When will all my problems end?

When will all  my problems end?

Rewritten by

P.R.Ramachander

One  saint  was  waiting  near the  river bank,

Without crossing the  river   and  one young man  asked him,

Sir   When are   you going   to  cross  the river and he said,

“Water  keeps on flowing   and I am waiting it  to be completely  empty.”

The Young man  laughed  loudly  and told  , “I  Thought  you are  wise,

But  now  I have changed  my opinion.” And the saint laughed and said,

“I see   many  of  the old  and supposed  to be wise  among you  ,

Were  waiting  their  responsibilies  to be over  . so that  they  can enjoy life”

“I am feeling  that the river  water   will get  over  by that time,

Their responsibilies  would get   completely   over  and at that time,

They will start enjoying  life  and I would  easily  go to the other shore”

The young man, said to the sage  “ I agree   that  you are  wise”

Moru Charu recipe

Moru Charu

Compiled by

P.R.Ramachander

This is an instant recipe when you don’t have time and  have  nothing else except sour buttermilk. Here is the recipe. My  grand mother  used to fefer  it as  “Mulgayai  killi  Mora vidal”  . This is prepared   very rarely   , as it is considered   as a  very simple  , tasteless  main dish

1.Palakkad   iyer homes

1.Heat Oil , splutter mustard , red chillies, uzhuttam parippu and fenugreek(if needed  you can add split  green chillies also)

2.Pour buttermilk and add salt and turmeric powder

3.Remove from the stow  as soon as butter milk  becomes hot .

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It has a taste  of its own  and people who need pungenzy   squeeze   the seasoned  red chillies/split  red chillies  in the butter milk.

2.Second recipe  in Kerala(with garlic   and onion)

.I never  knew  it was   a Kerala Dish   and I was surprised to see  the foillowing recipe given in a Malayali  web site

It is called   as Moru curry or  Moru Charu or  Kachiya  moru koottn

The iungredients are

1,Sour  buttermilk

2.Coconut oil

3.Mustard seeds

4.Fenugreek seeds

5.Cumin seeds

6.Red Chillies

6,Curry leaves

7.Ginger

8.Garlics

9.Small onions

10.Turmeeric powder

1.Heat oil , add mustard seeds  , fenugreek seed. Cumin seeds  , red chillies

2.After theysplutter  add  curry leaves , ginger  , garlic, greenchillies fry for  a few seconds

3.Add small onion  and fry till it turns brown

4.Add turmeric powder  ,.Sitch off the stove

5.Add   salt, butter milk  , heat  a few seconds  , switch off

Avial

Avial 

Compiled  by

P.R.Ramachander

When king Marthanda Verma was  ruling over Travancore , He had a minister called  Ramayyan  Dalavai  , who was a  Tamil Brahmin from  Tinneveli  .There is a practice of conducting Laksha Dweepam and Mura  Japam in the Padmanabha  swamy temple   every 12 years.Very large number  of Brahmins are fed.Once after  the Mura japam  , large variety of vegetables   , none of which was  sufficient for any dish were  remaining  .Then Ramayyan Dalawai , from THirunelveli    invented Avial  .

   The recipe is very simple.Cut all vegetable in to thin long  pieces(In kerala potato is never used) .Boil  all of them together

A,To add  sour taste  three  methods  are in use

1.Add  Sour buttermilk   almost   at the end, just before seasoning,

2.Add  Raw cut mango along   with vegetables

3.Add thin   Tamarind extract(needs to be added  at the beginning) 

B.To add pungency   and thickness  , Ground  coconut   and green chillies

       1.In kerala avail is pungent   and is a main dish in Palakkad   iyer homes or it is a side dish to non pungent main dishes like Mulagootal.So it needs to be pungent. Red chillies   are not normally used  .The aroma  of avail  is due to  coconut oil  and green chilles

         2.In Tamil Nadu  it is a side dish   to pungent side dishes like Sambhar or  used instead of Chutney   to Ulundu adai.So very  little chillies are  added

c,  Seasoning

      1,Throughout Kerala raw   coconut oil  and curry leaves is used  for seasoning

      2,Raw  refined oil  can also   be used if coconut oil  is not available

     3.In Tamil Nadu  , Sometimes seasoning   with mustard , jeera   and oil   is mostly done.

