The Ultimate Liberator!

For the seekers of knowledge
Can there be a knowledge?
better than
The Knowledge of The Divine, Shri Rama!

The one who liberated
Even the blades of grasses
And all the swarms of ants

Leaving none behind
That ever existed
In the Good City of Ayodhya

And placed them in
An exotic heaven
Created exclusively for them
By the Great Grandshire Brahma!

-Nammazhvaar


Ramayanam is Agriculture
Bhagavatham is Harvest
-Me


The twin-syllable, Rama
When a devotee exalts!
The Birth-Death cycle
It permanently halts

Goodness and Wealth
It everyday brings
Sin and poverty
It cleanses and shrinks

-Kambar


Goodness Honesty Sweetness Simplicity
Gentleness Strength Humility Bravery
Valour Talent Prowess Success
Memory Trustworthiness Heroism Genuinity
Such adorable qualities and so much more
By chanting Rama's name you will score!

-Me

My Lord's Story: Goodness Incarnate

Ramayanam in English poetry.

The Supreme Lord of the Universe was once born on this earth as a Human Being, faced challenges and had His share of pain and pleasure going through both good and bad times like any of us. Like any of us He too, took His turn in laughter and cry.

This humility of The Lord, that makes Him come down to earth and share with us our difficulties to show us a way to handle them is what I admire in Him. This quality of Him, makes me surrender to Him unconditionally and makes me want to sing His Glory on and on and on.

My Lord's Story is an out pour of my devotion that seeps out in gratitude for the pains He took to be a lighthouse for us, to cross the ocean of Samsara.

Links to all the posts have been provided in an order on the right side column.


Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Smile of God!


Drenched by a shower
This cute little flower
Smiled at me warmly!

Not a word did it utter
Nor did it mutter
But taught me a lesson calmly!

"The weather does palter
My spirit does not falter
Heat and cold alter
I look not for a shelter

I know my precious life is too brief
I do not want to spend it in grief
I make use of this little while
By bearing the best possible smile

My smile is for both good and bad
Hoping to make men not look sad
Giving joy to men like you
Inspiring them to write Haiku

My smile is for all, alike
Not a soul, I do not like
Rich and poor; Honest and fraud
For, I am the little smile of God."

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Story behind the poem:
Last weekend was a rainy one. After the rain subsided I took a few photos of the wet atmosphere and mailed them to one of my best friends and a co-blogger, Venuss66 She liked them and suggested me to try writing a poem for one of them. Though I blinked for a moment, by the grace of Lord Rama, I could come up with this one. To visit her poetry blog, click here. To view the other few photos, click here.


Dear Venus,
Thanks for initiating me to write this poem. If you hadn't asked, I wouldn't have written this. So you are the reason behind this poem. Thanks for that.

15 comments:

venuss66 said...

Nice poem.It goes well with the picture.I am glad. Thank you. Write more.Take care.:)

ramesh sadasivam said...

Thank you Venus. :)

rajalakshmi said...

Meaningful poem, well written.We have lots to learn from nature like Avadhuta who derived his lessons from observing their way of living. He had 24 teachers.-Uddhava Gita.

ramesh sadasivam said...

Hello Hema,
Welcome to my blog. Thanks for the visit and comment.

Yeah, we have to be like Avadhuta. That chapter is one of my favorites from Krishna's wisdom.

lakshmi said...

Nice poem Ramesh
and the photo looks real good

ramesh sadasivam said...

Thank you Lakshmi. :)

Stacey J. Warner said...

I love your poem. It is delightful...truly delightful. Many gifts come through you.

much love

Parv Kaushik said...

I know my precious life is too brief
I do not want to spend it in grief

bful poetry... lovely and soul inspiring!!

AutoDT said...

I loved these words...I read them many times...thank you so much brother for sharing them with us all...A great pic too!

Namaste to you and family.

Cyrus

ramesh sadasivam said...

Dear Stacey,
I am happy to hear this poem delighted you. I wish to delight you much more. :)

ramesh sadasivam said...

Dear Parv,

Those two lines are my favourite too. Thank you so much. :)

ramesh sadasivam said...

Dear Cyrus,
I am so satisfied to hear that you read this poem many times.
Thank you very much brother.

Namaste!! :)

venuss66 said...

Hi Shri, thank you for your words and visit.Yes, I value friendship a lot.

ramesh sadasivam said...

Welcome Venus. :)

ramesh sadasivam said...

Thank you very much King. :)