Poem

So I  am sitting down here to write a poem on Lord rama.LOL at myself.My husband who is like LORD rama(I m not exaggerating here) asked me to write a poem.

I m nt qualified /knowledgable to write a poem on Lord rama. Here I go, writing about my Shridharoo.

தெளிந்த நீரோடை போன்ற முகம்
சலசலபில்லாத தண்ணியை போன்ற மனம்
 கோபத்தில் சீரும் ஒரு குரங்கு
தங்கமான குணம்
கஞ்சத்தனமான புத்தி

damn I m trying it hard..I ran out of my poetic sense..siridhar i will try some other day :)

Amma

என்னோட அம்மாவை ரொம்ப ரொம்ப மிஸ் பண்ணுகிறேன்.

Bhor Bhayi -Delhi 6- Gurjari Thodi

Just stumbled upon this song by mistake. Apparently in love with both Bade Gulam Ali saab and Shreya Ghosal as usual. It is gurjari thodi  squeezed and extracted into very very sweet juice. After this listened to Gurjari thodi by Pandit Jasraj. I  want to do sharanagathi to people who sing like this.  I pray to Krishna to give me gnanam atleats in next janma to sing things like this on him.Music pierces through me and gives me a kind of trembling peace. What is trembling peace? I m like a leaf being hustled and bustled in a tornado and at that time, this music comes to me like a weapon and strikes me hard and I m trembling with fear that a weapon is striking me. But then I realize that this weapon is doing /has done me some good.At times when u look for happiness around you, we forget to realize that happiness is within and there are loads of things to worry about . My worry right now is, krishnar anugraham peradhu epdi , indha maadhiri paadarthukku?

Entha Muddo- Bindu Malini

This is the song that is running in my mind in the last two days. Saint Tyagaraja brings out his love and unwavering devotion to lord rama through this song.

P	enta muddo enta sogasO evari valla varNimpa tagunE ||	How lovely ! How Beautiful ! Who can describe ?
AP	enta vAralaina gAni kAma chintA krantulainAru||	Regardless of stature everyone is craving to satiate his desires only.
C	atta meeda kanulAsaku dAsulu satta bhagavata vEsulairi dutta pAlaruchi teliyu sAmyamE dhureeNudow tyAgarAja nutuDu || Courtesy : http://www.sangeetasudha.org/ Another aweosme thing I stepped upon was Mandolin U shrinivas playing at his age 10 or so.It was just mind blowing. He is just tooooo divine.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TID7WyxbCOE	All the bhagavatas (singers and actors praising God) have become slaves of money and do not enjoy the real beauty of Rama. It is like a pot not knowing the taste of milk. Oh Great Lord of Thyagaraja.

Prathamam

It was a spark that struck me to blog some of my blissful moments and jot down some of the most knowledgeable things i come across in my daily life. My recent found love is Tyagayyar krithis , listening to them  along with knowing their meanings.  Saint Tyagarajar , to me is an epitome of unwavering devotion to Lord rama and he proves it krithi by krithi.Saint Tyagaraja was introduced first to me by my appa. I was exposed to music at very young age and my father always kept telling me , a musician is real good musician, only when he/she sings tyagaraja krithis. And if I remember right, y only knowledge of tyagaraja krithis was his mudra and bahula panchami and pancha rathna krithis. Absolutely nothing more.

The next instance when Tyagarajar ever came in to my life was , when i heard Smt Vishaka Hari's "tygaraja charithram". The first time I heard that, all I could hear and enjoy was when she said kunju tyagarajar and completing that 100 koti rama japam and his dharshan of rama. My quest to know more and more about tyagarayar hadnt grown more at that juncture.

My sudden urge to know more and more of god  came through when it stuck that you know god through his devotees. This thought was fed into me by mahatma Sri muralidhara swamigal. His lectures on Sant tukaram is a great one and must listen to.
Yes thats when Tyagayar and Annamachrayar entered into my life ad I m focussing on tyagayyar these days. More to come on Tyagayyar and his krithis and the way I enjoy them everyday.