My preferred  recipe

     1 Almost all vegetables  except potato  , onion, tomato , Pumpkin, Okra, , biter gourd  ,   and sweetpotato   are  used  in Kerala. The preferred  vegetables   are  Raw plantain, Yam(Chenai)  ash gourd  ,  drum  stick, snake gourd,and carrot   

2.I  understand   that   some of these  vegetables  are also used In tamil nadu and  the concept  of  preferred  vegetables   are  not very strict

I understand that the normal  recipe  In Kerala homes is

I.Recipe  in Kerala homes

Vegetables   -250 gm of vegetables

Turmeric powder 

Grated fresh coconut   1 ½  cups

Green chillies  5-8

Curds 3-4  teaspoons  (lightly sour/if not raw  mango pieces

Salt to taste

Curry leaves

Coconut oil

Cut vegetable in to thin pieces,Boil vegetables , till they are just cooked(Avoid overcooking) .

Grind coconut   and chillies  With very little water.

Add it to  cooked vegetables

If  raw mango is not there or idf tamarind extract is not added in the beginning, add sour curd and curry leaves.Season with coconut oil

II.Recipe  given by  Vinayaka caterers , cochin

 Aviyal

Needed materials

1.Yam (Elephant foot yam) 15 gm
2.Snake gourd 5 gm
Cucumber 5 gm
Carrot 10 gm
Drum stick 10 gm
Cow pea (Payar) 5 gm
3.Cooking Banana ½
4.Raw mango little
5.Coconut oil three teaspoons
6.Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon+pepper powder 1 tea spoon, needed salt
7. ½ coconut grated + 1 teaspoon jeera seeds + 10 gm green chillies
8.Curry leaves
9 coconut oil 3 tea spoons


Method

1.Cut yam in to thin 2 inch long pieces.Put them in water
2.Cut vegetables mentioned in s.no 2 and 3 in to long thin pieces and put in water.Put Cucumber separately.
3.Cut raw mango in to thin pieces
4.Heat oil mentioned in a thick bottomed broad vessel and put all cut vegetables one , one and Yam at the top.
5.Over Yam , you can put cucumber
6.Over the vegetablesput powders mentioned in 6
7.Heat them, closing with a heavy lid over a low fire.When it comes to boil stir it.
8.Once every thing is coked well, Make a crator like hole in the centre. Whatever water oozes out from the sides,It has to be poured on vegetables stacked on sides.
9.When all water has died, grind items mentioned in 7 loosely , and mix it with the vegetable along with curry leaf. Switch off the stove
10.Add oil mentioned in9

(Comment: from P.R.Ramachander  The sourness to Avial can also be got through, raw mango, sour curd or tamarind or a combination of any of them. We have tried Amchoor (dry raw mango powder) instead of mango. Though it is not as good , it does indeed taste like avail. Depending on the availability many other vegetables like Chow chow, Avarakkai , capsicum etc can also be used. In Kerala potato is never used in avial. In our part of Kerala, pepper powder is not used in avial.)

III. When I went  to am Iyer  come  In Trivandrum , I tasted   a very strange avial

Keerai avial

Cut red keerai

Drumsticks 3

Raw mango (100 gm)

Jack fruit seeds(Chakka  Kottai)   100 gm

Turmeric powder

Salt

Grated coconut

Jeera

Dried chillies

Coconut oil

Cut Keerai  and  mango in to long pieces, Add cut pieces  of Chakka kottai   and drum stick,After boiling , add   ground  coconut with fried red chillies  and jeera.Season with  coconut oil

( recently saw another recipe for Chakka kottai   avail   adding onion-http://vimithaa.blogspot.com/2013/09/chakka-kottai-aviyal-jackfruit-seeds.html

I also saw  a Jack fruit Avial https://www.kothiyavunu.com/2017/09/chakka-aviyal-jackfruit-aviyal.html, But  being in love with traditional  recipes  of Kerala , I did  not even read  them)

Ode to my Akka, the goddess of Concern

Ode   to my Akka, the goddess of Concern

By

Raja

Not long ago  , I had an elder sister,

Who was   not   born with me  ,

But came   as the greatest  gift,

Of  my marriage, along  with my wife.

She   was  the real good goddess  of concern ,

Always smiling   and always  bothered,

About  the needs  and comfort  of ,

All her family   and all  whom she met.

