an Islamic verse in Tamil

this is part of a song on that Infinite Being..

taken from an Islamic verse in Tamil

தேடும் நேயர் நெஞ்சங்களில் குடியிருப்பவன்

தேடாத மனிதருக்கும் உணவளிப்பவன்

வாடும் இதயம் மலர்வதற்கு வழி வகுப்பவன்

வாஞ்சையோடு யாவருக்கும் துணை நிற்பவன்

அலை முழங்கும் கடல் படைத்து அழகு பார்ப்பவன்

அலையின் மீதும் கடலின் மீதும் ஆட்சி செய்பவன்

தலைவணங்கி கேட்பவர்க்கு தந்து மகிழ்பவன்

தரணி எங்கும் நிலைத்து நிற்கும் மகா வல்லவன்

He who resides in the heart of those who seek Him

He who feeds and nourishes even the non seekers and and non believers

He who relieves the pains of broken hearts and makes them happy

He who gives protection to everyone with great love and concern

He who enjoys the beauty of the ocean filled with waves, which He has Himself created

He who rules over the waves and the oceans

He who happily gives everything to those who bow their heads before Him in supplication

He who is the peerless Being who spreads over the entire universe and is ever present there..

Some of the epithets are just expressions of respect and love but the definition of the Universal Being, even above all attributes is present in these lines..

It is a question of Faith laced in the sweetness of love for that universal Father..

We can love Him or we can leave Him.. it is our choice..

Or is it ?

Athiripaatcha kozhukkattai story..

A son-in-law visits his mother in law and the latter in all affection prepares and feeds him with a lot of kozhukkattai (a very delicious food item..a deshi pancake).. Enamoured about the taste but ignorant of the name of the delicacy, the son in law asks for the name and is planning to go over to his place memorizing the name of Kozhakkattai so that he could mention the name to his wife and ask her to prepare the dish in plenty..He chants the word kozhukkattai enthusiastically all the way and travels from the place of MIL to his own wife's abode.. En route, he had to pass a bridge and an instant storm comes by.. He is chanting Kozhakkattai again and again but some people were warning that an ahiripaatcha storm ( an unexpected storm?) has overtaken them. In confusion, the littany of Kozhakkattai tuns into " Athiripatcha" and when the storm clears and the man reaches home the word Athirpatcha had replaced kozhukkattai.. and he hurriedly demands his wife to prepare Athiripatcha in the same style as her mother would do.. The lady is flabbergasted. She could not divine what her man was telling. She pleads ignorance and is beaten up and develops swellings over her body the size of kozhakkattai.. Later on the Mother In Law visits them to see her daughter and witnessing her miserable plight, demands the Son In Law why he has beaten up her daughter and caused swellings of the size of Kozhakkattai.. The word strike a chord in his mind and he tells his wife that what he wanted was "kozhakkattai".. Obviously not athiripaatcha.. Rest is left to imagination..

in silence we speak the most eloquent words

சும்மா இருசொல் லறவென் றலுமே
அம்மா பொரு ளொன்று மறிந்திலனே. 

This is what the seer poet of Tamil, the ardent devotee of Murugan tells in Kandaranubhoothi.. He, in fact, recalled what his lord and Master Muruga instructed him.." keep quiet, forget words, thus He said, but I did not know the meaning of that at that moment"
Before becoming saint under the Divine influence of the God of Tamil Language Muruga, Arunagirinathar was leading a loose life, and a sudden shocking conversation with his sister made him realize the sins he was committing all the time, and he decided to put an end to his life by jumping from the tall tower of the Lord's Shrine in Tiruvannamalai.. But the Lord had other designs for him. The kind Lord caught the man jumping down with his outstretched hands and the transform

ed man the saint-poet Arungairinathar was born. But the mortal body was still living and the vasanaas would not leave him so easily.. For this the Lord advised hime to keep quite as quoted above. The poet transformed himself in silence to reach immortality through his vivid songs on Muruga,, and he is a legend in Tamilnadu and India.. All great things are born in Silence.
A prayer to Guru Dakshinamoorthy Shiva..

