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

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

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

                                                                                                       

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