Mother Of Languages Poem by gnrao rao

Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati,
Bengali,
These are my daughters.
I gave birth to them.
I like all my children.
If you know my
alphabet,
vowels and consonants
and the origin
from me
you can manage
very well
in all these languages.

Mastak- head,
deha- body
kantah- neck
karah- hand
karnah- ear
padhah- foot
danthah-tooth
nakhah-nail
kesah -hair
Bujaha- shoulder
nethram-eye
chittham- mind
Paanihee-hand
Bhaaryaa-wife
pathni-wife
Devi-goddess
naaree-woman
nadhi-river
Kumari- young girl
nethram-eye
Ghatrum- body
athra-here
thathra- there
kuthra-where
sarvathra-everywhere
siraha-head
uraha-chest
udharam- belly
hasthah- hand
angulayaha- fingers
nasika- nose
mukham- face
Jihwa- tongue
Yathra yathra
Raghunatha keerthanam
thathre thathra
krutha masthaka
anjalim
Bashpawari paripoorna
lochanam
maruthim namatha
raksha sa anthakam.
yathra yatra wherever
Raghunathe keerthanam
Rama's name is sung
tathra thatra there
krutha mastaka anjalim
bowing his head in reverence
bashpawari crying
paripoorna full
lochanam tearw
maruthim Maruthi
namatha worwhip, pray
rakhshasa demons
anthakam destroy, finishing,
wherever Rama's songs.name is sung,
there always with bowing head
in reverence,
eyes filled with tears
in happiness
one who killed the demons
we worship him