I don't take money from anyone.
Guru Shyama Khyapa: 10:05 - 10:25 I have been serving for forty years. If God is with us, then no one else is needed. If we do good, good things happen.
Guru Shyama Khyapa: 10:26 - 10:35 My health is not good, but I try to serve people as much as possible. I don't want to bother Dr. Karanjai as he talks very little. We will meet in some other episode.
Devotee: 10:36 Pranam, Gurudev. Pranam!