Kanamma: ‘The Destined Dream’…….

Kanamma: ‘The Destined Dream’…….

‘The Destined Dream’…….

..And WE are back!!-Yes! Dears once again meeting you'll with yet another anecdote..right from the 'Miraculous Manuscript' of Ma!!!!:

Vengadanathan was born in the year, 1581 in Bhuvanagiri, as the third son of Thimanna Pattar and Gopikambal. He had his early stints of ‘Gurukula Vaasam’ under his father-and later on under the divine tutelage of Sri Suseendra Theerthar. 

Vengadanathan’s radiance and the lustre of his brilliance had all made his Guru Sri Suseendra Theerthar-the Head of the “Dvaitha Mutt” in Kumbakonam- to place this wise disciple of his.. at the helm of the affairs of the mutt after his times!!

However, circumstances forced Vengadanathan to return to his native with the death of his father; at the same time he kept alive his thirst for ‘Shastriya Wisdom’ by fuelling himself with all that he could lay his hands on..alongside lessons in playing the VEENA!

He also was married by the elders in his community...as was the custom those days.

But young Vengadanathan’s mind and heart was always brimming with the desire to get back to Kumbakonam..not to assume head..but more so to serve his Guru.

Within a few days he also left for his ‘Destination’!

His Guru, Sri Suseendra Theerthar who was in his last days..once again voiced out his wish of Vengadanathan assuming the divine head of the Mutt. But being married now….Vengadanathan, was in a sheer dilemma whether to fulfill his Guru’s wish…or to go against it!!!!


That night he fell asleep as he was deeply thinking of the same:
Around four in the morning, he witnessed a dream, wherein he saw a flash of LIGHT pervading the Horizon….


*A Beautiful and Radiant ‘DIVA’-an Epitome of Compassion had ‘sat there’….clasping Her Veena in one hand..the Vedas..and the ‘Aksharamala’, in the others!!!

Vengadanathan was jolted out of his wits..as he heard the most Mellifluous Voice ever uttering words of a serene wisdom to him:-
"*I was created by Sri Veda Vyasa to protect the scholars. I was brought up by Sri Aananda Theerthar and Sri Jaya Theerthar. 

Sri Vyasa Raya and Sri Vijayeendra Theerthar had given me strength; while, Sri Suseendra Theerthar had crowned and given me a throne!!

*I have a Haven built, in Veda Vyasa's "Brahma Sutra", Vyasa Raya's "Taatparya Chandrika" and "Swaya Mitra". Sri Vijayeendra Theerthar ‘Draped’ me with some Splendid Finery- "Madhvaadva Khantodharam.
*His "Tatva Manikya Peti" adorns my hands….while His "Nyaya Muktha Mala" …my neck..
Sri Vyasa Raya's "Tarka Thandavam" adorns my Throne..!!”

*”Vengadanatha, all these scriptures WILL Exist as long as the Moon and Sun would. Atleast for this “Tarka Thandavam” alone,- I shall exist in this world till the end of this Kalpa(4.32 billion years)…”

And suddenly Her Face going pale:
"…But I haven't sensed "Nyaya Sudha" and "Tarka Chandrika" yet…
You are the ‘Chosen One’ Vengadanatha to unveil their beauty to me….”


*”You are born for a cause in this world and that cause is to save Humanity. This is your duty, Vengadanatha!!
If you assume Sanyasa and perform the ‘Moola Ramar Pooja’ daily- I will never leave you my Son”!!!!

*"If you do not…then the ‘Analysing of Scriptures’---will come to a halt!

The Vaishnavaite culture will perish…
Even if the scriptures exist, there would not be a single soul to understand them…

All the Mutts will get shattered…and one will not hear the Intellectual Debates of Scholars around that place…

This should never happen. You should definitely assume Sanyasa and I will stay with you forever my son!!!!
This is the truth and this will happen!"

*Thus Voicing out the Goddess, disappeared into thin air…It was like one long dream of hallucinations for Vengadanathan..for whom..now his confusions..seemed to have vanished!!

Why will his confusions not vanish?!-When it was ‘Saatchath Saraswathi Ma’ who had cleared them;-and also named him,-‘Sri Raghavendra Theerthar’!!!!

Voyage with Veenadarini….!

The Diva of Ultimate Love……

The burning Passion inside me!

The tenderness beyond any descriptions,

The sweetness that surpasses even the babbles of a child,

The one and only ‘Force’ that loves me as nobody else can!

*A saga that’s unsurpassable,

A Raga that’s ethereal,..

*A flower that’s multi-hued;

A colour that’s luminous.

*The Love that has the power to bind me..mould me..inspire me..protect me and that which journeys with me forever and ever and ever!!!!!
-Shammu aka SarasVadivu

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".