It is Deepavali after all, yet, can it ever be the same without Swamiji? This is a picture i have taken of swamiji's sannidhanam in shivanjali, coimbatore in july. it is with great love and devotion that abhishekam, alankaram, and puja are done here daily.
Many years back, on a tape of swamiji's songs, i found my heart and my mind struck and stuck to the love and longing in swamiji's voice as he sang this song. the feeling was difficult to describe, yet utterly memorable and deep. he sang of shivananda as if his heart would break against the cascade of notes, through the cascade of notes. it is in this song, hearing it, that i experience a little of what i can do to experience deep love. i have the lyrics here and i have loosely translated them into english, to offer the sense of the song, in my own words. i have also changed the original "shivananda" to "shantananda". as swamiji felt for swami shivananda, his guru, so do i, in my own humble way, feel for my swamiji, swami shantananda. swamiji composed the song in the ragam of mohanam - the scale of enchantment.
yaar tharuvaar enakku
arulinaal anubhavam
adhishaya aananda
aathma sudaroliye
seeradhi panindhorku
sevadi thandharulum
chinmaya moorthi satguru
shantaananda
gnaana gangaiyin ootru
nin thiru paadam
prema pravaaham
nin thiru meni
bodha pravaaham
nin thiru vaakku
moksha samraajyam
nin thiruvarule
seeradhi panindhorku
sevadi thandharulum
chinmaya moorthi satguru
shantaananda...
om hreem shantaananda hamsaaya vidmahe
thanno hamsaaye prachodayaat
who else will bless me but you, swamiji?
you who gave me your love
the very moment my head touched your feet
you who showed me divine beauty
flowing like the ganga
you who showed me love that
flows like a river in flood
you who showed me the light
of the sages
will you show me too the final goal?
but
will you show me you once again?
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