There was the poor office clerk, Bal Bhagwat, who composed his “ailaan” to the world–his proclamation–and who sang it in tunes Dr. Babtiwale had composed.
Bal Bhagwat’s ailaan contained everything that the devotees of Shri Nathji had experienced; it portrayed the advent of the avatar in the clearest possible terms. It was not an ailaan of a poor man, it was an ailaan, which all of creation was singing:
Ai duniyaa vaalo gaur se sun lo
Bal Bhagwat kaa ailaan kyaa hai
O people of the world, listen with care;
To the words of Bal Bhagwat!
Bhari sabhaa men aake baithe
Nath Bhole Mussoorie vaale
Sitting here amidst the crowded gathering
Is Nath Bhole of Mussoorie
Bhagwan Saakshaat yehi hain baithe
Nath Bhole Mussoorie vaale
God Incarnate is sitting here, today
Nath Bhole of Mussoorie,
Sun lo pyaaro, yeh Khudaa hain
Khudaa hi bankar bakhud hi aaye
Listen, my dear ones, He is God,
God has come down as God, Himself
Yehi Rama hain, yehi Krishna hain
Nishkalank Prabhu pragat hue hain
He is Rama, He is Krishna-
He is the Nishkalank Lord revealed,
Avatar Kalki kaa yehi hain dekho
Nath Bhole Mussoorie vaale
He is the Avatar of Kalki,
Nath Bhole of Mussoorie