Ninnai Saranadainthen - Bharathi

The Soul-stirring rendition that purges me......

A letter to the Goddess!!!!

Ma You have left me keep wondering....as to what would have been the good deed in my past..that has culminated into having become an object of Your Incessant Love?!?!!
Whoever, was I ,in my previous birth or would be in the forthcoming, this One Janma will remain outstanding and magnificent unto the edifice of my Soul....
for this is the birth where I live with You literally.

Borrowing Tennyson’s lines:
{‘..men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.’}
Let anybody enter my life and exit,
But You are always there for me Ma!!!!

Ma, people at times tend to make fun about this ‘craze’ for You..some even think there’s something “attached” to my prayers to You????

Go! tell them Ma that this devotee of Yours is clean in her heart and prays out of her Love and obsession for You!!

All said and done, I Know You & You Know Me Ma.
You were the One who’d been with me through my thick and thin; who had put up with my odds, my weird eccentricity and at times, even stupidity!!

Where were they at that time?
We’ve been travelling together in this journey, where most of my times You’ve been CARRYING me!

My only plea to You my dear Ma, after my demise –whenever it happens- Stay with me, aid me in reaching Your Lotus Feet without any glitch!

As the last Verse of ‘SagalaKala Valli Malai’goes:
“Padaippon Mudalam Vinkanda Deivam
Palkodi Undenum,
Vizhambir Un Por Kankanda Deivam {enakku} Ullatho ?! »
Thanks for everything My Kanamma!!!!!!
Luv,
Saras.

A Date With My Deity.......

Just went on an ‘Imagining –Spree’ on how would the Abode of my Goddess be??
-derived something which might appear sheepish to you as well!?

*According to me SHE, an embodiment of a ‘serene beauty’, would be ensconced in a never-to-fade lotus..whose very sight would heal even the sinners of sinner!!





*She being worshipped also in the riverine form, would surely be having a ‘Kalasam’ of nectar..it’s one drop, suffice to quench the worst of the hunger.


*White symbolising purity..will She have Her walls painted by the brush of ‘Mercy’, with those enticing swans forming a marvellous backdrop?!





*Vedic reverberations from the Rig, Sama, Yajur & Atharva in full swing,will be accompanied by the mellifluous strains of ‘showers of music’!!!


*Those chiming peals of laughter arising from Her toe’s anklets are enough to tell this world, how enigmatic Her smile would be then!!




*Love and nothing but love as Her forte, ---- even the learned of the Scholars would simply go to an oblivion..blinking at what would these terms mean:-’hatred ‘and ‘anger’?!?!



Obvious when always surrounded by such Innocent Bliss just think, how wonderful it would be for me to have this abode for my final destination!!!!!!

Go on cherish Her..calling “Saraswathima, “Saraswathima” in all your minds..take my words, you’ll be definitely ANSWERED.

‘Coz SHE IS ULTIMATE AND INFINITE MAGIC.

-Saras.

A Rendezvous with the Goddess....

There's this yet another amusing anecdote -showing the 'Magnificent Obsession' of the Goddess with Her ardent Devotee(s):-


..That day He got up early as usual, even before the first rays of the Sun could kiss the soft feet of 'Mother Earth'! He-after completing his morning rituals, inclusive of a fervent pooja,sat before the writing-desk to resume the devotional verses on his Goddess!


'He' was none other than the Poet-Supremo Kalidasa!!
Just in a few minutes his bosom friend and a magnanimous person at heart, entered Kalidasa's home. With a host of persons accompanying him, he entered with an air of elegance.He was so close to Kalidasa in all aspects ..that Kalidasa would never ever deny any of his requests...


 But, this one was quite strange:
The friend wanted Kalidasa to write an 'Elegy' on Him!
Kalidasa least expected this kind of a whimsical desire from the kind lad;.'coz elegies are written only for the dead & departed!??!
But who would have the guts to deny, when the plea was put forward by a charismatic personality as King Bhojaraja!


Still, with a degree of hesitancy, Kalidasa went ahead--
He sang such a beautiful elegy, with each of the verses highlighting the multi-dimensional facets of the great King. All in all, Kalidasa's elegy was akin to a beautiful garland strewn of various, multi-hued, fragrant blossoms!!


Kalidasa's words were sung out of pure and overwhelming Love....for his friend's 'Death'?!
Now who resides in his tongue?
-saatchath 'Devi Saraswathi(ma).
Then how will the elegy become false?-King Bhojaraja at first fell unconscious and then DIED!!!
The Poet Supremo realized everything..and pleaded with Goddess Saraswathi to 'bring' his friend back.

Though it was against the law of nature 'She' did not want to see Her favourite devotee, standing before the King's body and sobbing like a child anymore. She 'brought back' the King alive...who got up fresh as if from a trance!!

The three-by-fourth minutes that the King was 'dead'-Kalidasa sang moving verses to Goddess Saraswathi..which even today stands as a master-piece in the world of devotional Literature..by the name,
"Bhojasambu".

Nandana....

I’m an ardent fan of the ‘Chinna Kuyil’ Chitra.
The recent demise of her nine-year old daughter, Nandana has wiped off that radiant smile,that waas enough to light up a dark tunnel!!!
This, a translated version of one of Chitraji’s melodies- ’Poove Poo Chooda Vaa’-is a pure dedication to her:


*My dainty blossom ..come down to ring in some ecstasy into my heart??


Aren’t you aware that I keep looking at the door-step every moment ...for your arrival!


My eyes no longer have the power to open their lids!!!



*O! dear when my soul was beginning to wane down on it's lustre…


You were the one who breezed in, as a ghee and lit up all the ‘Lamps of my Soul’!!


But..today has this gentle breeze, that wafts across all the other house-holds ..forgotten mine????


*Let the times crumble; or the appearances wither;


But the Love for each other ,can never ever diminish!!


Does not gold get to retain it's pure self,-whether being put under water or fire??


I see myself in the Golden radiance’of your memories..


Why did not my life end... seeing the glowing countenance of yours?!


(Nandana)
I pray God to bring you into my life….again as a daughter in all our forth-coming births,
To love you with my heart all over again and again ......

-a tribute.