चित्रं वट तरोर्मूले वृद्धशिष्याः गुरुर्युवा गुरोस्तु मौनं व्याख्यानं शिष्यास्तु छिन्नसंशयाः
 tells everything.. 

the Lord is sitting underneath the Vatavriksha, in all His pristine youth and the disciples, who are all wizened old sages, sit around Him. The guru communicates to the disciples in silence through chimudra and the doubts of the disciples vanish..
Yes, in silence we speak the most eloquent words..
Whenever and wherever possible we have to know how to withdraw ourselves into complete silence, and in that silence will gain the power to look at everything including our own existence in a freshly enlightened manner.. All yogas and meditation techniques are finally meant to train us for this .

காக்கை சிறகினிலே நந்தலாலா

 

காக்கை சிறகினிலே நந்தலாலா உன் கரிய நிறம் தோன்றுதடா நந்தலாலா 

sang Bharatiyar

I see your black hue in the wings of a crow, oh the darling of Nandagopa

Kumaran aasaan the great poet of malayalam said.. 

കണ്ണേ മടങ്ങുക കരിഞ്ഞുമലിഞ്ഞുമാശു
മണ്ണാകുമീ മലര് വിസ്മൃതമാകുമിപ്പോള്‍ 

എണ്ണിടുകാര്‍ക്കും ഇതുതാന്‍ ഗതി സൌഖ്യമെന്തു 

കണ്ണിരിനാല്‍ അവനിവാഴ്വു കിനാവ്‌ കഷ്ടം 

kanne matanguka karinjumalinjumaasu mannakumii malaru vismruthamaakumippol,

enniitukaarkkum ithuthan gathi saukhyamentu kanneerinaal avani vaazhvu kinavu kashtam..

My eyes, you withdraw yourself from enjoying the beauty of this flower, because in the span of a few minutes or, may be  hours, the flower will fade, become unattractive and turn into sod and shall be forgotten for ever.. 

Beware, this is the fate for all living beings on the earth...it is meaningless to shed tears,

life is but a dream, an illusion...

 So Krishna created this stunning beauty for a very short time to sit on the plant and give pleasure to the eyes of others. Why should we pluck it and shorten its lifetime? 

பூக்களைத்தான் பறிக்காதீங்க

troubles come in torrents

क्षते प्रहारा निपतन्त्यभीक्ष्णमन्नक्षये वर्द्धति जाठराग्निः।
आपत्सु वैराणि समुद्भवन्ति वामे विधौ सर्वमिदं नरानां॥
विष्णुशर्मणः पञ्चतन्त्रे लब्धप्रणाशात्।
kṣate prahārā nipatantyabhīkṣṇamannakṣaye varddhati jāṭharāgniḥ|
āpatsu vairāṇi samudbhavanti vāme vidhau sarvamidaṁ narānāṁ||
viṣṇuśaramaṇaḥ pañcatantre labdhapraṇāśāt|

A thought-provoking stanza from Panchatantram..
 " If you are already injured  and trying to recover soon, be sure that there will be repeated hits visiting the same wound, never allowing it to heal. 
 When there is scarcity of food grains all over, the fire of hunger in you and your family gets kindled with redoubled vigour.. making your  whole existence miserable.  
When you are facing dangers, you will not be allowed to face it alone, but all old sundry and miscellaneous enemies will join you in   attacking you from all sides, ensuring your complete annihilation. 
When fate is not on your right side, he never stops with single blows but ensures that you are attacked  by all that is past and present and may be by all that is to come in the future also,
It is said in tamil 
 "patta idathil padum, ketta kutiye kedum  பட்ட இடத்தில் படும், கெட்ட குடியே கெடும்.. the spot where you are injured   will get repeatedly sustain injuries, and a family already  facing problems would receive more and more problems. 
The Murphy's law "If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong" is amply reinforced by the above ancient dictum of India.

