P:
कलये श्री कार्तिकेयं करुणापूर्ण गाङ्गेयं
കലയേ  ശ്രി കാര്തികേയം കരുണാ പൂര്‍ണ  ഗാംഗേയം
kalaye śrī kārtikeyaṁ karuṇāpūrṇa gāṅgeyaṁ
 
AP:
शरवणभवं भवदुरित तारणपोतं मयूरवाहनं षडाननं गजाननानुजं
ശരവണഭവം, ഭവ ദുരിത താരണപോതം, മയൂരവാഹനം, ഷഡാനനം , ഗജാനനാനുജം            ((കലയേ  ശ്രി കാര്തികേയം)

Sarvanabhavam, bhavaduritha thaaranapotham, mayooravaahanam, shadananam, Gajananujam      (Kalyea)

C1:
अमरसञ्चय सेनापतिं वल्लीदेवसेनापतिं भक्तचिदानन्द मतिं बालसुब्रह्मण्यं
അമരസഞ്ചയ സേനാപതിം, വല്ലീദേവസേനാപതിം, ഭക്ത ചിദാനന്ദ മതിം, ബാലസുബ്ര മണ്യം
Amarasamchaya senapathim, valleedevasena pathim, bakthachidananda madhim, Baalasubhramaniam (Kalyea)
C 2-
 
SakalasAswatha jnAna Viyath GangApravAham,
SakalasAswathaiswarya pradam, Guham, Kumaram.
udayasooryasamkAsa vadanam, satrusamhAra nipunam,
samkaree putram Sugunam, Saswatham, Skantham      Kalayae

അമരസഞ്ചയ സേനാപതിം,  വല്ലീദേവസേനാപതിം,  ഭക്ത ചിദാനന്ദ മതിം, ബാലസുബ്ര മണ്യം (കലയേ  ശ്രി കാര്തികേയം)
Amarasamchaya senapathim, valleedevasena pathim, bakthachidananda madhim, Baalasubhramaniam    (Kalyea)
A bouquet of thanks :

My thanks to Brahmasrees K.V. Anantharaman, V.K.Raman and
Ramachander for their support and blessings.
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Music set and sung by sri. VKR
kala…wma    yE sr 
sperinkulam
  

ദുരിതാഖ വിഷസര്പ ഗരുടം, മോക്ഷസാമ്രാജ്യ മകുടം, മന്ദ്ദരോരോധ്ധാര നിപുണം,    പുണ്ടരീകാക്ഷo
അമലം വന്ദേ, ദയാനിലയം വന്ദേ,
സുഗുണം വന്ദേ, രമാ രമണം വന്ദേ.
അഖിലാണ്ഡപതിം, രാധാ പതിം, പ്രുഥാതനയ സാരഥിം,  നാരായണ  ഭട്ടദുരിതഘന്ടനം കൃഷ്ണം
അമലം വന്ദേ, ദയാനിലയം വന്ദേ,
സുഗുണം വന്ദേ, രമാ രമണം വന്ദേ
തരുണ ശോഭിത ഗാത്രം, അരവിന്ദദള  നേത്രം, അരുണാഭ മുഖചന്ദ്രം ഗുരു ഗുരുവായുപുരനാഥം
അമലം വന്ദേ, ദയാനിലയം വന്ദേ,
സുഗുണം വന്ദേ, രമാ രമണം വന്ദേ

Amalam vande,dayaa nilayam vande                                                                  Sugunam vande, Ramaa ramanam vande.
Durithaagha vishasarpa garudam, mokshasambraajya makutam,mandharodhara nipunam, Pundareekasham.
Amalam vande,dayaa nilayam vande                                                                          Sugunam vande, Ramaa ramanam vande.
Aghilaanda pathim, Raadha pathim, pruethaa thanaya saarathim, Naaraayana bhatta durithaghantam, KRISHNAM
Amalam vande,dayaa nilayam vande                                                                      Sugunam vande, Ramaa ramanam vande.
Tharuna sobhitha gaatram, aravind dalanetram, arunaabha mukha chandram, Guruvaayupura natham,
Amalam vande,dayaa nilayam vande                                                                         Sugunam vande, Ramaa ramanam vande.
കൃഷ്ണായ തുഭ്യം നമ:

   മനസ്സില്‍ നിന്നൊരിക്കലും മറഞ്ഞു പോകരുതേ  നീ   

കണ്ണനെവിടേ, മണി വര്‍ണനെവിടേ ?
കമലക്കണ്ണനെന്‍ പൊന്നുമകനെവിടേ?

സന്ധ്യയായല്ലോ, സൂര്യനസ്തമിച്ചല്ലോ

 ചാരുഹാസന്‍  എന്ഗുപോയെന്നറിഞ്ഞില്ലല്ലോ                                                1

കണ്ണനെവിടേ, മ‍ണി വര്‍ണനെവിടേ ?

‍ കുറുമ്പ്കുട്ടന്‍ അമ്പാടിത്തുടിപ്പെവിടേ ?