Her  view  of the  world  was  drenched,

In  affection and love and great  compassion.

She   was  an  amma  for   all her children.

But much, much  more  than their amma  for all her grand children.

I do not    find   words  to describe ,

Her  affection   drenched  with great concern,

To  all the  persons   whom she  met,

And to  the  great dishes  she rolled  out,  day in and day out.

With a pride  drenched  with worshipful  concern ,

She   would  say to me .”do you  know  ,Raja,

That I  am an  SSLC  but  your  co brother,

Had not  completed his  school  final.”

She   was  one  of the greatest  cooks I know ,

Possibly  Bhima  and Nala  would have bowed before her,

I remember  one day   she was very busy in the kitchen ,

And I went   in and asked  her “very busy , Akka?”

She said  that  the previous day  her son    had brought,

Amla morabba   and said  it was great and she was,

Trying to make  Amla  morabba  for him   without,

Knowing the recipe  as  “google search” was not there.

Whenever I happened   to go to Mumbai  those days,

My most  important  place  of visit   and stay  was,

With my  elder  sister   and just  before  Lunch  ,

She will  always  say “I have  made  something  special for you, Raja”

“No  I never  had  to  wait to know what   my  great  Akka  had made,

For I knew  that  On the   day of my first visit , she would,

Always fry, marathangali  Vettal,  for she knew  I liked it,

Akka , I  miss you  , your  mischievous  roll of eyes  and the  Vettal”

Mezhukku Pe(u) ratti(Oil coated vegetables)

Mezhukku Pe(u) ratti(Oil  coated  vegetables)

Compiled  by 

P.R.Ramachander                                                                   

(this  is a typical kerala dish, which has been not modified  by  Palakkad  iyers. Boiling vegetable with salt and turmeric powder and coating it with heated oils  is the simple formula. The vegetable in the dish when cooked   should  merge  completely  .This  is done by adding  Plantains.)

  

This is another very simple side dish, which was extremely popular in Kerala Iyer homes. The method of preparation is: -

1.Cut into small pieces Plantains (cooking type banana) and chenai. (In places where Chenai is not available we have found that carrot can be used) Jack fruit seeds if available or Koorkan Kizhangu during seasons are also added

2.If available at cut pieces of jack fruit seed and/or Koorkan Kizhangu or green  payaru  or  kovaikka(coccinea)

3.Boil with salt and turmeric powder in pressure cooker.

4.Take coconut oil and heat it. When sufficiently hot, put the boiled vegetables and mix well.

Note 1

a.The  dish  tastes good even if other oils are used

b. Mezhukku  peratti can  be prepared  with   carrot   and Chowchow also or carrot   and beans

Recipe 2    Onam Mezhukku puratti  (recipe  Vinayaka  Caterers  Ernakulam)

Materials required

1.Yam (elephant foot yam) 30 gm
2,Green Nendra Banana 2
3.Cow pea 20 gm
4.Turmeric powder 1 tea spoon, salt as per need , Green chilles 6
5,Coconut oil -2 tea spoons

Method

1. Cut Yam in to small sqayre pieces after removing the skin
2. Cut Raw nendran Banana in to small square pieces
3. Cut cow pea oin to one inch long pieces
4. Wash all vegetables and cook them in water along with what is mentioned in S.No.4
5. Try to add less water so that the water is absorbed comnpletly by the vegetables
6. Heat coconut oil , put the cooked vegetables and stir so so that the vegetables get evenly coated by the oil.

(Comment by P.R.Ramacander:Normal Mezhukku peratti is prepared using raw cooking Banana and not using raw nendran Banana. Koorkai adds a lot to the taste of Mezhukku peratti)

All about Pradosham

All  about  Pradosham

Compiled by

P.R.Ramachander

  Pradosham (Before dosham/that  which removes  dosha-defect)  is the period just before night  every day  It is also called   as Rajani Mukha ie  the face  of night  .It is normally observed between 4.30 Pm to 6.00 Pm  on the  Shukla paksha (bright half)Trayodasi(13th phase of moon)  day   and Krishna Paksha  (dark half) Trayodasi day

1.Story  of Pradosham

One day  Lord Indra   was going round on his elephant airavatha.On the way he  met sage Durvasa, who threw a garland at him.This garland was given by Goddess  Lakshmi  to sage Durvasa and he had actually  presented it to Indra.Without knowing its importance  Indra threw it on the trunk of his elephant, The elephant   trampled and destroyed  the Garland. The furious  Durvasa  cursed Indra, that he would lose  all his prosperity. Indra lost everything and he was   adviced to churn the ocean of milk, take  out the nectar and eat it .They   choseMandhara Mountain as the churner   and  Vasuki  a great serpent   as the rope. The  mountain started  wobbling and Lord Vishnu  became a  tortoise  and made it erect. 

