Rajaram Ramachandran Poems

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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Sakuntala slightly reprimanded,
And from her friends demanded
An apology for their impertinence
To question on queens in the palace.
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The friends of Sakuntala,
Anusuya and Pryamvada,
Brought flowers from garden
As their daily routine.
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The palace guard chief,
Caught hold of a thief
Tied his hands behind
And at him, he shouted.
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Dushyanta, the strongest king
With his men was guarding
The place of fire sacrifice
With no untoward incidence.
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They were newly married couple,
A few days went on with no trouble.
As days passed on, he never turned,
While for his love, her heart yearned.
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I asked the hot Sun,
'Oh, you mighty one,
Why you rise in the East
And set in the West? '
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Look thro' a glass Yellow,
Everything appears Yellow.
And thro' a dark glass,
So dark an object looks.
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Thunderbolt! Thunderbolt!
Of tons of T.N.T..
All his commandents heard,
As the Lord of Death roared.
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A lad went to a chemist
With a big medicine list
Where one puzzling item
Wasn't familiar to him.
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