ക്ഷതേ പ്രഹാരാ നിപതന്ത്യഭീക്ഷ്ണമന്നക്ഷയേ വര്‍ദ്ധതി ജാഠരാഗ്നിഃ।

ആപത്സു വൈരാണി സമുദ്ഭവന്തി വാമേ വിധൌ സര്‍വമിദം നരാനാം॥

വിഷ്ണുശര്‍മണഃ പഞ്ചതന്ത്രേ ലബ്ധപ്രണാശാത്।

പഞ്ചതന്ത്രത്തില്‍ നിന്നുള്ള ചിന്തോദ്ദീപകമായ ഒരു ശ്ലോകം

ഒരാള്‍ ആയുധം കൊണ്ടോ മറ്റോ മുറിവേറ്റശേഷം ആ മുറിവ് കുറേശ്ശയായി ഭേദമായി പഴയപോലെ ആകുവാന്‍ തുടങ്ങുകയാണെങ്കില്‍ അയാള്‍ക്ക്‌ തന്നെ വീണ്ടു അതേയിടത്തു തന്നെ മുറിവ് വന്നു പെടുന്നത് എപ്പോഴും സംഭവിക്കുന്ന ഒരു വൈപരീത്യം ആണ്. പലപ്പോഴും വന്നുപെട്ട മുറിവ് ഉണങ്ങുവാന്‍ പറ്റാത്ത വിധം തുടരുന്നു.

വീട്ടിലും നാട്ടിലും പഞ്ഞവും പട്ടിണിയും അഴിഞാടുമ്പോള്‍ എല്ലാവരുടെയും വിശപ്പ്‌ മുമ്പൊന്നും ഇല്ലാത്തവിധം വര്‍ദ്ധിക്കുന്നു. ജീവിതം ദുസ്സഹം ആക്കുന്നു.

ഏതെങ്കിലും ആപത്തോ നമുക്കെതിരായി ഏതെങ്കിലും ആക്രമണമോ ഉണ്ടാവുമ്പോള്‍ അത് ഒരു സ്ഥലത്ത് നിന്നും മാത്രം ആവില്ല. അതുവരെ പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കാത്തവര്‍ ഉള്‍പ്പെടെ എല്ലാ ശത്രുക്കളും തങ്ങളുടെ എല്ലാ കഴിവും പ്രഹാര ശേഷിയും ഉപയോഗിച്ച് നമ്മെ ഒന്നിച്ചു ആക്രമിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ തോന്നും. എല്ലാവരും കൂടു നമ്മെ ചുറ്റിവളഞ്ഞു വകവരുത്തും.

നമ്മുടെ കൂടെ അനുകൂലമായി അല്ല വിധി നില്‍ക്കുന്നതെങ്കില്‍, നമ്മുടെ വിപരീത ദിശയില്‍ ആണ് ഭാഗ്യം നീങ്ങുന്നതെങ്കില്‍ നമുക്ക് കിട്ടുന്ന പ്രഹരം നമ്മുടെ വര്‍ത്തമാന കാലത്തില്‍ നിന്ന് മാത്രമല്ല ഭൂത കാലത്തില്‍ നിന്നും ഒരുപക്ഷെ ഭാവിയില്‍ നിന്ന് പോലും നമുക്കെതിരായി അടിഞ്ഞുകൂടി നമ്മെ നിലം പരിശാക്കാന്‍ പര്യാപ്തം ആയതായിരിക്കും

തമിഴില്‍ ഒരു ചൊല്ലുണ്ട്

പട്ട ഇടത്തില്‍ പടും . കെട്ട കുടിയേ കെടും

മുരിവേറ്റിരിക്കുന്ന സ്ഥലത്ത് തന്നെ വീണ്ടും മുറിവ് ഉണ്ടാവും, പ്രശ്നങ്ങള്‍ നേരിട്ട് നട്ടം തിരിയുന്ന കുടുംബങ്ങളെ തേടി വീണും പ്രശ്നങ്ങള്‍ കൂട്ടം ചേര്‍ന്ന് ജാഥയായി വന്നു ചേരും

മര്‍ഫിയുടെ നിയമം ഇവിടെ ഓര്‍ക്കാം.