    At that time  The serpent Vasuki    started  throwing out large  quantity of poison called “halahala” ,The entire   area started  burning.Indra   and others   rushed to Lord Shiva   and asked him to help.There  are two versions as to what happened,

1,Lord Shiva asked Sundara(one of his incarnations)  to bring the  poison, which he did.Lord Shiva   swallowed the poison .Since  all beings are  within his belly   Goddess Parvathy   stopped   the poison on his neck itself .When all the  devas were happy  , Lord Shiva  danced  in between   the horns of his steed  Lord Nandi This period  of his dance was done before night fall on a pradosha day, which happened   to be a Saturday

2.Another  version

     When Devas  approached  lord Shiva  ,. The poison to attack them came in   anticlock wise direction. Then they returned and ran for some times in anti clock wise direction.  Lord Shiva  instructed  Lord Nandi to bring the poison ,Lord Nandi did it   with great pride .Lord shiva   asked him to  smell  the poison.Lord Nandi unable   to bear  the power of the poison   fell down.Goddess  Parvathi  caressed him ,. But he was not  completely all right,.Then Lord Shiva  instructed  Goddess Parvathy  to give Nandi rice powder  mixed with Jaggery   (kapparisi)   and he became all right.

(slightly different story is given in Wikipedia. The devas, celestial deities approached Shiva in the most propitious moments of pradosha to get relief from asuras - Danavas and Daityas They ran around Kailasha, Siva's abode hitherto on a triyodashi evening and was aided by Nandi Shiva's sacred bull. Shiva aided them in killing the asuras - the practise of worshipping Shiva on traiyodashi along with Nandi emerged and continues in Shiva temples. "Pradosha vrata" (vow) is performed on pradosham with sacred ritual steps following the tradition.)

2.Types  of Pradosha

  There  are  five  types  of pradosham

a, Nithya  Pradosha  -daily  between 4.30  Pm to 6.00 PM

b.Paksha  Pradosham  The  pradosham  during  Shukla paksha (bright half)

c.Masa  Pradosham  - The pradosham  during  Krishna Paksham (dark half)

d.Maha  pradosha  Pradosham  occurring  on Saturdays

e.Pralaya  Pradosham –The pradosham  which occurs  just before  deluge

3.Pradosha  Vrutham

    a.The  day previous  to Pradosham, you should have tiffin/fruis(Phalaharam)

  b.Go to Shiva temple   in the morning , burn lamp and worship with Vilwa  leaves

c, Observe Upavasa o during day time(you can take temple  Prasada  during lunch time)

5.Before Pradosha  time  , take bath  and Participate  in Pradosha  Pooja   at the temple

Return back home ,Take  only simple food

4.Pradosha  pooja

“Shiv Abhishek should be performed with offering of Panchamrit (a mixture of cows milk, curd, honey/sugar, ganga jal and ghee) over the Shivalingam and then with fresh water while chanting the mantrta OM NAMAH SHIVAI. Then pouring cow's milk over the shivalingam and then again fresh water. After this offer Bel leaves to the Lord (the number of leaves is as per the personal will of the devotee...1 or 11 or 27 or 108 bel leaves). Rose water also can be poured in the form of Itar over the Shivalingam. Then use chandan paste for tripundar over the Shiva lingam and some bhabhooti for tilak. Please use kumkum tilak for Ganesha, Ma Gauri, Skanda n Nandi but NOT for the Shivalingam. After the Tilak, place a garland of flowers, preferably white flowers around the Shiva Lingam and Ma Parvati. But make sure not to use kewra and champa flowers for the puja as their use is prohibited during puja. Take a kalash filled with water covered with Durva grass n a lotus flower on top to be kept in pooja. Light a diya made of cow's ghee with incense sticks followed by the Abhishek and Shingaar of Gauri Shanker.

