Rajaram Ramachandran Poems

Who are you?
Or who am I?
Who’s my mother?
Or who’s my father?
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This body ends in dust.
He who yields to lust,
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The year eighteen-not-two saw
Saint Thyagaraja with all awe,
As he had reached the peak
By then in the uphill task.
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In the ladder of fame
Saint Thyagaraja’s name
Rose up to the top,
Soon, but step by step.
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Taking leave of Bharati,
Sankara went to Kasi.
King of Kasi was dead.
This news he heard.
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Song 14

My obeisance to Mahalakshmi
The daughter of Sage Brigu
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Disciple Nityananda sang:
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FIVE GEMS SONGS (i)

(1) The first song in Raga Nata and Tala: Adi:
“Jagada Nanda Karaga
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Among all the disciples
There was one simple,
Giri, a gentle-silent-man,
When the class was on.
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Sixteenth year was to end,
When a Brahmin, very old,
Before Sankara appeared
And for a debate invited.
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