anveshan Posted March 27, 2003 Report Share Posted March 27, 2003 When as a tiny three year old In sandhyas sitting before the golden lamp I recited with folded hands and innocent heart “Balam mukundam manasa smarami” When as a child I stood before the Lord of Sri Guruvayoor Recited Narayaneeyam with concentration great And prostrated before the son of Yasoda and Devaki both I didn’t know he was an avatara great. When along with mother, I visited the Sarpa Kshetras great And paid obeisance to Sarpa Raj, offered him milk and fruits When I bowed to the old banyan tree and the tiny tulsi plant I didn’t know I belong to a pantheist lot. When I stood before the presiding Lord of Shri Ananthapuri Recited “santhaakaaram bhujanga sayanam..” with piety great And placed patram, pushpam and phalam at his lotus feet I did not know whether I was a Shaiva or Vaishnava boy . As a boy on a forty-one day vrata and in ascetic dress I climbed up the Nilgiri and Sabari hills so hard to climb And reached the Lord, the son of Hari and Hara both I did not know whether I was a Shaiva or Vaishnava boy . As a young man, hand in hand with my ardhangini I visited Viswanath in the ‘ Shaivist’ South and ‘Vaishnava’ North And together we recited ‘varanaseepurapate`m bhaja viswanatham’ On the banks of the Ganga in Varanasi great Together we visited Kali, Kamakhya and Kamakshi Chandi, Chamundeswari , Kumari and Meenakshi In the farthest South and far flung North-East We never knew we belong to the Shakti sect. Later I visited Adinath and Parshvanath temples of yore The Bodhisatva and Nanak Dev taught me a lot Great insight I got from Zarathushtra and Lao Tse I felt relieved, for I completed the Circle great. Now in this vaardhakya, while preparing to leave Looking back, I understood it all I was seeking the Formless Brahman, the Primal Cause Through forms that suited my ignorant mind best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kishalaya Posted March 27, 2003 Report Share Posted March 27, 2003 "I was seeking the Formless Brahman, the Primal Cause Through forms that suited my ignorant mind best. " Poems do not change the truth or, for that matter, make the ignorant, knowledgeable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anveshan Posted March 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2003 Kishalaya, you are absolutely correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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