A, B., C to oldies

A, B., C   to oldies

 

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

 

1.If you become old , see to it that you do not fall

2.You should not be adamant and be proud

3.You should not serves  your own hero’s story

4.You should  think and analyse always

5,you should see inexperienced talks as babbles

6. you should  not  use tricky glances

7.you should not be able to tell the truth

8. you should not complain about  what all you see

9.feel that the food you get is tastey

10Feel the dress  you wear  is great

11.You should not see faults  and mistakes  of others

12,You should say   all actions of others as great

13.You should not see  old songs

14.You should lean to hum new songs

15.You should make every one your friend

16.You should every one  as your support

17.You should learn to sleep  in all places

18.You should be able to wake up any time

19.You should obey your children including DIL and SIL

20.You should dream whatever   the children(DILand SIL) say

21Though you have an eye  , you should not see

22.Though you have an ear , you should not hear

23,Though you have a toungue , you should not speak

24.Though you have good memory , do not remember

25.When you become old you should not fall

26.If you fall, know it is difficult

Each of you live your own lives

Each of you live  your own lives

 

In tamil by

Swami Kripananda  Varrior

 

Humble  translation

By

P.R.Ramachander

 

1.Ant does  not desire  to live like  butterfly

2.Dog does not desire to live like a lion

3,An elephant does  not feel jealous of a little  bird  flying on the sky

4,A crow after hearing a nightingale , does not want to sing like that.

5.An ordinary  stone is not like a  statue

6.No chair is like a cot

7,No particular fruit of a tree  is like  another  fruit of same tree

8,No sibling is like  any of his brothers or sister

9.Body of male  is not like female

10.Today is not like yesterday

11.Tomorrow  will not be like today

12.Each being lives  its own life

13.Why only you are  jealous

14.Why do you see  another person and wish to be like him

15.Why are  you sad  and cry

16,Why do  you leave out huge breaths seeing others

17.Your life  is special

18.You cannot sleep, the sleep of others

19.You cannot eat for  hunger  of others

20.You cannot live  the life of others

 

Please, please  , please ………..be yourself

The great king and the blind beggar

The great  king and the bling beggar

 

Retold  by

P.R.Ramachander

 

A king and his minister  went for a walk  in  the town,

They sat  a  fruit hanging on climbr  and a blind man near it,

King asked  the blind man  , whether  it is a Cucumber,

But he said. It is  bitter  cucumber  which make people vomit,

King did not believe in him  and made his minister  ear it,

The minister  started vomitimg  uncontrollably ,

Blind man said, near that  fruit there is a  tree with octave leaves

Ask your minister eat  it , minister ate  , and he was cured,

King asked , “your  are  blind  , how did you know?”

Blind man said, In a locality like this   , no one will ,

Leave a cucumber tp hand  and God will have medicine near,

All trouble some plant, King became clad and gave him a token

To eat in a small  way  side  shop in the town

 

A trader of diamonds brought  a heap of diamonds to sell,

King was not sure whether  it is real  or  fake,

King Called  Minister and he told king to call  the blind man,

The blind man came took all diamonds and put them in hot sun,

Later he took, felt them one by one andhe said those few are real,

The trader  ran away  and king asked  him  , how he knew,

He said , real diamonds  do not become hot , King gave him another token

 

The son of  the king  wanted  to get  married  , and all,

Kings  in  nearby kingdoms  offered  their daughters

King was confused and called  the minister who called the blind man,

He said , leave neigbouring kingdom  and choose  daughter  of next kingdom,

When asked why , he said, , then next kingdom ,

Will be between your kingdom and your relatives kingdom,

And he will be scared .so no border  problem no war,

The  give  again gave  one  more token to him

 

After some  time the king  summoned the blind man,

To his confidential chamber  and asked  him when they were alone

“All people  in this  kingdom   say , I am a beggar’s son,What do ou say?”

The blind man said  “you are,” king got  angry and asked “Why?”

He said”First  I told you about  bitter cucumber  , you were pleased,

And gave me a tokebn.Had you been king  you would have  given your ring,

Next  I identified   the real diamonds  and again  you werpleased

And gave me a token, had you been a king , you would have  given few diamond,

Next I gave  you method to get a trouble less king , You were pleased,

And gave me a token, had you been a king , youwould given me  few villages.

Your generosity  never went up more than a token in way side stall,

The king became greatly ashamed  and hung his head,

 

The beggar said , You money, your riches  and your positions ,

Does  not determine what you, but your thoughts  clearly say”

 

Complains galore , till…….

Complains  galore , till…….

 

By

P.R.Ramachander

 

(I read a  similar  piece  in Hindi,Thanks to that author)

 

One devotee was daily complaining  to god

 

1.When I wake  I do not get  coffee in your world

2.My wife  does not give  good breakfast  in  world

3.The  day  is  very cold and no good sweater  in your world

4.There  is no rain  in the last month  in your world

5.My  wife never  obeys me in your world

6.My  children  do not  obey  me in your world

7.Every thing  is  very costly  in your world

8.The  government  is useless  in your world

9.My friends  do not treat me properly  in your world

10.I could not get  air ticket  on day  I wanted  in your world

11.When I go to the temple  priest does not treat me properly

 

Suddenly there  was voice from sky,

 

Sorry son about all that , I will  call you back  to my heaven

 

Then  devotee  started telling

 

Oh God  , I  will never  complain  from now on in your world.