“ഒത്തിരി കാര്യങ്ങള്‍ ഒരാള്‍ക്ക് എതിരായി സംഭവിക്കാന്‍ സാധ്യതയുള്ള പരിതസ്ഥിതിയില്‍ കഷ്ടം അനുഭവിക്കുന്ന ആള്‍ക്ക് ഏറ്റവുമേറെ പ്രയാസങ്ങളും വിഷമങ്ങളും നല്‍കുന്ന നിര്‍ഭാഗ്യകരമായ കാര്യങ്ങളാണ് മിക്കവാറും സംഭവിക്കാറുള്ളത് . “

ഭാരതീയ ചിന്തയുടെ വറ്റാത്ത കലവറയായ പഞ്ചതന്ത്രവും ഇക്കാര്യം അടിവരയിട്ടു പറയുന്നു. --

Fine arts and music are divine

साहित्यसङ्गीतकलाविहीनः, साक्षात्पशुः पुच्छविषाणहीनः .

तृणं न खादन्नपि जीवमानः, तद्भागधेयं परमम्पशुनाम् .. १२..

saahityasangeethakalaavihiinah  saakshaat pasuh puchchhavishaanahiinah
trinam na khadannapi  jeevamaanah tad bhagadheyam paramam pasoonaam

a person with  no taste for literature, music and fine arts is  virtually a cow or some similar animal, with the only difference that the former has no tail or horns.  It is indeed very fortunate for the animals  that such persons do not start eating grass for food because if it happens the horned animals will have to die of starvation.
This sloka is found in some versions of Neetisatakam of Bharthruhari.
 Our traditions are so great that every god in Hindu pantheon is adorned with a musical instrument.  The lord of Lords, the Nataraja, is an adept in playing Dakkaa and Damaru... In fact the Indian alphabets are said to have emanated from the Lord Shiva's fingerings on the percussion instrument fourteen times. It is described as under.
नृत्तावसाने नटराजराजो ननाद ढक्कांनवपञ्चवारम्।
उद्धर्त्तुकामो सनकादिसिद्धादिनेतद्विमर्शेशिवसूत्रजालम्II
On conclusion of his tandavanritta, the emperor of dancers, Lord Nataraja with a view to enlighten the great sages like Sanaka, played nine and five times in his Dakka...(udukku the small drum held in his hand) and out came the shivasuutraas, which were later on adopted as the basis for the entire philology and phonetics of India.. The great grammarian Paanini starts his aphorisms with these suutras.

अक्षरसमाम्नाय:, शिवसूत्राणि

अ इ उण्

ऋ लृक्

ए ओंङ्

ऐ औच्

ह य व रट्

लण्

ञ म ङ ण नम्

झ भञ्

घ ढ धष्

ज ब ग ड दश्

ख फ छ ठ थ च ट तव्

कपय्

श ष सर्

हल्

इति माहेश्वराणि सूत्राणि अणादिसंज्ञार्थानि। एषामन्त्या इत:। हकारादिषु अकार: उच्चारणार्थ:। लण्मध्ये तु इत्संज्ञक:|

 
Lord Krishna's constant companion was his  flute..He mesmerized the damsels and the mortals and in-animates in Brindavan and the whole universe with his sweet breath emanating  through the divine flute.  Leelasuka or Bilvamangala swamigal  prays to this flute..

अयि मुरलि मुकुन्दस्मेरवक्त्रारविन्द
श्वसनमधुरसंज्ङे त्वाम् प्रणम्याद्य याचे।
अधरमणिसमीपम् प्राप्तवत्याम् भवत्याम्
कथय रहसि कर्णे मद्दशाम् नन्दसूनोः॥ २-११

ayi murali mukundasmeravaktrāravinda
śvasanamadhurasaṁṅe tvām praṇamyādya yāce |
adharamaṇisamīpam prāptavatyām bhavatyām
kathaya rahasi karṇe maddaśām nandasūnoḥ || 2-11

(Sree krishna karnamritham)

You sweet flute, you are in constant  company with the sweet musical breath from Mukunda's lips at one tip of yours and you have his ears at the other tip. I offer pranams to you and beg to you.. When you are held near the gems of those lips, please be kind enough to whisper on His ears about the miserable state I am in.. so that He will shower his mercy upon me.