After  this, take a betel leaf, betel nut, rice(akshat), a coin and some flower petals and offer the Lord, requesting Him to come and accept your prayers. Then offer fruits (esp a wood apple ie bel fruit n bananas) and nevaidyam(Choorma aur Kheer) to the Lord as prasad.

After the formal worship of Mahadev, chapters from the Shiva Purana or Pradosha vrat Katha is read and heard by the devotees followed by offering their personal prayers.

This is followed by the recitation of Maha Mrityunjay Mantra 108 times and the mantra is:

Trayambakam Yajamahe,

 Sugandhim Pushti Vardhanam,

Urva Ruk Miva Bandhanaan,

 Mrityur Moorksheeye Maamritaat.

In the end, the sacred kalash water is partaken of, the sacred ash is applied to the forehead. Some people also collect the water used during Abhishek to be taken as prasad.”(from https://www.speakingtree.in/blog/pooja-vidhi-for-pradosha-fast )

Also chant   18 times

Sidha yogi , maharshicha,

Sidarthsa  , sidha  Sayaka

Bikshuscha  , Bikshu   roopascha,

Vipnomruthu   ravyaya

5.Pradosha  Pradakshina

       Doing pradakshina  in Shiva temples on normal  days and on the Pradosha day  is different. The pradakshina on Pradosha   day  is called “Soma Suktha  Pradakshina”

      First do Namaskaram to Lord Nandi,  Do Namaskaram to Lord Shiva  , seeing him through  the horns of Nandi  . Then start the pradakshina  in the anti clock wise way .Go teill Chandikeswarta  temple(never cross the pipe  through which Abhisheka  theertha) , return back , till the place   where Nandi is there .Do this thrice, It is believed  that  if you do Pradakshina   this way  you would get rid of  loan, diseases, untimely death  , poverty  , sin  and sorrow.

6.The manthra to be chanted   during Pradosha

Chant the panchaksha(Om Namashivaya)     as many times   as possible .By doing this   you will get

a,Get rid  of  problems which stop  our progress

b.Health of mind and body

c.Happiness  and peace  in the family

d.Enemies would go out of their way

e.WE  will  get salvation

7.Effect of worshipping Nandi on Pradosha day

a.Wealth will increase

2.Loans   will vanish

3,Diseases   would get cured

4.Enemies would become ineffective

5.Children would become  intelligent

6.You will get all that you want.

7.Pradosha  Mahathmyam  (prayer)

Pradosha Mahatmyam
(From Shiva Purana)

Translated by*
P.R.Ramachander


Kailasa shaila bhuvane thri jaga janithreem,
Gowreedha nivesye kanakanchitha rathna peete,
Nrutham vidhthu mabhi vanchithi Soolapanau,
Deva Pradosha samaye anubhajanthi sarve. 1

During the time of Pradosha,
The Lord who holds the trident,
Makes Goddess Gowri ,
Who is the mother of all the three worlds,
Sit on a golden seat inlaid with precious gems,
And prepares to dance himself,
And all the devas sing his praise at this time.

Vagdevi drutha vallaakee sathamukho
venum dhadhan padmaja-,
Sthallo nidhra karo ramaa bhagawathi,
geya prayogaanvithaa,
Vishnu saandra mrudanga vaadana patur
devas samanthath sthithaa,
Sevanthe thamara pradosha samaye
devam mrudaaneepathim. 2

The goddess of Knowledge plays Veena,
The hundred faced Indra plays the flute,
The Brahma who was born in a lotus keeps time,
The Goddess Lakshmi starts to sing,
The God Vishnu plays the drum with ease,
And all the devas stand all round in service,
And pray Lord Shiva during the time of pradosha.

Gandarwa Yaksha patha goraga siddha saadhya.
Vidhyadaraamaraapsaraso ganaascha,
Yeanyethi loka nilaya saha bhootha varga,
Prapthe pradosha samaye hara parswa samstha. 3

When the time of Pradosha arrives,
Gandarwas, Yakshas, birds, snakes, saints,
Vidhyadaras, devas, the celestial dancers, Bhoothas,
And all the beings in the three worlds,
Come and stand near The Lord Shiva.

