Guest guest Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 Dear all, I wished to share this beautiful poem with all of you. I hope you like it! When Auvaiyyar, a famous tamil poetess somewhere in between the 10th & 15th century was asked by a small boy " What is bigger than the biggest? " She recited a song: The universe is the biggest Bigger than that is the Four-Faced Brahma Brahma's support is Vishnu Vishnu rests on the wavy ocean The wavy ocean is but a little water on the palm of the microcosmic sage Agastya Agastya came out of a pot The pot is but a handful of mud out of the earth The earth is just a load on one of the thousand heads of the mighty snake The mighty snake is a ring adorning the little finger of Parvathi Parvathi is just half of her spouse Shiva who resides in the heart of a true devotee. Is there anything to measure the expanse of a devotee's heart? (From the short story " The Cold Fruit " by R.K. Narayan) anita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 Wonderful! --- anita <anita1 wrote: > Dear all, > > I wished to share this beautiful poem with all of > you. I hope you like > it! > > > > When Auvaiyyar, a famous tamil poetess somewhere in > between the 10th & > 15th century was asked by a small boy > " What is bigger than the biggest? " > > She recited a song: > > The universe is the biggest > Bigger than that is the Four-Faced Brahma > Brahma's support is Vishnu > Vishnu rests on the wavy ocean > The wavy ocean is but a little > water on the palm of the microcosmic sage Agastya > Agastya came out of a pot > The pot is but a handful of mud out of the earth > The earth is just a load on one > of the thousand heads of the mighty snake > The mighty snake is a ring > adorning the little finger of Parvathi > Parvathi is just half of her spouse Shiva > who resides in the heart of a true devotee. > > Is there anything to measure the expanse > of a devotee's heart? > > > (From the short story " The Cold Fruit " by R.K. > Narayan) > > anita > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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