In Srimannaaraayaneeyam the Dashakam 69 on raasakriida is completely devoted to music and dance.

केशपाशधृतपिञ्छिकाविततिसञ्चलन्मकरकुण्डलं
हारजालवनमालिकाललितमङ्गरागघनसौरभम् ।
पीतचेलधृतकाञ्चिकाञ्चितमुदञ्चदंशुमणिनूपुरं
रासकेलिपरिभूषितं तव हि रूपमीश कलयामहे ॥१॥

A bunch of peacock feathers adorning the beautiful locks of hair; a pair of fish shaped earrings dangling from the ears; many necklaces intermingled with flower garlands adorning the neck; a golden girdle fastened to the yellow silk garment adorning the waist; sandal paste and other unguents smeared on the body emitting strong fragrance; gem studded anklets flashing forth a glow; on such a radiant form of Thee, with decorations appropriate for the Raasa, we meditate on.

  Kaalidasa starts his Shyamalaa dandakam with a prayer to the Vaagdevata, Saraswathi.
माणिक्यवीणामुपलाळयन्तीं
मदालसां मञ्जुळ वाग्विलासां।
माहेन्द्रनीलद्युतिकोमळाङ्गीं
मातङ्गकन्यां मनसा स्मरामि॥
māṇikyavīṇāmupalāḻayantīṁ
madālasāṁ mañjuḻa vāgvilāsāṁ|
māhendranīladyutikomaḻāṅgīṁ
mātaṅgakanyāṁ manasā smarāmi||

I prostrate before Shyaamala, the daughter of maatanga....she nestles on her bosom a veena made of maanikya gem, she is supremely happy and relaxed , her words are very sweet and she is resplendent in the brighntess of  indraneela (peacock blue).

The great poet Jayadeva is very vocal in describing the dance of Krishna in Gita govindam.

ललितलवङ्गलतापरिशीलनकोमलमलयसमीरे ।
मधुकरनिकरकरम्बितकोकिलकूजितकुञ्जकुटीरे ।
विहरति हरिरिह सरसवसन्ते ।
नृत्यति युवतिजनेन समम् सखि विरहिजनस्य दुरन्ते ॥ अ प ३-१

In this springtime gentle vernal breezes from Mount . M alaya, the abode of sandalwood trees, that swivel round the slim tendrils of clove gillyflower plants and the  breeze hovers  gently, interwoven with both the fragrances... in this springtime that has bowers made lively with the intermingled buzzes of honeybees swarm and croons of Kokila throngs... that Krishna whom you are seeking is gloriously frolicking and dancing with young girls  in Brindavan right at this moment, for this is spring, isn't it...  therefore, come on... let's go... lovelorn people are unrequited, otherwise... [astapadi  3-1]

The great tamil poet Arunagirinathar describes vividly the dance of Murugan, in Thiruppugazh :-