മരത്തിന്മേല്‍ക്കേറി, അമ്മ വിളിക്കുന്നേരം

                      കൃഷ്ണായ തുഭ്യം നമ:;

“Holding a lamp in your hand and anxiety in your long lovely eyes, whom are you searching for, my child?”
” I am looking for my Kannan. Who are you grandpa, tottering with a weathered body and a dry stick?”
“Instead of asking me who I am, ask yourself “who am I ?”
“The cows are back home but not the herd. The sky is overcast with black clouds threatening a devastating down pour anytime; they collide with  boisterous war cries shaking the roots and roof of my soul. The ghostly storm rocks and sways violently the city and citadels and I am worried why my precious one has not come back home yet.”
“Ha, ha; you are searching for the one who creates the storms and absorbs it? Look Yasodha, where is the storm? The slumbering sky is silently rocking clouds in her palm and the meditating trees have already put their leaves to sleep. the  storm is within you, not outside? Close your eyes and look deep within”
“Within me? Let me do as you command.
“Yes; You are right, grandpa; the seismic sea waves are swallowing the lands and mountains and I see a great snake with thousand hoods emerging out of the deep sea.
‘Atha dikshu vidukshuparikshupitha
Bramithodharavari ninadhaparai
Udagadudagad uragathipathi-
sthatupanthamasantharushanthamana:’
“Who is this monstrous sea animal and where did he come from, grandpa? His eyes emit fire and tongues pour out poison burning everything far and near”
“He is Kaliya and he has surfaced from the cavern of your mind. In fact, he hides in every mind and manifests when there is a violent volcanic eruption”
“Will this cruel animal attack my child also when he grows to a man?”
“kannan is beyond all attachments and the snake is nothing but your attachment, Yasodha”
“Is it undesirable to have attachment to my own son?”
“Attachment is never unpriced”
‘Means?”
“the sun’s rays and  cloud”s showers are for every animated and non-animated beings. You want to make  the sun which provides heat and light to the sun, your own. You want to hold the cloud which moves in the vast expanse motivating all clouds, in your little cloth sachet hanging from your apparel?  Is it not greediness, Yasodha?  Sorrow soaks your heart waiting for Kannan . you  become angry, jealous and sad when you fail to capture the universe within your cupped palm.Is it not so? Why are you silent, Yasodha?”
“I hear a rhythmic beat from within”

“Those are your Kannan’s little legs pounding on your greed, anger and jealousy- his dance over Kaliya’s hoods”.

“I hear a lovely tune from the flute of my child; the harmony sweeps through my nerves. What is happening to me, grand pa?”
‘Look within. The divine dance has started”
“Wah, what a sight is this! My little one is dancing on the horrific head of Kaliya and the angels are enjoying the sight by raining flowers. The whole sky is filled with glistening stars and scented breeze is enveloping the earth. My heart- beats resonates with the tune of his movement.
‘Ruchira kampitha kundala manditha
Suchirameesa! na narthitha pannagea
Amarathaditha dundhubhisundaram
Viyathi gayathi deivathayaouvanea”
“It is the  divine dance of life, Yasodha. It continues. Look again and tell me what you see now.”
“The turbulent sea has turned into a tranquil pond of clear water and I see lotus flowers every where”
‘And?”
“And  my Kannan is floating on a banyan leaf, biting his tiny toe navigated by his tiny hand. In the spread of lotus flowers, it is hard to identify my child, whose each limb resembles a lotus .
Kararavindena padaravindam
Mukaravinde vinivesayantham
Vadasya pathrasya pude sayantham
Balam Mukundam manasawaramy’
“How lovely is this sight! It was you who opened my eyes to see this magnificent scene. Who are you grandpa, tottering with a weathered body and a dry stick?”
“Instead of asking me who I am, ask yourself “who am I ?”
“I see neither me nor you, a rickety old man nor the trees or anything around, other than a luminance radiating peace and joy.

“‘Agrepasyami thejo nibhidatharakala -yaavalee lobhaneeyam
Peeyooshaplavithoham thadhanu thaadhudare, divyakaisora vesham
Tharunyarambaha ramyam paramasukharasaswada romanjithaier,
Aveetham Naradadiar vilasdupanishat sundaree mandalaicha.
I see before me a heavenly extravaganza in the form of an exceptionally handsome and extremely sublime human form at the threshold of youth, fully ornamented, overflowing with compassion. Immersed in the nectar of absolute peace , I am enjoying the unalloyed blitz and freedom of the eternal. Are you not my little child whom I tied to a post to prevent his moments, without knowing that he is the mover of the sun, moon, earth and other planets? Are you not the tiny one whom I tried to encompass within my hands without realizing that the whole universe is encompassed by you? Are you not the sovereign power that sways over the universe, who came in the form of an old man to open my jaundiced eyes?

I am now free from, adversity, sorrow, perplexity, greed or jealousy. I behold the world now as your very image. I see nothing before me other than your enchanting divine form.Who am I Baghavan?”
YOU ARE THAT. തത്വമസി  മാതേ  तत्त्वमसि माते  tattwamasi mathey

‘Baltimore
Aug 17, 2008

Twinkle,twinkle Nikhil star,

How you kindle life of all!

With a smile of million stars,

Like a lovely water fall.         1

Splashing smiles, you crossed a mile

Now wants to fly like a butterfly,

Mount a cloud to catch the moon,

Wonder why a moon wants another moon!                 2

Hums like a bee and quacks like a duck

Coos like a dove and swings like my luck

Laughter and smiles, mischief and babbles

In tons and tons, this rising sun                                          3

Thatha falls when Nikhil pulls

Nikhil laughs when thatha falls

And thatha calls for nikhils’s hand

They roll and roll and laugh and laugh.                              4

Fall is fun, for the little one;

And he bounces like a rubber ball;

Fall is fall for the older one.

He moans and naps and worries all                                    5

Nikhil claps,“ tha, thatha, tha”

Thatha rises, “ha,ha, ha”

“Fall is fun, I know” he blabs;

All is well, if Nikhil claps.                                                    6

Note:

This short poem was composed for the invitation  card for my grand son Nikhil’s first birthday, as desired by my daughter-in-law, Meghana

Baltimore,

Aug 8, 2008