“Science and spirituality were considered miles apart;
Srila Prabhupad said, 'Let Sripad be!' -- And they became one part!".

Sripada, you should have got the Nobel Prize,
For you added the vedantic sugar and spice,
And a different approach to science,
To defeat Darwin who said we came from mice!

For you could answer any query:
From Atlantic to Pacific,
However unspecific,
Or deluded with maya-
Be it from Maria or Krisnadeva Raya!

You could convince even a Nobel Laureate:
Who had no choice but to say that you are great!
In awe they gasped:
“And still we gaze and still the wonder grew,
That one small head could carry all you knew.”

You were called T.D Singh:
May be because like a Gandharva you sing!
Why so early you got death’s sting?

You were the mani of Manipur:
The place acquired fame because of you,
Such rarity is possible only by you!

How unfortunate are your shisyas….
How could that blast so vicious,
Take away someone so precious-
Making the whole BV Institute,
Forever a destitute?

But, you will live forever in your books
Which have looks ……
Never before dreamt of even by Einstein!
Surely they are a gold mine!