Thursday, April 25, 2013

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
K.S.V.SESHADRI



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
K.S.V.SESHADRI

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. .

K.S.V.SESHADRI

Monday, April 15, 2013

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.
K.S.V.SESHADRI





Friday, April 12, 2013

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.
K.S.V.SESHADRI

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
K.S.V.SESHADRI





                                                                                                       

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

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.
K.S.V.SESHADRI



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.
K.S.V.SESHADRI





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.
K.S.V.SESHADRI

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.
O bhūr bhuva sva
tát savitúr váre(i)ya
bhárgo devásya dhīmahi
dhíyo yó na 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.
K.S.V.SESHADRI





Monday, April 8, 2013

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
K.S.V.SESHADRI


Sunday, April 7, 2013

TENT ROCKS


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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.
K.S.V.SESHADRI

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
K.S.V.SESHADRI