1197 Unique grace
Nothing can be
Compared with grace
There is no alternative
To love on this earth
There is none other than you
Who came to the earth?
In order to show
Love along with grace
You defined
What love is?
You kept you
As the final limit for grace
You helped the bhaktas
Who received both love along with grace
That this is
What spirituality is?
As all are
United in the simple bhakti
You enabled the difference
To disappear automatically
In order to celebrate this
And to write poems about you
You also gave
Simple languages to everyone
We have the heart
To sing your praises
There is a simple path
To see your darshan
There is relationship with you
There is a life with you
Rejoicing in that life
I am bowing at your feet
Mathigiri, 6-/07-05-2020 1.30 a.m.
Every intellectual discussion, writing etc on any topic looks artificial to me. Every apologetic writings (including that which I try to write) look fiction to me. When the intellectuals analyse and apologetics defend their doctrine, simple people find unity and concord irrespective of their doctrinal differences. I was reading another book by a Hindu Nationalist who compares the contrasts by defending all that is in Hinduism and (rightfully) criticizing all that is in Abrahamic religions. Though he has so many valid points, still the way he defend so many contradictions pushing all the inconsistencies not only in Indian Scriptures which never try to present any SYSTEMIC philosophy or theology but also in his writings I thought about the limitation of our intellect to understand the grace of god. Though I retired to bed by 12.30 am, still I couldn’t sleep for long time thinking again and again the way His grace entered in my life. Then I realized that though my bhakti in the Lord is completely different from that of Pillan still how we can share a common ground recognizing the grace of god which transcends beyond reason and gave language to celebrate it through poems or commentaries. Unable to sleep for long time, then lying on my bed I took the paper and wrote this song thanking the opportunity to worship him for his grace and love which combined together helped all the bhaktas in various sampradayas to celebrate them in spite of the doctrinal differences.
1197 ஈடற்ற அருள்
அருளுக்கு ஈடு
ஆவனியில் ஒன்றில்லை
அன்புக்கு மாற்றாக
வழியுமே வேறில்லை
அருளோடு அன்பையும்
ஒன்றாகக் காட்டிட
அவனிக்கு வந்திட்ட
உனையன்றி வழியில்லை
அன்புக்கு இலக்கணம்
நீயுமே அளித்தாய்
அருளுக்கு எல்லையாய்
உன்னையே வைத்தாய்
அருளோடு அன்பையும்
அடைந்திட்ட பக்தர்க்கு
ஆன்மிகம் இதுவெனப்
புரிந்திட வைத்தாய்
எளிதான பக்தியில்
எல்லோரும் இணைய
வேற்றுமை தன்போல
மறைந்திட வைத்தாய்
இதையே கொண்டாட
உன்மீது பண்பாட
எளிதான மொழியினை
எல்லோருக்கும் அளித்தாய்
உனையே பாடும்
மனதும் இங்குண்டு
உன்னையே காணும்
எளிய வழியுண்டு
உன்னில் உறவுண்டு
உன்னோடு வாழ்வுண்டு
அதனால் மகிழ்வுண்டு
பணித்தேன் உனையின்று
மத்திகிரி, 6-/0705-2020 இரவு 1.30