I am very happy here .Do not call me back 

Why my village is called Chelakkara ?

 Why my village  is called Chelakkara  ?

 

Compiled from different sources

P.R.Ramachander

 

1,It seems Tipu Sultan wanted to Plunder Anthimalan Kavu and  he came  up to the other  shore of Bharatha Puzha   and asked some one where rich village is. He got a reply” ചെല്ല് അക്കരെ(chel akkara) " ie “go to the other shore  “ and they started   calling it  Chelakkara

 

2, It seems   roads of Chelakkara   was full of ചേലമരങ്ങൾ (A tree like banyan- Ficus tsjahela)  and it was called Place of Chela trees-Chelakkara

 

3,It seems one king distributed ചേല to  the poor women of the village and it was called  Chelakkara

 

4. ചേല് (chelu)   is a word indicating beauty  , Kara  were places were  Nairs lived.So it was called ചേലക്കര ie pretty village

 

5.It seems there was a small stream called ചോല(Chola)  and it was called Chelakkara

6.Chela also means Sari  and Kara is border .It could mean as pretty as sari border

Oh my dear Potato

Oh  my dear  Potato

 

Translated  by

P.R,Ramachander

 

(Post of  Ms Seetha Narayanan  put in my own words .Thanks to her)

You hid yourself inside,

Increased  the cost  of Dosa

And became   the masal dosa,

Oh Potato  you are great

 

You  stood  bside Poori ,

And did become  Poori masala,

You hid   yourself  inside Maida,

And you beca,e  Samosa

 

You went  inside a poori,

Aong with other  things and became pani poori

And  made  thin and fried in oil,

You became  golden  chips

 

You became friends with peas and became Podi mas

You  made partnership  with chana flour and  became Koottu

You became friends  with Pav and chillies and became Vada Pav

And taking incarnation  you are  become bonda  and Bajji

 

Though  the doctors  warn us  not to take you ,

Because  you who are  solid  will cause Gas,

Without  you, most  of the people  of the world,

Cannot  spend   a  day  with joy and Happiness

 

 

சிற்றின்பம் vs பேரின்பம் Earthly pleasures vs Divine pleasures

 சிற்றின்பம்  vs  பேரின்பம்   Earthly  pleasures vs Divine pleasures

 

By

Kidambi Srinivasan

 

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

 

In tamil literature  and philosophy  there are lot of references to Chithinbam and Perinbam. Literally translated it means, small pleasures  and big pleasures.Chithinbam is commonly understood as sexual pleasure and Perinbam, godly pleasure. I found a great write up about what they are by Sri Kidambi srinivasan in https://kidambisrinivasan.wordpress.com/  and I felt that  this great knowledge should spread  .Here is an attempt

 

 

Earthly  pleasures (சிற்றின்பம்)	Divine pleasures(பேரின்பம்)
Attracted  by creation	Attracted by creator
Enjoying  creation	Worshipping creation
Seeing  creation as creation	Seeing God in creations
This life is by me	This life is by God
Thinking  I am the body	Thinking I am the soul
Getting peace  and joy temporarily	Getting peace and joy permenantly
Doing everything for  yourself	Doing everthing for God
Thinking  I am doing	Thinking  God is doing
Finding joy in outside happenings	Finding forever joy inside
Never getting satisfied in the joy we get	Not desiring   for anything
That which hides  permanent spiritual joy	That joy which is beyond temporary earthly joys
That which makes body   related with mind	That which merges  mind with soul
Sorrow in form of joy	That which appears as sorrow but leads to joy
God  is somewhere else	God is everywhere
That which gives weakness  sickness, sorrow and death	That which gives  great  life without death
That  which gives fear instability suspicion and criminal feeling	That which does not have fear, stable and pure
When small things make you happy	That which makes you dissolve in limitless godliness
That which makes use of others	That which makes you sacrifice  for others
That which is limited and will end	That which is unlimited  and is foever
That which reduces your wisdom	That which makes  wisdom shine
If we worship only  beauty	That which makes ugliness  and prettiness same
That which is done for purpose	That which is done without bothering  for purpose
That which is sweet first and bitter next	That which is bitter first   and sweet next
That which is improper   and without mercy	That which is full of mercy and very proper
That which sees everything as body	That which makes you see  everything as soul
That which gets joy from sense organs	That which goes beyond   sense organs
If mind wanders in this world only	If mind attains God
That which makes fear  of death	That which wins over death
If you exist within mind	If you go beyond mind
If you see things as different	If you see  everything as one
If you see as part	If you see as whole
If you  are  proud	If we forsake pride
If yiu find pleasure in flesh	When you loose yourself in love
When man gets enjoyment from wemon	When Man salutes  a woman
The joy you get at sleeping time	That joy  which is there even after you sleep
The joy which can be  given by living beings	That joy which can only be given by God
That which is about world	That which is about God
Not seeing comfort of others	Not seeing our own comfort
The joy without  joy	That joy of joy
That which is liked  by ignorance	That  which is liked  by wisdom
When you become glad  after  getting	When you get glad after  giving
That which makes you loose strength	That which becomes strength
That which leads to attachment	That which is detachment
That which changes and jumps	That which does not change and is stable
That  which is temporary	That which is permanent

Soul is God!!!!