It was a near miss, this fruit
But when the wretched owner of the orchard
Looked away, I managed to grab it
It looks green, firm and shiny.
My mouth waters
I rush the fruit to my mouth
Well, a little salt would help
But small pleasures in a cow herd’s life
Can’t wait for trivial things
But, on the way , he snatched it!
The spoilt son of Yashoda!
“You thief!” I scream
He runs like a little piece of lightning
Down soft meadows and marshy fields
I give chase, Alas! Am no match for him!
Abruptly he stops and turns towards me
I almost trip and hit my toe
The thief! The bully! The little rascal!
He then takes a noisy bite
Out of my hard-earned fruit
“Hey!” I scream again
This time in concern for his baby teeth
He smiles and my head swims
He hands over the half- bitten fruit
And that’s how this cow herd
Got to eat the world’s tastiest green guava.
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written by partha, 2011-10-10 22:42:20
When the cowherd's sense of loss of the fruit transformed into concern for the divine child's teeth, the concern was immediately rewarded with nectarine prasad! Priceless!
Madhusudan Saraswati was a great Advaiti. Kanchi Mahaperiyavaal writes about him in his " Deivattin Kural." The translation is by Mr. KTSV Sarma. Please enjoy:
But, a person like Madhusudana Saraswathi, an Adwaitin of deep rooted conviction, had a special niche in his heart for Sri KrishNa Bhagawan.
197. MadhvachaariyaaL installed KrishNa Bhagawan in Udupi. Vyasa Teertha, who came later, emphasized and established Madhva’s views and strongly disputed Sankara AachaaryaaL’s Adwaita Siddhantam. This was well countered word for word by this Madusudana Saraswathi, who wrote copiously re-establishing Adwaita point of view and Anubhava. He himself has however sung so movingly about baby KrishNa waking up from sleep, stretching and yawning. He wrote one ‘Aananda Mandakini Stotram’ soaked in deep devotion, containing more than 100 slokas. He says in one place, “KrishNaat param kimapi tattvam aham na jaane”, tantamount to saying, “What is Adwaita philosophy and what is Dwaita Tattvam? Other than KrishNa, I do not know of any point of view of philosophy!”
198. In a sloka that starts with ‘dhyaanaabhyaasa’, he says, “If Yogis control their minds becoming NirguNa and Nishkriya, seeing some effulgence in the inner heart, let them do so. We do not have to cry that we are not able to so control our minds and not being able to visualise such Jyoti Darshanam of seeing effulgent light! That effulgence is playing around on the banks of River Kalindi (Yamuna) as a streak of brilliant blue dazzling radiance. (He is talking about KrishNa Paramaatma as a toddler baby.) Let us keep looking at Him happily. Let this give our eyes and our whole being all the bliss of existence, forever eternally!”
Warm regards. Partha.
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Brahmani Maanasa Sancharare
Madasikhi pinchalankruta chikure
Mahaneeya kapola vijitha mukure
Sings Sri Sadasiva Brahmendra another realized soul.Yes,dear Partha Thank you for the enriching comment on SrI Madhusudan Sarasvathi.
It is in the part where Swami talks about Advaita, He not only gives a good anchor to those of us who have trouble comprehending the concept but also like Sri Ramana, implies that mature bhakthi is indeed gnana where the small consciousness ceases to exist and HE is the only one that is.
Gopas and Gopis were celestial beings who like the Azhwar did't care for celestial comforts
" Icchuvai thavira yaan poi
Indra lokam aalum
achchuvai perinum venden
Aranga maanagarullaane"
came over to Brindavan to experience bliss.
May be they heard through the divine flute what Arjuna heard as the song celestial.
To each child his kind of " fish-dish!" as another realised soul said.
Warm regards
ns