Hands behind the buttermilk

Yesterday night (8.5.09) went to bed by 12 30 since I was busy completing Sanskrit lessons/Home work

Again morning got up at 3 30 am for the continuation


Up to 7.30 non stop; then kuliyal( bath) and poojai( worship)

Then dress iron and got ready for the Saturday koil( temple) visit a little bit far away from home

Before going I was planning to drink buttermilk as it was very hot and due to sleepless nights body was going to one place when I was planning for another and already I have taken 2 cups of coffee which was creating uneasiness in the throat

I collected books-Sanskrit to read on the way and took Matruvani ( Amma’s monthly book) also to read

Forgot to take buttermilk and I even forgot that I was planning to drink the same

Went to the temple and completed my rounds and was about to leave

The kurukkal (chief priest) is known to me

He called and said to take the drink

What do you think it was?

Buttermilk!

I was shocked and surprised

To my surprise they said it is due to “ start of Agni Natchatram ( it is the 15 day period when it will be hot due to the proximity of Sun to Earth)“ and asked me to take another glass which I politely declined

See the hands of Amma


Thannai marandhu vaela seiyara kuzhandhaiyidam evvalavu parivu means “ Mother takes care of Her son who forgets to take food/drinks”

As a motherless son I see all girls/ladies as mothers and Almighty eventhough deprived me of that golden experience with motherhood compensating me with gifts like this

Really I was shaken by Amma’s this love

Today being Mothers’ day I feel it is apt to post in this blog….salute to you all mothers

When I am editing this, which I shared yesterday with my soul friend, TV is playing songs sung by Yesudas in various films on mother

I will take 10000000……births to have mother

Amma and me

Performed Pournami pooja

Very peaceful

I wanted to write about that and Amma

So I read Matruvani May 2009 issue

I felt like taking prasadam

As moon had not come out of the next building I could not see the moon in the concrete jungle

I take food after seeing moon on pournami

So I was waiting and reading and peeping out of window if moon was visible

Yesterday night also I did not take anything, as I was engrossed in reading Kusum Ansal’s My Lover’s Name and other stories; Kusum writes wonderfully; her widow of vrindavan is a real masterpiece by the way

So felt hungry now

The article was about a French couple that initially rejected amma and later accepted

They happened to be in London

had limited money

and were rejected by a promising friend

They heard amma was there

Visited the venue

They were feeling hungry…(this sequence struck me as I also started feeling hungry)

They had the hug

They wanted to purchase samosa

But

The money was sufficient to go back to hotel. They have already reserved tickets back home

After darshan hunger increased

She asked her husband to check his pant pockets

Normally he was not of the habit of keeping money in pockets

He could find the toffee given by amma

Lo!

Along with that he could find 5 pound currency, which is the price of 2 samosas they wanted to purchase

In the normal circumstances 2 samosas are nothing

But when you don’t have money and embarrassed getting this help would look tremendous

Women, Do not let your husband love you passionately

I was reading the biography of Tulasidas

Following is a small fraction from his life

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Tulasidas married Ratnavali, who was a very intelligent and pious lady.

Tulasi loved his wife, and could never stand even a moment’s separation from her.

Once he crossed a flooded river to see his wife, who was visiting her parents.

Ratnavali got angry and said "What do you get by loving this mortal body?

If you were to love Lord Sri Rama like this, you would get mukti."

These words rekindled his love for Sri Rama, he renounced family life and started traveling across north India, preaching Sri Rama’s life. In Chitrakoot, he wrote the masterpiece Rama Charita Manas. He wrote in one of the Hindi dialects known as Avadhi spoken around Ayodhya region. Tulasidas employed "doha", "chowpayee", "swaratae" and other meters in his poem.
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The entire story is given as narrated by Siva to Parvati.

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Following are my observations

1) Tulasidas loved his wife passionately, which made him a saint

2) He became the devotee of Rama who struggled throughout His life because of his wife

3) Again if you in-between the lines, the story is given as narrated to Parvati by Siva again a passionate lover telling stories to wife

My point is that eventhough Tulasidas quit his family, he got aligned with the appropriate team and his writing also reflects the love of a passionate husband only

first Forgery

actually i have been trying to post this for a long time



the credit goes to My Lord Siva?!



is it surprising you?



yes. here comes the friendship of Siva with Sundarar



sundarar is one of four great saints of the Saivites



when the milk ocean was churned " Aalakala Visha" the deadly poison emerged; there was no taker and the target was Siva



he asked the Devas to bring the poison to Him; since it was hot and deadly nobody was ready to risk; so Siva only had to solve the problem