Atha pradoshe shiva eka eva,
Poojyodhananye hari padmajadhya,
Thasmin mahese vidhinejyamane,
Sarve praseedanthi suradhi natha.. 4

So at the time of Pradosha,
There is need to worship only Shiva,
Instead of Vishnu , Brahma and others,
For the proper worship of Lord Shiva then,
Would give the effect of worshipping all gods.

Lokanahooya sarvaan vividha damarukair gora samsara magnan,
Dathwaabheetham dayalu pranatha bhava haram kunchitham vaama bhaagam,
Uddruthyedham vimukherayanamithi karadarshayan prathyayartham,
Bibradwanhim sabhaayaam kalaathi natanam ya shivo na sa paayal. 5


Let us be protected by that dancing Shiva,
Who uses the various sounds of the shaking drum,
To call all those people drowned in the fearful life,
Who indicates protection to them using his right hand held down,
Who lifts his left leg capable of killing all sorrows,
To those who fall at his feet,
Who indicates the path of salvation by his left hand held up,
And who shows that all this is true by carrying fire in the other left hand,

Sathyam braveemi , paraloka hitham braveemi,
Saaram braveemi upanishadyadhyam braveemi,
Samsaramuthbanamasar vaapya jantho,
Saroyameeswarapadhamburuhasya seva. 6

I tell the truth,
I tell what is good for the other world,
I tell the views of the Upanishads,
For every insignificant animal that is born,
The only meaningful thing is the service to God.

Yenarchayanthi gireesam samaye pradoshe,
Ye na architham shivamapi pranamanthichanye,
Ethath kadhaam sruthi putair na pibanthi mooda,
Stheya janma subhavanthi naraa daridra. 7

He who does not worship Lord Shiva during Pradosha,
He who does not at least bow before him at that time,
He who does not at least listen to the story of Shiva at that time,
Is a foolish soul who would be always poor ,birth after birth.

Ye vai pradosha samaye parameswarasya,
Kurvanthyananya mansangri saroja poojaam,
Nithya pravrudha thara puthra kalathra mithra,
Soubhagya sambadadhikastha ihaiva loke. 8

He who during the time of Pradosha, worships Lord Shiva,
With full concentration using lotus flowers,
Would forever along with his children , wife and friends,
Get all wealth and all luck in a very large measure.


* Based on the Malayalam translation Of Chennas Krishnan Namboodhiri, Guruvayoor.

8. Sri Shiva Pradosha  Stotram

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

1.Jaya deva Jagan natha , jaya  sankara  saswatha,

Jaya sarava suradhyaksha, Jaya Sarva surachitha

1,Victory to lord of universe , Victory to the  permanantly  peaceful one .

Victory to Lord of all devas, Vicory to him who is  worshipped by all devas

2.Jaya sarva gunatheetha, Jaya  sarva vara pradha,

Jaya  nithya niradhara, jaya viswambara avyayaya

2.Victory to him who is beyong all qualities , victory to him who gives all boons,

Victory to him who does not depend on anyone else  any day  ,Victory to the stable God who wears  the universe.

3.Jaya Vishvaika vandhyesa , jaya Nagendra bhooshana,

Jaya  Gauri pathe Shambhi, Jaya Charndradha  shekara

3.Victory to him who is saluted  all the universe, victory to him who decorates himself with king of snakes.

Victory to Shambhu  the consort of Gauri, victory to to one who collected half the moon.

4.Jaya kotyarka sangasa, Jaya ananda gunasrya,

Jaya Bhadra  Viroopaksha, Jaya achinthya  niranjana

4.Victory to him  who resembles one crore suns, Victory to him  who depends on the quality of joy ,

Victory   to the safe one  with slanted eyes, Victory to the spotless one beyond  thought.

5.Jaya Nadha Krupa sindho , jaya bhaktharthi banjana ,

Jaya dusthara   samsara   sagare  tharana  Prabho.

5.Victory to the  lord who is ocean of mercy , Victory to one who puts an end to sufferings of his devotees,

Victory  to the lord who helps us  cross, the difficult ocean of Samsara.

6.Praseedha may Mahadeva samsarathasya  khidhyatha,

SArva paapam kshayam  kruthva Raksha maam Parameshwara.

6 .Shower your grace on me who   is distressed due to  problems of Samsara ,

Please   remove all the sins  committed by me and protect me, Oh Parameshwara.

