0993.Mata Amritanandamayi-The Course Of Love Poem by amma and rajappa

Questioner: Amma, how can I serve You?

Amma: By serving others selflessly.

Questioner: What can I do to make You happy?

Amma: Help others feel happy. That indeed makes Amma happy.

Questioner: Amma, don’t you want anything from me?

Amma: Yes, Amma wants you to be happy.

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Srutheenaamagamye suvaedaagamagnae,
Mahimnoa na jaananthi paaram thavaambha,
Sthuthim karthumichchaami thae thwam Bhavaani,
Sramasvaeda mathra pramugdhaha kilaaham.

Oh Mother Bhavani! I wish to praise you!
Oh knower of Vedas and Aagamas!
You are unattainable through sciptures!
People do not know the extent of your greatness!
You please forgive this act of mine!
I am indeed foolish!

Adi Sankara in Bhavani Bhujangam-13
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At five thy age, entering grade I, once heard
Forgotten never excelling seniors, brothers and sisters
Eloquence in reciting the lessons overheard by chance
Saraswathi-incarnate Thee stood first all along
Singing and dancing either for lesson or
Drenching with devotion
Engaging thy play time for completing the school hold
For dancing with Krishna with the extra time extracted
Helping thy mother in household as ever,
Never did ye forget the Lord that is entrapped in thy eye!

“Hey infatuating beauty
Captivating many hearts
Intoxicates thy smile
The gleam of your pearl teeth!
Hold on my darling!
How can I hold your joy
That rejoices the Universe!
Can the lotus oppose the moon?
I open the petals of my eyes
Kiss them my prince with
The rays of Thy grace
Like the cool of a breeze! ”

Little two rooms and a box like kitchen
Unable to contain an array of children,
Annexure near cowshed
Accommodated three souls,
One was you my mother
Potichi the barber girl and baby
Forming a group of refugees three!
Love of that mother Potichi the fortunate
Taking you on her hips
With the love of that’s inborn
Love begetting love!
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Again as a tribute to motherhood which Amma symbolizes, I want to present the readers with the episode involving Amma and another Amma.

One point to be noted is Amma, the creator of this universe cries, while She sees Her children crying!

A woman devotee with tears during darshan, “Amma all the chickens in our area are sick; our hen is also starting to get sick, Amma wont you please save her? “

A brahmachari thought this woman was bothering Amma on a trivial matter

Amma cast him a severe glance that made him shiver.

Then Amma gave holy ashes to that woman and advised her to spread on the hen.

After this Amma called the brahmachari “Son you don’t understand her suffering; the only income that woman has is from the eggs’ sale she gets from this hen; her family will starve if the hen dies; that woman spends part of that income to come over here; knowing how she struggles Amma gives her money for the bus fare now and then; look at her attitude of surrender, even in the midst of misery”

Amma gets tears while she thinks of this episode.

“One who eats to his heart’s content does not know the pain of hunger. You have to starve to know this pain”

“Don’t compare one person to another; think from their level; only then we can understand their concerns and console them”

1 3 2010