The happy cobbler , the sad richman and Lord Guruvayurappan

The  happy cobbler , the sad richman and Lord Guruvayurappan

By

P.R.Ramachander

There  was a street   in  the divine town  of Guruvayur  ,

Where there lived a cobbler   and a millionaire

The cobbler   had a small  painting  of Guruvayurappan,

And the rich man had  a mini temple of Guruvayurappan.

The cobbler used to keep  a flower  in front of  the photo,

Do his work   and lived   without any worry  or trouble,

And the rich man   called    several priests   and conducted,

Great  pooja daily   u in his temple  but he was always  miserable.

One Day  sage Narada  met  Lord Guruvayurappan,

And  asked him  , the reason    for this great  contradiction,

And the lord  told Narada , you  go and tell  both people ,

“I am sage Narada   and am coming   from Guruvayurappan.”

They both    will ask you “What is  the lord    doing ?”

And you tell  them, “The Lord   is trying  to pass ,

An elephant   through   the hole of sewing needle,

And their replies   would  clear up matters  for you.

Sage Narada   went to  rich  man   and when asked ,

Told what  Lord Guruvayurappan was   doing,

The rich man told “Impossible   even for the lord,

Please   go and tell him  to stop the silly  job.”

But when he   told   the same   thing to the cobbler,

With   flowing tears  in his eyes   he told the sage,

“THis is too easy   a job for my lord Guruvaturappan.

Has he not kept a banyan tree  inside its tiny seed?”

Sage  Narada  understood   with    great clarity ,

“How one   does   the worship  of the Lord in unimportant,

But  the faith  he has   in the lord  and his   ability  ,

Is more important    without   any doubt.”