WINTER

WINTER

Winter in German, time for water

Times of rain and snow of winter

It’s cold and icy there

White and splendid every where

No bud of spring, no laugh of summer

No dream of love, no song of bird to hear

Season of dormancy for crops

Plants die, seeds wait for spring

Many animals dormant, hibernate

 Or With enough food in storage

Pines covered with ice

Juniper shagged with ice

Trees in nakedness waiting

For music of leaves in spring

Women in jackets, coats, sweaters and pull overs

Clothes embellish personality markers

Stay warm while keeping chic

Aside cold, snow, sleet and adverse effects

Dehydration in summer, fever in rainy season

Winter is free of all these, a good season

Winter sports are fun for all

Played on snow or ice natural or artificial

Skiing, skating, ice hockey, curling, Bandy

Sledding to the bottom of giant hill slowly

Safety rules beware and careful

In summer cherries, in spring straw berries

In winter treat yourself with orange variety

Tangerines small, sweet and easy to peel

Inside like baby’s toes, perfect and clean, appeal 

Blood oranges with their deep red flush

Caracaras with their interiors juicy and pink

Clementine   with honey like sweet flavor

Kishus   oranges   sweet and candy nature

Navel oranges sweet and juicy

Mandarins small and sweet

Nature treats us with variety of citrus fruits

With a myriad of health virtues

Winter with frosty trees, over cast skies

Low temperatures and snow fall

Nature repeats its form in fascinating ways

Man gives character and meaning to its ways

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MAHALAKSHMI

MAHA LAKSHMI

Maha Lakshmi Infinite, our obeisance to you

Abode of all righteousness present in you

Destroyer of sorrows of world

Resides in chest of Narayana, the Lord.

Goddess Maha Lakshmi we pray to thee

Six great qualities in you perceive

SreyathE, SruNothi, SrayathE,

SrAvanyathee, SruNAthi, SreeNathi.

Mother Supreme up lifts or redeems devotees

Protects devotees, praying with sincerity

Listens to your appeals, appeals to Lord

For multitudes of transgressed deviations, protection from Lord

Clears obstacles devotees encounter

Perfects Qualities of those seeking Her as protector

Six qualities in Sanskrit of Maha Lakshmi, be a benefactor

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NAVARASAS-VEERA

NAVARASAS_VEERA

VEERA

Veera, courage or fearlessness in action

Self -assurance, determination, heroism

Valor with perfect control of body, mind

Worthy   quality , with   dharma   in   mind.

Courage, pride, Veera   signs

Ego, sub-servant to Veera remains

Freedom and independence sign

In needs self-sufficient, interdependence free  remain.

Dharma veer, righteous in conduct

Daya veer, sympathetic and helpful in acts

Dana veer, munificent

Yough veer, bellicose, enjoy   fight.

Full of courage, face obstacles boldly

With    enthusiasm, energy, spontaneity

In war or every -day life

Veeras qualities praise-worthy   lie

Karna   during   duel with   Arjuna

With   Arjuna   lie unconscious

Ashwasen, king Cobra ready to attack at once

Karna   resists, never snake poison on human.

Yudhhistira, unflinching in adherence to dharma

Sathya, truth   dharma , righteousness

 Kshatriya code of conduct observer

Never  a   challenge refuser.

Veera not confined to Kings

Lies in any one, inner courage brings

Express feelings or act according to mind

Oppose   unworthy acts of any kind.

Husband and wife share a bond of trust

Says a village woman, if that does not exist

Relationship no better than two persons of opposite gender

Sleeping in the same room and having kids in number. .

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NAVARASAS_BIBATSA

NAVARASAS-BIBATSA

BIBATSA

Bibatsa,  emotion  disgusting and nauseating

Viewing   coarser and   graceless something

Things below human dignity

Offend sense of   morality.

Heard   Surpanaka , sister of Ravana , story

In   Ramayana , a female demon story

Rama, Son of King   Dasaratha  in exile

Moved   in forest   Panchavati   for a while.

Surpanaka struck with arrows of Cupid

With power of witchcraft disguised her form splendid

Alluring figure approached Rama, Rama spurned her advances

Rama shows no interest, Rama monogamous.

Suggested her marry His brother Lakshmana

Good looking, good conduct, promising, valiant Lakshmana

Lakshmana   suggested, she   be   second   wife of Rama

Besides    His   devoted, dutiful   wife   Sita.

Humiliated and jealous Surpanaka

 Her attack directed on Sita

Lakshmana   intolerant, immediately react

Cut off her nose, Surpanaka sped to Lanka fast.