7.Maha daridrya magnasya, maha papa hathasyacha ,

Maha soka nivishtasya , Maha rogaturasya cha.

7.I am  drowned in great poverty  and affected by great sin,

I am suffering due to great sorrow and has been caught by great diseases.

8.Runa bhara pareethasya  dahyamanasya karmabhi,

Grahai prapeedya  manasya, praseed mama  Shankara.

8.I am filled   with debt  and am being burnt  in all my actions ,

And I am also being affected  by problems caused by planets, Please be  kind to me , Oh my Lord Sankara.,

9.Daridra prarthayedh Devam, Pradoshe Girijapathim,

Aarthadyo bareetha raja vaa prarthayedh  deivam easwaram.

9.Due to poverty I am praying  the consort of Girija  during Pradosham,

For filled with great suffering  , even the king prays  to Lord Shiva

10.Deergamayu   sadaa arogyam  kosa vrudhi  balonnathi ,

Mama asthu   nithya mananda  prasada  thava  Sankara

10.Long life , permanent health , improvement of residence  , strength , great stature  ,

And happiness  forever  be mine Oh Lord Shiva by your grace

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11.Shathrava samkshayam  yanthu praseedanthu mama praja,

Nasyanthu  dasyavo rather   jana  santhu nirapadha

11.Let  all my enemies get destroyed, klet my people be pleased with me  ,

Let slavery get destroyed  and let all people be without  any danger.

12,Durbiksha mari santhapa shamam yanthu maha thale ,

SArvasya samrudhischa, bhooyathSukhamaya dhishaa.

12.In this  big world , let  sorrows  due famines  and lack of rain  decrease

Let plenty   be everywhere and let pleasure spread to all directions.

13.Evam ardhaye devam  poojanthe  Girijapathim,

BRahmana   bhojayeth paschad  dakshinabischa poojayeth.

13.Like this  praise   the devas  and offer worship to consort of Girija,

Feed all the Brahmins , give them monetary fee and worship them also.

14.SArva Papa kshayakari, SArva roga nivarini,

Shiva poojaa  mayakhyatha, sarvabheeshta phala pradham.

14.This prayer destroys all sins, cures   all diseases

And is  known as worship of Lord Shiva and fulfills all desires.

What all would happen after age 60+ or 70+ or 80+ depending on yourself

What all  would  happen   after   age   60+ or 70+ or 80+  depending on  yourself

BY

P.R.Ramachander

One  by one   our  parents would  bid us good bye,

Slowly  the friends  of  our own   age would start  disappearing,

Some of  our  remaining friends  would start  to struggle  to look   after themselves,

Our next generation would start  bothering about  themselves  more.

Unfortunately  if your  life partner dies  before you,

You  would be pushed  in to  the torture  of loneliness,

You would be  forced  to  live  alone, and have to learn,

 To live  like that  and even learn   to enjoy that  horrible life.

You would   find that  slowly  your society    starts  ignoring you,

This would be  the case  however rich  and however  famous you are,,

You would find   that  the society   would start  treating you  as a common person,

It  would start ignoring you and show you  that you  are  very insignificant.

At that  time  you  should have  to learn  to live , controlling yourself.

One by one  diseases like hyper  tension , diabetes  , cholesterol ,

Urinary  problems , hearing  problems , inability   to walk  etc etc,

Would start  to be your unwelcome guests and if you start  worrying about them,

You would become more miserable but instead if you   start  living  with them,

Adjusting   as much as possible, by taking  proper treatment, you can possibly,

Live  without misery  and lead   a  near  normal life.

After  some more  time  , you  would  not be   able to move  about,

And you would  be like an infant again without your mother and   the person who would look after you ,

Would be  possibly  a paid servant,  and at that stage  , thank them,

Cooperate   with them , so that  they can complete  their job to your best  comfort.

Finally   you would realize  that  you are  nearing death   and every moment ,

Of your life would mean   extra money  and extra  physical  work to look after you,

If you have  managed  your income well  , give   whatever  you   can to your children,

Tell them how sorry you are   and ask them   how  you  can help them, monetarily .

Give presents   to your   children   as well  as  to your  grand   children,

Without worrying  , who  will look after  ME, if I spend  money on them,

Try  to  help  people   round you as much as possible   so that,

The world    in which you lived   would remember you  and shed a drop of tears   for you.