Rajaram Ramachandran Poems

The three girls, in search
Of wood, had their march,
Down the rough roads,
And winding river beds.
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The girls sat with Dushyanta,
While the heart of Sakuntala,
Felt a strange feeling of love
That entered her mind somehow.
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In the absence of Kanva, the Sage,
Dushyanta went to the hermitage,
To meet Sakuntala, his daughter,
Curiously as a surprise visitor.
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Sankara knew where to go
Yet he walked miles to go.
He reached Narmada River,
That overflowed with water.
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Chandramathi and Devadasan
The two got up early morn,
And did odd jobs as menials
In the Brahmin’s house.
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Narendra fell down, one day,
When he went to play
And hit against a sharp stone
That pricked his right eye bone.
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MEERA (1498-1547)

The life story of Meera was shown in black and white Tamil film somewhere in the year 1976 or so. The famous actress M.S.Subbalakshmi acted as princess Meera and the actor Nagaiah as King Kumbha Rana of Chittor. Even today the songs of M.S.Subbalakshmi in Tamil are very popular. This story attracted me from my young days for the reason that Meera’s character was unique in that one can notice her sincere devotion to the Lord Krishna from her childhood days. Though a princess she was, she faced several hardships through out her life, yet her faith in Krishna was unquestionable. More than that, her captivating melodious songs in Vraja-bhasha, a dialect of Hindi spoken in and around Vrindavan, also sometimes mixed with Rajasthani, are still popular like folk songs even after 500 years.
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Who discovered the mirror?
We don't, at all, remember.
To show our faces beautiful,
How much it's really useful?
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To learn the Language English
To a cheater went a foolish
Village Indian, not very old,
Not so young, but middle aged.
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The great Adi Sankara was born at Kalady, Kerala, India in the year 686 AD and died in 718 AD. (Some say, he was born in 509 BC and died in 477 BC.)

At the time of Adi Shankara's life, Hinduism began to decline because of the influence of Buddhism and Jainism. Hinduism had become divided into innumerable quarrelsome sects. During his short span of 32 years of life, he extensively travelled on foot to various parts of India to restore the study of Vedas. He held discourses and debates with the leading scholars of all these sects and schools of philosophy to controvert their doctrines. In all his works, he stressed the importance of the Vedas, and his efforts helped Hinduism regain its strength and popularity.
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