Hear story of Prince Siddharta, young   prince smart

Saw suffering in old age and death in disgust

Disgust transformed into sorrow, introspection and peace

Turned into Gautama Buddha, enlightened one

Bibatsa rasa of separating lovers

Thirukkural   saying   you   hear

Sellamai undale  enakku  urai  mortru  nin

Valvaravu   vazzhorku urai

In English what lover  means, listen to me

If you are talking about not leaving me, tell me

Otherwise if  it  is  about  your   returning   soon

Tell that  to someone who will survive then.

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NAVARASAS_KARUNA

NAVARASAS _ KARUNA

KARUNA

Karuna , grief and compassion feeling

Sympathy, fellow feeling in suffering
Compassion elevating one to divine

In lives of needy, welcome silver line.

Impersonal sorrow in one awakening

Humans conditions, their suffering

In young, pity and neglect

In old , waning   strength   reflect.

Over the globe discrimination presence

Suffering in poverty and suppression

Extend helping hands providing unfortunate millions

Work your ways with your compassion.

Education prime driver in transformations

Directs growth and   better   modernization

Need arduous working women,   better   treatment

Elevate and overcome discrimination.

Karuna of people in power and possession

Certainly a source of elevation

Of the down trodden on earth

Pride in  progress, satisfying much.

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NAVARASAS _ADBHUTA

 NAVARASAS

ADBHUTA    OR   WONDER

Human life , a rich fabric sure

Events in life add color and texture

Happenings, threads  kindling emotions

Add hue, shades, colors  in actions.

Cause   and   emotion   well   knit

Difficult separating   it

Navarasas ,  one   experiences   in   life

 Portrayed   poets , dancers , writers, nice.

Adbhuta   wonder, surprise, curiosity

Occurs   due to divinity

Astonishment in us something magical

Appreciation   goes   well   beyond normal.

Success of king in battle

Magical   feats   of   god   that   puzzles

Divinity of almighty’s presence

In some form or other you sense.

Bali humbled by Vamana  in  Viswaroopam

Rama’s lifting of Siva dhanus in Seetha ‘s  Swayam varam

Dorakuna ituvanti seva of Saint Thyagaraja

In Sixties, man landing on the moon, an adbhuta

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NAVARASAS_BHAYANAK

NAVARASAS_BHAYANAK

BHAYANAK   OR   FEAR

Rasa of an agitated mind

Heart perplexed you find

Confused eyes, cowed down through fear

Of   approaching   evil,   in heart  a tremor.

Fear you know , negative energy

Saps your ability to act properly
Courage in you leaks out fine

Like a leak in gas pipe line.

Birds face turns pale, know why

On seeing a hawk down from sky

Trembles and looks anxious

No  movement , condition precarious.

Fear caused by ignorance

Mind creates imagination

Ego overcomes fear

Otherwise mind prevails over.

Overcome fear with inner strength, the best

Controller of body, mind intellect

We plan based on our past many

But react to unplanned karmic destiny.

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NAVARASA_HASYA

NAVARASAS-HASYA

HASYA

Rasa, flavor of art, object, or work

Bhava  feelings expressed by  performer

Hasya, comedy or mockery or humor

Brings laughter, smile and   cheer .

Krishna tales of stealing butter

Taunting  gopikas and Vastrabharana

Tales that bring laughter

Hasya rasa cheerful mood blower

Krishna tales plenty

Bhavas   flows like honey

Comedy   fills   our heart with laughter

Laughter    the   best  medicine  ever.

Laughter an emotion of humans alone

Proved as a rich hearing therapy

Beautiful masks of the actors

Fills   laughter and  peace in observer.

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NAVARASAS_RAUDRA

NAVARASAS -RAUDRA

RAUDRA   OR   ANGER

Anger an emotion in all

Into two categories fall

Righteous anger, over injustice or disrespect

Selfish  anger over self - expectation   regret.

Emotion with dominance of aggression

Falling below an expectation

Discover   things,   seemingly   strange

Anger at times, energises change.

A creative impulse generator overcomes rage

Over injustice in life, its heart’s rage

Nature a tutor, cure for rage

Ocean waves rage and calm, a   sage.

Anger of mother towards child instructive

Anger of teacher towards students corrective

Anger of king towards subjects constructive

Anger above all is objective.

 In life,  anger causes rage and fury

Thoughts add like fuel to fire easily

Overcome   anger   surely   easy

Stop your thoughts,   smile   becomes   easy.

