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.

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Friday, October 16, 2009

Life is Beautiful!


God given life, so beautiful!
God's home, this world, so wonderful!

Closing your eyes
Sing His Glory!

There are hearts, so merciful!
There are hands, so helpful!
I would love to live a hundred years!

What have we brought with us here?
What do we take back there?
Life in this beautiful world...
Let us live it in love...
And bid farewell!

The pleasures in this creation are numerous
The pains in this life are negligible

Let's walk with life...
Till it wants us to...
When time comes to say good-bye...
We'll thank it with a smile!

Wish you all a Happy Diwali!

To watch this video on youtube, clickhere.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

A philosophical effluence of sorrow!



This song is from one of the very old movies in Tamil.

The hero is a well reputed Medical Scientist well acknowledged for his contribution in discovering cures for some dreaded diseases of his time. Ironically his wife gets hit by blood cancer. He tries his best to save her, but fails. In this scenario he laments through this song which is an out flow of profound wisdom and self consolation.

Poet Kannadhasan had penned the lyrics for this soul stirring song. His simple words are lucid and pregnant with meaning. He was an ardent devotee of Krishna and a pride to all tamilians.

Below is my translation of this song.

If she had to go...
Let her go!
Had there been a soul,
eternal on this earth?

We know they came!
But where do they leave?
We never know the exit!
If all those who had come...
Happen to stay forever…
Will there be a place left,
for us to stay on this earth?

Life is business…
When a soul is born…
It is our income!
And when a soul dies ...
It is our expense!

If they had to go…
Let them go…
Had there been a soul,
eternal on this earth?

The one who lend it…
Wants it back!
If we refuse,
Will he let us go…?
Speaking about their relationship with us…
If we cry for them,
Will he give us back their life?

This can’t be got back by co-operation!
This case won’t win...
If taken to court!
There is no return...
After entering that fort!

If they had to go…
Let them go…
Had there been a soul,
eternal on this earth?

I found medicine…
For various diseases!
Could I find a cure,
For the life that ceases?
If I knew the way…
Would I’ve let her to the pyre?
All alone!

There is one guy!
Above all of us!
The leader!
Who knows what is what!
The artist!
Who scripts the daily plays!

If she had to go...
Let her go!
Had there been a soul,
eternal on this earth?
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To watch this song on youtube click here.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Sugar to the Soul.

Of all the names, I've ever heard
Of all the names, I've ever uttered
Your name, my Lord, is a sugar to my soul
It makes me feel complete and whole

Everytime I utter your name
My turbulent mind becomes tame
Heals me off my wounds and pain
How do I express the joy I gain?

Like a chocolate that melts on the tongue
My heart does melt when your name is sung
Like the sweetness that spreads from the sweet
My hearts pumps bliss at every beat

Shiva Himself cherishes it
Mighty Hanuman lives by it
Mystic Kabir was drunk with it
Gandhi Mahathma relished it

Wonderful devotees you've always had
Delight to the good, terror to the bad
On goodness' head you are the crown
Your devotees are gems that you adorn

I too want to be one of them
On your jewels, a tiny gem
I always want to chant your name
Forgetting health, wealth, money and fame

The tastiest of all is your name
The mightiest of all is your name
The beautiest of all is your name
Cherishable of all is your name

The day I found joy in chanting it
I realised what is contentment
There is nothing else that makes me yearn
There is nothing more I want to learn

I always want to chant your name
And live a life that spreads your fame
Take from me anything you want
And make me more eager to chant

I will always chant your name with joy
Like I called my mother as a boy
For your name, my lord, is a sugar to my soul
It makes me feel complete and whole.

Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram
Om Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram
Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram
Om Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram!