Good Conduct
In this world's find
Conduct of people
Is high or low
In accordance with one's mind.
In case you hold
Your fingers to fire
You can behold
Getting it scathed in the pyre
Even if you are unespied
And in a secret place abide.
When you are in fancy
Even though in privacy
When your conduct is blotched
Your soul gets scorched.
As inside a deep forest
The exquisite flower spills elegance
Though it is bereft
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Significance of One to Ten
O-ne is the great Almighty,
T-wo denotes the Man and Woman;
T-hree is for the Triad Trimurti, -
Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva,
The Gods for the three actions—
Creation, Maintenance, and Dissolution;
F=our indicates the directions—
East, West, North, and South;
F-ive are Life's elements,
Earth, Water, Ether, Air, and Fire;
S-ix is Half a Dozen, the insects' legs;
S-even symbolizes the Days of a Week;
E-ight represents the Deity Durga's Hands;
N-ine connotes the Navagrahas in Hindu religion;
T-en signalizes the Dasavatharam in Hindu philosophy—
The ten manifestations of Lord Vishnu!
Z-ero typifies just Nothing!
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Lament of a Wash-basin
LAMENT OF A WASH-BASIN
Very sorry my friends,
If by my lament,
Your tender hearts, I hurt,
When thus out I blurt.
But no other way have I,
To gain your sympathy o'er my cry,
Than in black and white to mention
And draw your kind attention.
All of you I beseech,
To yonder bin to reach
And, my dears-there to empty
Your tiffin-boxes, of left-overs sundry.
Of my gurgling throat, I'm sure,
It'll no more be wrote to cure,
For, I hope, you'll ne'er again so choke
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To My Love
To My Love
As a fragrant flower
Let me bloom a day,
And in your silken locks
Let me for a moment stay:
As the bright vermilion,
Let me be with thee,
On your moon-like forehead,
With pride for others to see:
As a string of pearls
Let me around you stay,
To caress your slender neck
And there to happily play:
As the tinkling bangles
Let me for once be
On your fair, lovely arms
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Pranams to Guruji
PRANAMS TO GURUJI
Aptly named AOL by His Holiness Sri Sri RAVISHANKERJI
Rightly introduced by respected Guruji Sri Krishnanji
Transformed and harvested us to the zenith of ecstacy!
Oh! The joyous ride on hitherto unknown roads,
Fabulous journey—indescribable and beyond words!
Love over-flowed from the inner precincts of the frame,
Infusing harmony and great joy in the course of the game.
Vainglorious mind purged of ego and toxins, was elevated,
Instilling cosmic energy, benignity and euphoria instead.
New-fangled being was focused to drink deep, life's nectar,
God! My Lord! I thank thee for the benevolence bestowed this far.
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A man of Character
With age, one in life's ladder escalates,
When the mind with age synchronizes.
He steps up and an exalted life portends,
He is true to life and to loftier planes transcends.
God made the beast with mind minimal,
He made man to discriminate from the animal.
Hence man should nurture profound thoughts,
As He formed the human against other lives of sorts.
His parlance sans breach should be of kind speech,
His sweet utterances the others should reach.
His deeds should function with benevolence,
He aught to ply his task with good performance.
His thoughts, locution, and action, altogether
Appropriate him to great heights as a man of character.
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Sunitha Williams-The astronaut
Sunitha Williams—We are proud of her!
All women kind -We are proud
She is from India—We are proud
She is an Indian American astronaut—We are proud
She has set a record for maximum no: of space walks
by a woman astronaut—We are proud
She and her Japanese colleague, Akihiko Hoside
together fixed a problem in the I S S -We are proud
They completed a problematic task
of repairing the switching mechanism
of the main power unit—We are proud
They installed a camera on the
robotic arm of the space station—We are proud
She holds the record of the space flight
by a woman astronaut of 195 days—We are proud
May God Bless her—We are proud of her!
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Acrostic to Tmt.Sasikala Dinakaran
S asi dear, my warm friend, so fond,
A s you voluntarily retire from service,
S weet memories of our cordial bond,
I nundate my mind's every crevice.
K ind and helpful, very considerate,
A ble and efficient, loving and giving;
L arge-hearted a soul, so affectionate,
A stounds one of your sincere being.
D well I on you, and the days are green,
I n my prayers I thank God for you.
N igh to my heart you've always been,
A dmirably sweet, the like of you so few.
K in of yours to advance and flourish,
A lmighty the four of you to bless,
R ing I my heart's bell and cherish
A deep love with this poesy's caress,
N ourishing it for ever and ever and revere.
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The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
The man is in exalted position
and of renowned reputation
with proud distinction
and held in good gradation.
He is a big celebrity
and is of high probity
he is totally admired
and with esteem lauded.
He is amply respected
and kindly venerated
he is immensely revered
and is much honoured.
Until dawned a fresh day
when to people's dismay
he translates to be a prophet false
and from people's reckoning falls.
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Youth and Age
Youth and Age
Oh! Such glorious evening!
Is it melted gold
Poured
Across the skies?
Or
Is it from an artist's
Giant Palette
Splashed so bright?
My spirit bounces
At the enchanting reflection
In the shimmering waters;
At the twitter of the birds
From the swinging branches;
At the colourful flowers
Gently swaying in the breeze.
I dance
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