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NAVARASAS_SHANTA

NAVARASAS

SHANTA

Shanta   a rasa of relaxation

Yogic super conscious experience

Body, mind, ego, intellect at rest

You achieve it through meditation best.

Anger, love, jealousy, fear, courage has no place

Air, the element, gives calmness, rest, exhaustion safe

Need to balance needs and desires

Meditation,  the  natural peace provider. 

Debts three, to ancestors, universe, and teacher

Pay to ancestors raising children

Pay to universe through self- less service

Pay to teacher through teaching.

Oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ

tát savitúr váreṇ(i)yaṃ

bhárgo devásya dhīmahi

dhíyo yó naḥ pracodáyāt

Walk in a forest, a  feast  of  nature’s  beauty

Watch waves of ocean or sea

Climb the mountains with sound of music

God’s gift, scenes   enchanting,  providers  of  Peace.

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NAVARASAS_SHRINGAR

NAVARASAS

SHRINGAR

Rasa the state of mind

Are nine or navarasas  in kind

Face an index of mind express

Manobhava or inner  feelings  no less.

Shringar, exalted   aesthetic emotion

Anguish, ecstasy, longing, jealousy expression

Romantic dalliances, love art expressions

Culminating in higher   ananda or  blissful emotions.

Shringar   the peak raja rasa romantic and erotic

Delight feelings ecstatic

Pale light and green colors

The rasa   bhava  or expression enhancers.

Shringar meaning love and beauty

Enjoy   opposite   sex   company

In loving and romantic manner

Mind creates a lovely atmosphere.

In Shringar male and female

In form of Shiva and Shakti

Express love in extreme happiness

Love of attachment, an addictiveness.

Love and beauty need attention

A touch, a flower, a smile gives promotion

Two minds with joy and wonder

For each- other,  admiration and devotion render.

The hand goes, the glance follows

The glances lead, the mind follows

Where the mind goes, the moods follow

Where the mood goes, rasa flows.

Poets, singers, artists, dancers

With lyrical yearning, shringar promoters

Shringar an essential of life

Times of Adam and eve lies

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TENT ROCKS

TENT ROCKS

Kasha- Katuwe Tent rocks

 Find cone shaped tent rocks

On   Pajarito    plateau

In   North central  New Mexico.

Seven million years old eruptions volcanic

Deposited pumice, ash, tuff   thousand   feet thick

Into tent rock formations up to ninety feet

A   scenic beauty, a delight.

Canyons, arroyos, scooping holes in rock

See them in one point five mile walk

Bundles of grey interspersion with beige

Pink   color along cliff faces, scenic indeed.

Native Americans of Cochiti

Call it Kasha  Katuwe , meaning white cliff

A   place of spirituality and renewal

Collect plants for medicinal and ceremonial.

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SEVENTEEN MILES DRIVE

SEVENTEEN MILES DRIVE

Pay and drive along seventeen miles

Scenic beauty   between   Pacific   Grove and Carmel lies

Incredible beach with Golf courses

Overlooks   Ocean, multimillion   dollar   mansions.

Nice scenic drive but chilly

Pacific Ocean waves you see

Eye   catching   Sun  set  at the coast

Landscapes, scenes, spectacular homes enjoy most.

Lonely Cypress magnificent one

Two fifty years old on its rocky perch seen

An icon inspired many

Symbol   of  Pebble  Beach Company.

Fan shell   overlook with white sand

Irresistible   for Seals   bearing   their young

Closed during Seals puppy bearing season

April to june , much needed for the little ones.

Stroll along the Spanish bay

Spanish crew camped searching Monterey Bay

Chinese   rock, Chinese fishermen on coast

At base of pile of rocks their homes set.

Ghost trees with bleached trunk seen

Orange colored stuff on rocks, lichen

Pebble beach with Golf links

Stroll around, pleasant  feelings

Stroll along Spanish Bay

Spanish crew landed searching Monterey bay.

Brandts ,  Cormorants,  Pelicans and Sea lions

Sharing  Bird  Rock , a scene so fine

Sea birds with water resistant feathers

Cormorants differ from others

Dry out feathers   before they dive

Sea lions and Cormorants for space on rock vie.

Monterey Cyprus a rare tree

Grows in Monterey only

Trees, in height  up to   seventy   feet clears

Lives over three hundred years

Restless Sea between Spanish Bay and Point Joe

Ocean restless always,   see   to   know

Restless motion   brings  food support marine life

Western gull nests along Californian coast line

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