1115 I came to talk
Understanding that
Respect and humiliation
Are given by
Human beings
Whichever came?
All are the same
Understanding this
And immersed in bhakti
Remembering your grace
In this life on this earth
Without having
Relationship and friends
Understanding that
The life lived for you
Alone is
Noble one
Giving up all the
Outward activities
Oh holy one
Remembering you in heart
Coming alone
Unto you
Sitting with you
Bowing your feet
Longing for
These kinds of time often
Seeking your companionship
For you to come talk with me
I came to talk
With you opening my heart
I came to fill my
Heart with joy
Mathigiri, 2-8-2019, 10.45 p.m.
As I was reading the following song by Purandaradasa I wrote this song inspired by it:
Pamanavadare (PDS)@ Vol. 1, no, 49, p. 161)
For him who takes God’s holy name
humiliation is most welcome
To one who takes God’s holy name
to be insulted is not to be shunned
Ego is built on respect others give you
your tapas is lost when you’re given respect
egoistic Duryodhana was ruined
but there’s no doubt about one who can take
respect and humiliation with equanimity
for one who says God’s holy name humiliation is welcome
Through humiliation one’s sadhana flourishes
One’s good deeds become fruitful when you’re humbled
because of trying tribulations and humiliations
Lord Vishnu came to save the child Dhurva
for him who takes the holy name humiliation is welcome
Where will I go, and what will I do?
As long as you are there O Vithala, Lord
of forest-dwelling yogis, protector of the poor
I don’t want for anything—except humiliation
–with humiliation I’m able to get you
so for him who takes God’s holy name
humiliation is most welcome.—p.82
@S.K. Ramachandra Rao, ed., Purandara Sahitya Darshna, Four Volumes, Bangalore, The Directorate of Kannada and Culture, Government of Karnataka, 1985
While in bhakti tradition humiliation is welcomed because of bhakti in some sannyasa tradition it is earned by deliberately acting in such strange and violent ways so that others might humiliate and despise them which will remove their past karmas and increase merit. See Thomas McEvilley, Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, (2002), First Indian Edition, 2008, pp. 231-232 for ‘The tradition of the asceticism of dishonor’ (p. 231).
Though we need human relationship to live as human, still sometimes we need to seek the company of the Lord to have personal relationship with him forgetting them temporarily to return back with new strength to serve them. The same is the case with humiliation which will help us to introspect and correct our faults.
1115 பேச வந்தேன்
மானம் அவமானம்
மரியாதை எல்லாம்
மனிதர் தருவது
என்பதை உணர்ந்து
எதுவந்த போதும்
எல்லாமே ஒன்று
என்பதை அறிந்து
பக்தியில் திளைத்து
ஊரின்றி பேரின்றி
உறவின்றி துணையின்றி
உலக வாழ்வில்
உன்னருள் நினைந்து
உனக்காக வாழும்
வாழ்க்கை ஒன்றுதான்
உன்னதம் ஆனது
என்பதைப் புரிந்து
புறம்பான செயல்கள்
அனைத்தையும் துறந்து
புனிதனே உன்னை
மனதிலே நினைந்து
தனிமையில் நானும்
உன்னிடம் வந்து
தாளினைப் பணிந்து
உன்னுடன் அமர்ந்து
இதுபோன்ற தருணம்
எப்போதும் வேண்டி
என்னோடு நீவந்து
உறவாட வேண்டி
இதயம் திறந்து
பேசிட வந்தேன்
என்னுள் ஆனந்தம்
நிறைத்திட்ட வந்தேன்
மத்திக்கிரி, 2-8-2019, இரவு, 10.45