அதல சேட னாராட அகில மேரு மீதாட      அபின காளி தானாட ...... அவளோடன் றதிர வீசி வாதாடும் விடையி லேறு வாராட      அருகு பூத வேதாள ...... மவையாட மதுர வாணி தானாட மலரில் வேத னாராட      மருவு வானு ளோராட ...... மதியாட வனச மாமி யாராட நெடிய மாம னாராட      மயிலு மாடி நீயாடி ...... வரவேணும் கதைவி டாத தோள்வீம னெதிர்கொள் வாளி யால்நீடு      கருத லார்கள் மாசேனை ...... பொடியாகக் கதறு காலி போய்மீள விஜய னேறு தேர்மீது      கனக வேத கோடூதி ...... அலைமோதும் உததி மீதி லேசாயு முலக மூடு சீர்பாத      உவண மூர்தி மாமாயன் ...... மருகோனே உதய தாம மார்பான ப்ரபுட தேவ மாராஜ      னுளமு மாட வாழ்தேவர் ...... பெருமாளே. ......... சொல் விளக்கம் ......... அதல சேடனார் ... (பூமிக்கு கீழேயுள்ள) அதலத்தில் இருக்கும் ஆதிஸேஷன் ஆட ... நடனம் ஆடவும், அகில மேரு மீதாட ... பூமி மீதுள்ள மேருமலை அசைந்தாடவும், அபின (அபின்ன) ... மாறுபாடு இன்றி (சிவதாண்டவத்துக்கு) ஒற்றுமையாக காளி தானாட ... காளி தான் ஆடவும், அவளோ (டு) அன்(று) அதிர ... அக்காளியோடு அன்று அவள் அதிர்ந்து நடுங்கும்படி வீசி வாதாடும் ... (காலை ஊர்த்துவகோலத்தில்) வீசி போட்டியிட்டவரும் விடையில் ஏறுவார் ஆட ... ரிஷபத்தில் ஏறுவாரும் ஆகிய சிவனும் ஆடவும், அருகு பூத வேதாளம் அவையாட ... அருகில் பூதங்களும் பேய்களும் ஆடவும், மதுர வாணி தானாட ... இனிமை மிக்க ஸரஸ்வதியும் ஆடவும், மலரில் வேதனார் ஆட ... தாமரை மலரில் அமரும் பிரமனும் ஆடவும், மருவு வானு ளோராட ... அருகில் பொருந்திய தேவர்கள் எல்லாம் ஆடவும், மதியாட ... சந்திரன் ஆடவும், வனஜ மாமி யாராட ... தாமரையாள் நின் மாமியார் லக்ஷ்மியும் ஆடவும், நெடிய மாம னாராட ... விஸ்வரூபம் எடுத்த நின் மாமனார் விஷ்ணுவும் ஆடவும், மயிலும் ஆடி ... நீ ஏறிவரும் மயிலும் ஆடி, நீ ஆடி வரவேணும் ... நீ நடனம் ஆடி என்முன்னே வரவேண்டும்* கதை விடாத தோள் வீமன் ... கதாயுதத்தை தன் தோளினின்று அகற்றாத வீமன் எதிர்கொள் வாளியால் ... எதிர்த்துச் செலுத்திய அம்பு மழையில் நீடு கருதுலார்கள் ... பெரும் பகைவர்களின் (கெளரவர்கள்) மாசேனை பொடியாக ... பெரிய சேனை பொடிபட (உதவியவரும்), கதறு காலி போய்மீள ... கதறிச் சென்ற பசுக்கள் மீண்டுவரக் (குழலை ஊதியவரும்), விஜயன் ஏறு தேர்மீது ... அர்ச்சுனன் ஏறிய தேரின் பாகனாயிருந்து, கனக வேத கோடூதி ... தங்க மயமானதும், வேத ஒலியைத் தரும்சங்கை ஊதியவரும், அலைமோதும் உததி மீதிலே ... அலை வீசும் பாற்கடல் மீதிலே சாயும் ... (பாம்பணையில்) பள்ளி கொண்டவரும், உலக மூடு சீர்பாத ... (வாமனாவதாரத்தில்) உலகத்தை அளந்து மூடிய பாதத்தாரும், உவணம் ஊர்தி ... கருடனை வாகனமாகக் கொண்டவரும், மாமாயன் மருகோனே ... ஆன மாமாயன் திருமாலின் மருமகனே உதய தாம மார்பான ... அன்றலர்ந்த மலர் மாலையை அணிமார்பனாகிய ப்ரபுடதேவ மாராஜ ... (திருவண்ணாமலையை ஆண்ட) ப்ரபுட தேவ மஹாராஜனின் உளமும் ஆட ... உள்ளமும் மகிழ்ச்சியில் ஆடும் வண்ணம் வாழ் தேவர் பெருமாளே. ... அவனது நெஞ்சிலே வாழும் தேவர் பெருமாளே. Song 1053 - adhala sEdanArAda (common) adhala sEda nArAda akila mEru meedhAda      abina kALi thAnAda ...... avaLOd andru adhira veesi vAdhAdum vidaiyil Eru vAr Ada      arugu bUtha vEthALam ...... avaiyAda madhura vANi thAnAda malaril vEdha nAr Ada      maruvu vAnu LOrAda ...... madhiyAda vanaja mAmi yArAda nediya mAma nArAda      mayilum Adi nee Adi ...... varavENum gadhai vidAdha thOL veeman edhirkoL vALi yAlneedu      karudha lArgaL mAsEnai ...... podiyAga kadhaRu kAli pOymeeLa vijayan Eru thErmeedhu      kanaka vEdha kOdUdhi ...... alaimOdhum udhadhi meedhilE sAyum ulaga mUdu seerpAdha      uvaNa mUrdhi mAmAyan ...... marugOnE udhaya dhAma mArbAna prabuda dhEva mArAjan      uLamum Ada vAzh dhEvar ...... perumALE. ......... Meaning ......... adhala sEda nArAda: As AdhisEshan (the 1000-headed Serpent) danced in the netherworld, akila mEru meedhAda: Mount Meru (Sri KailAsh) on the earth also danced, abina kALi thAnAda: in unison with SivA's Dance, Kali also danced, avaLOd andru adhira: along with Her, making Her shiver, veesi vAdhAdum: raising His leg up in competition, vidaiyil Eru vAr Ada: SivA, who mounts on the Bull (Nandi), also danced, arugu bUtha vEthALam avaiyAda: and nearby, the BUthaganas and ghosts also danced, madhura vANi thAnAda: Saraswathi of sweet voice also danced, malaril vEdha nAr Ada: BrahmA on the Lotus also joined in the dance, maruvu vAnu LOrAda madhiyAda: all the Celestials and Moon also danced, vanaja mAmi yArAda: Lakshmi on Lotus, Your mother-in-law, danced, nediya mAma nArAda: Vishnu, the tall one (who assumed ViswarUpam) Your father-in-law, mayilum Adi nee Adi: Your peacock should also dance and You too, dancing, varavENum: should appear before me dancing!* gadhai vidAdha thOL veeman: Bhima, who never parted with his mace (gadha), from his shoulder, edhirkoL vALi yAl: shot a series of arrows (in MahAbhArathA War) needu karudhalArgaL mAsEnai: at the large army of his mighty opponents and podiyAga: decimated them (with the help of Krishna); kadhaRu kAli pOymeeLa: herds of sobbing cows came rushing to (Brindhavanam) (hearing the magical flute of Krishna); vijayan Eru thErmeedhu: as the charioteer on Vijayan (Arjuna)'s chariot, kanaka vEdha kOdUdhi: the golden and vedic victory-conch shell was blown (by Krishna); alaimOdhum udhadhi meedhilE sAyum: on the milky ocean with waves tossing about, He (Krishna) reclined on a serpent-bed; ulaga mUdu seerpAdha: (in Vamana Avatharam) he measured the entire world with one foot (that foot-bearer, Krishna) uvaNa mUrdhi mAmAyan: He, the Great Mystic, with Garuda for vehicle. marugOnE: You are His favourite nephew! udhaya dhAma mArbAna: Fresh garland adorning His chest, prabuda dhEva mArAjan: is the great King Praputa DEvA (of ThiruvaNNAmalai); uLamum Ada vAzh: Your presence made the King's heart dance with joy   dhEvar perumALE.: Oh the Greatest One of all Gods!  இப்பாடல் அருணகிரியார் வாழ்வில் மகத்தானது. சம்பந்தாண்டான் என்பவனோடு வாது செய்தபோது முருகனை திருவண்ணாமலை அரசன் ப்ரபுட தேவராஜனின் சபையில் வரவழைக்கப் பாடிய பாட்டு இது. இந்த வரியைப் பாடும்போது, முருகன் வேலும் மயிலும் விளங்க நடனக் கோலத்திலேயே சபையில் தோன்றி தரிசனம் தந்தான்.   This song has great significance in the life of the great poet Arunagirinathar.  The saint poet had a debate with one Sambanthaandan in the court of king Praputa Devaraya in Thiruvannamalai  and when challenged to bring the Lord to the court failing which the saint's life was at stake, the poet sang his song and loving this Murugan appeared atop his peacock dancing merrily and gave darshan to all. Fine arts and music are divine

