GG News Bureau
Nagpur, 27th Sept: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday described the organisation’s daily prayer as a “collective resolve” that has attained the spiritual strength of a mantra through decades of practice. He was speaking at the launch of an innovative audio-visual presentation of the RSS prayer, set to music by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London and rendered in multiple Indian languages.
“Since 1939, swayamsevaks have recited this prayer every day in the shakha. Years of dedicated repetition have given it the power of a mantra—this is not just theory, it can be experienced,” Bhagwat said at the Maharshi Vyas Auditorium in the Reshimbagh Smriti Bhavan complex. The new production features music by noted composer Rahul Ranade, vocals by renowned singer Shankar Mahadevan, and narration by celebrated voice artist Harish Bhimani.
Explaining the deeper meaning of the prayer, Bhagwat said it expresses the collective aspiration of the Hindu society to see Bharat Mata (Mother India) attain the highest glory. “The first salutation is to Bharat Mata, and only then to the Divine. Nothing is sought from her; instead, we express what we will give. What we seek, we seek from God,” he noted.
He recounted that even the youngest swayamsevaks stand with perfect discipline during the prayer. “A child may not understand the words, but prayer is first a feeling—of devotion to the motherland and firmness of resolve. One does not need scholarship to grasp that emotion,” he added.
Bhagwat narrated how the prayer’s impact has inspired many to join the Sangh. He cited the story of Keshav Chandra Chakraborty, a Sanskrit teacher who was so moved by hearing the prayer that he eventually became the RSS prant sanghachalak (state head) of Bengal.
Calling the prayer a flow from feeling to meaning to words, he said, “If we want to quicken the pace, we must also move from words to meaning and from meaning to feeling.” The new musical rendition, he said, helps listeners experience that journey. “Music goes straight from the ear to the heart,” he observed, congratulating all those involved in the project.
The event featured Hindi and Marathi visual presentations of the prayer, which has also been translated into about 14 Indian languages including Gujarati and Telugu. Harish Bhimani, who narrated the Hindi version, described the project as a personal offering to Bharat Mata. Composer Rahul Ranade said Bhimani first proposed the idea, while veteran actor Sachin Khedekar lent his voice to the Marathi narration.