He saw the mirror from which emerged Sundarar; so Sundarar was the person who did the deadly work



afterwards he came to this earth as destined by my Lord



he wasnted to marry a girl which was not in the design of schemes



so Siva took the form of an old person and brought a leaf document of those days claiming Sundarar's forefather has signed the document which said that all the members of that forefather's subsequent generation would be this old man's (Siva's) slave



the signature was verified; all confirmed that it matched with Sundarar's forefather's



so Sundarar had to go with old man-Siva- without marrying the girl



forgery for a cause, because it meant friendship

Gender Mix—Male as Mother

Vaathsya Varadha Guru Amma

Due to want of time I could not post more here

But this episode needs to be posted as it is related to Mother, my obsession

Varadha was an ardent devotee of Sri Ranganathan (Sri Mahavishnu)

Every night he used to offer milk with sufficient sugar which was mixed properly by Varadha and cooled to the optimum level so that my Father Ranganathan can drink as such

One day absent mindedly he offered milk which was hot ( he forgot to shake it to the required warmth)

After offering ( Naivaedhyam ) Varadha felt the vessel and realized vessel itself was with unbearable heat and the milk no need to say anything

He started crying and asked Ranganatha as to how he would have taken that hot milk; his mouth,lips and tongue would have turned sour and he that could be treated

After listening o Varadha, Almighty talked “ Varadha, you have enacted the role of a mother which I experienced from Devaki and Kausalya ; now I get the same care from you; you deserve to be my mother”

From that day Varadha was called “ Vaathsya Varadha Guru Amma “

Amma is tamil means mother

I am also like Mahavishnu as I also take jaganmatha for my mother …..ha ha ha

Dance within a dance

Our place also saw the dance of democracy on 30 4 09;

Our office was on yesterday; only permission for 2 hrs either in the morning or evening

I took evening permission;

Started late at 4 15 and reached polling booth at 4 45 pm

With luck could locate my name in the voter’s list and reached the room where I was supposed to vote

All were being asked ID proof

I showed my office ID card which the PRO rejected stating that the GO is very clear on the proof—it could be driving license, passport, ration card etc

I said I didn’t have any of the above at that time and said I have copies of my electricity bill and phone bill

All except the PRO supported me

I argued that by seeing the face you can assess the genuineness of a person

I was furious and shouted that genuine person would be denied and the fakes would be allowed

The police ( 2 men ) guarding the room laughed

First time in my life I saw police person laughing

Even though they did not tell that even terrorists are more handsome than me I could tell myself

Then went to another senior PRO and asked him; he asked the location of my house

I said the time was 4 55 PM ; another 5 mts polling would be over;

He directed me to the senior most officer who was about to leave

I showed my company ID and my visiting card

He took me to the room and advised my villain PRO to allow me

All were happy to see me back

They said it was a well-fought genuine case

I said they were all right and I was also right

The polling officer said it was just 5 PM and I was the last person to vote

I voted happily with a sense of fulfilment

I thanked the other PRO who was instrumental in my successful voting

The police guarding the room also laughed happily again

it was as if the candidate contesting from our constituency had been elected

a great feeling and experience

i remember the words from Anbe Sivam Tamil movie " Life has in itself lots of surprises and turns"

Dr Venkata Meenalochani-an open Letter

She is the descendant of Shri Annamacharya, a carnatic music veteran

There was a talk show with her in a popular Tamil channel

She is doing a wonderful job of explaining the meaning of Shri Annamacharya’s kritis and spreading his message

The advantage is that Telugu is her mother tongue in which language Annamacharya has written his songs

She has a good knowledge of carnatic music and Tamil language also

One point that is noticeable is that Raagam and Thaalam are not the only things that are essential for scintillating music but Bhaavam (literally it means, the expression on the face of the singer) which comes into force only when the person singing knows the meaning

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Doctor, everything is fine but we could not digest the way you attacked Saint Thyagaraja indirectly.

Leave alone attack; you never made any passing reference either to Annamacharya’s contemporaries or predecessors or followers

Is it that you the great, great grand child of Annamacharya?

Is music such a narrow thing Doctor?

We have never heard of any war between the two great giants of music
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Let us come to Doctor Meenalochani’s comment that Annamacharya never pleaded with God listing his bodily ailments and his shortcoming but always sang the greatness of Shri Balaji of Tirupati.
Doctor, that is one way of reaching the Almighty.

Saint Thyagaraja’s name is popular not because of any other reason but he put his soul into music and if at all there is carnatic music it will not be an exaggeration if we claim it is because of Thyagaiya
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Doctor, since you have immense knowledge, going above narrow barriers of blood relations will elevate you and also we will get more pearls out of your wisdom
You will agree with us that both Annamacharya and Thiagaiya are revered as the two eyes of music.