if they don't have bread, let them eat cake

वासुदेव जरा कष्टं कष्टं धनविपर्ययः।
पुत्रशोकस्ततः कष्टं कष्टाद् कष्टतरं क्षुधा॥
महाभारतात्
vāsudeva jarā kaṣṭaṁ kaṣṭaṁ dhanaviparyayaḥ|
putraśokastataḥ kaṣṭaṁ kaṣṭād kaṣṭataraṁ kṣudhā||
mahābhāratāt

വാസുദേവ  ജരാ കഷ്ടം കഷ്ടം ധനവിപര്യയ:
പുത്രശോക : തത കഷ്ടം കഷ്ടാത് കഷ്ടതരം ക്ഷുധാ
മഹാഭാരതം
This is  from the coverstaion of an old man (Dhritharaasthra) with the blessed lord Krishna. 
" Advanced age is  a great difficulty.  Decline in wealth also makes one miserable. 
The loss of a son  or separation from him  is still more heartbreaking.
  But  the misery that tops all other miseries is hunger"
The pathetic truth contained herein would strike one like a thunderbolt.   One gets old and his physical and mental faculties get depleted.  In such a doddering condition usually the source of income also stops.(pensioners are slightly luckier).  This is the time when one is in need of the soothing hands of a son.  But alas,  this is the exact  time when the son grows up and becomes self-sure.. The youth can be lost in battles and other calamities or can leave one either in estrangement or in search of livelihood.
But the greatest suffering is when one is deprived of food.
Hunger was the cause of all major revolutions in human history. It was to feed the hungry that Draupadi got the boon of akshayapaatram from the sun-god.  It is for the same reason that the lord keeps everyone in his stomach.. when any food or water is offered to Daamodara the Krishna, it feeds every living being.   For the same reason the lion called Bharathi roared..த்னிமநிதனுக்கு உணவு இல்லையென்றால் உலகையே அளிததிடுவோம்    thanimanithanukku unavu illayendral ulagaye alithiduvom..

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wonderful language

In Tamilnadu, there is a well known person by name, Mr. Jeppier, Chairman of Sathyabama deemed university and some more self financing colleges, always speaks in English. That college students have collected & published a book by name "Jappier's Spoken English"
.... Njoy ...........with his..............English..............
Now, here are some classic English sentences from the great "Jappier's Spoken English"

# At the ground:
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All of you stand in a straight circle.
There is no wind in the balloon.
The girl with the mirror please comes her...{Means: girl with specs please come here).

# To a boy, angrily:
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I talk, he talk, why you middle middle talk?

# While punishing students:
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You, rotate the ground four times...
You, go and understand the tree...
You three of you stand together separately.
Why are you late - say YES or NO .....(?)

# Sir at his best:
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Sir had once gone to a film with his wife. By chance, he happened to see one of our boys at the theatre, though the boy did no t see them.
So the next day at s school... (to that boy) - "Yesterday I saw you
WITH MY WIFE at the Cinema Theatre"


# Sir at his best inside the Class room:
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Open the doors of the window. Let the atmosphere come in.
Open the doors of the window. Let the Air Force come in.
Cut an apple into two halves - I will take the bigger half.
Shhh...Quiet, boys...the principal JUST PASSED AWAY in the corridor
You, meet me behind the class. (Meaning AFTER the class..)
This one is cool >> "Both of u three get out of the class."
Close the doors of the windows please. I have winter in my nose today...
Take Copper Wire of any metal especially of Silver.....
Take 5 cm wire of any length....

Last but not the least some Jeppiar experiences ...

Once Sir had come late to a college function, by the time he reached, the function had begun, so he went to the dais, and said, sorry I am late, because on the way my car hit 2 muttons (Meaning goats).

At Sathyabama college day 2002:

"This college strict u the worry no .... U get good marks, I the happy, tomorrow u get good job, jpr the happy, tomorrow u marry I the enjoy"

At St. Josephs college of engineering fresh years day 2003:

"No ragging this college. Anybody rag we arrest the police "

VERY IMPORTANT : ok enjoy this English, but dont forget your English !!!