LORD,S GRACE.

DSHAKAM-93-VERSE-1------------BANDHU SNEHAM VIJAHYAM, TAVA HEE KARUNAYA TVAYUUPAVESHITATHMA, SARVAM TYAKTHVA CHAREYAM, SAKALAMAPI JAGADH VEEKSHYA MAYAVILASAM.-NANATHVADHBRANTHI JANYATH, SATHI KALU GUNADHOSHAVABODHE VIDHIRVA, VYASETHO VA KATHAM TVAYEE NIHEETHAMATHER VEETHA VYSHAMYA BUDHHE.---------- HERE NARAYANA BATTATHIRI SAYS  IT,S ONLY YOUR GRACE THAT I SHALL BE ABLE TO GIVE UP ATTACHMENT TOWARDS ALL RELATIVES. WITH MY MIND ABSORBED IN YOU I SHALL WANDER ABOUT, RENOUNCING EVERYTHING LOOKING UPON THE WHOLE UNIVERSE AS MERELY AN EXPRESSION OF MAYA.DO'S AND DONT'S OF SHASTRAS APPLY ONLY TO ONE  WHO HAVE CONCEPTS OF GOOD AND BAD BECAUSE OF DUALITY.[AVIDHYA DUE TO BHEDA-ABHEDA] CAUSED BY WRONG UNDERSTANDING.HOW CAN THESE APPLY TO ONE WHOS'E MIND IS ABSORBED IN THEE.THUS HE IS FREED FROM DELUSION.------ATTACHMENT TO KITH AND KIN STANDS FOR MINENESS[MAMAKRAM] IN ALL FORMS.

CRUEL FEB-15TH

DEAR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES,        IT'S WITH A DEEP REGRET THAT I REMEMBER FEB15,THE DAY WHEN CRUEL DEATH SNATCHED MY BELOVED WIFE PARVATHY VERY SUDDENLY, WHEN EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE FINE.THOUGH THERE WERE INDICATIONS THAT WERE NOT CONDUCIVE FOR HER HEALTH, IT WAS ONLY A MILD COLD THAT DEVELOPED LATER INTO A PNEUMONIA, WHEN HER IMMUNITY WAS SUDDENLY LOW.REALLY I WAS CONFUSED AS TO HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS SUDDEN SITUATION. UNDER THE ADVICE OF MY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS OF GODREJ COLONY, SHE WAS ADMITTED TO GODREJ CASUALTY WARD AFTER WHICH SHE WAS IN THE I.C.U AND IN SPITE OF TREATMENTS SHE DIDN'T SURVIVE.ALL I CAN SAY THAT WHETHER IT'S MY OR HER BAD LUCK TO LOOSE A FINE ,INNOCENT SOUL.  AND A PARTNER FOR MORE THAN 35 YRS.I CANNOT FORGET HER CHARMING SMILE, AND HER HEART FELT ADVICES MADE ME A SOMEWHAT A REFINED INDIVIDUAL, THOUGH BY NATURE I AM A REBEL.HER PLAIN SINCERE TRUTHFUL ADVICES MADE ME TO THINK AGAIN AND AGAIN, WHENEVER I WAS IN UTMOST DIFFICULT SITUATIONS..MANY TIMES SHE WAS A COOL AND TRUE ADVISER WHICH MADE MY LIFE SO SMOOTH,SO MUCH SO THAT IF TODAY OTHERS SEE ME AS A RESPECTABLE INDIVIDUAL AMONGST MY FRIENDS AND RELATIONS.I WOULD ACCEPT THAT SHE MADE ME PSYCHOLOGICALLY STRONGER, THEREBY INTERACTION WITH OTHERS BECAME EASIER.ALTHOUGH I AM NOT ABLE TO FORGET FEB15TH, MY DEEP INSIGHT INTO VEDAS AND UPANISHADSHAD  HAD GIVEN ME A TOTAL FAITH AND COURAGE TO DEAL WITH ANY SITUATION,SPECIALLY DEATH, WHICH  CERTAINLY CANNOT BE AVOIDED BY ANY INDIVIDUAL OF THIS WORLD.HOWEVER DEAR THEY MAY BE.FURTHER I WOULD STATE THAT ALL THE OBSTACLES WHICH CAME IN MY LIFE MADE ME MORE STRONGER THAN EVER AND MY FAITH IN ISHWARA AND SHASTRAS INCREASED MORE AND MORE, MY VEDIC STUDIES ARE BECOMING MORE INTENSE AND NOW I AM IN THE FOREST OF VEDANTA, WHEREIN THERE IS NO PLACE FOR ANY DUKKHA., SINCE OUR SAGES REVEALED AND ANALYSED THAT TRUTH WHICH IS EVER PERMANENT, SO THAT MANKIND WILL COME OUT OF SAMSARA ONE DAY OR THE OTHER. I SHALL NOW QUOTE A FAMOUS VERSE FROM BAGAVATH GEETA[ 2ND CHAPT] WHICH SAYS THUS----NAINAM CHINTANTHI SHASTRANI, NAINAM DAHATI PAVAKAHA. NACHETAM CLETAYANTHYAPO, NA SHOSHAYATHI  MARUTAHA.[WEAPONS DO NOT SLAY ATMA,NOR DOES FIRE BURN IT. WATER DOES'NT WET OR DROWN IT.NOR DOES THE WIND DRY IT.]. MAY THIS ATMA BE REVEALED TO US BY OUR VEDAS AND UPANISHADS.--------V.VEERARAGHAVAN

SWETASHWATAROPANISHAD

THE GOD WHO FIRST CREATED THE CREATOR AND DELIVERED TO HIM THE VEDAS, HE WHO IS WITHOUT PARTS, WITHOUT ACTIVITY, EVER PEACEFUL    AND WHO IS WITHOUT ANY TAINT, WHO IS LIKE A FIRE THAT HAS CONSUMED IT'S FUEL AND WHO IS THE HIGHEST BRIDGE TO IMMORTALITY- IN THAT LORD, WHO IS LIGHTED BY HIS OWN THOUGHT, I TAKE REFUGE, SEEKING MOKSHA OR LIBERATION.--------------------------------------------------YO BRAHMANAM, VIDADAHATI POORVAM, YO WHY VEDAMSCHA PRAHINOTHI THASMYE, TAM HA DEVAAM, ATMA BUDDHI PRAKASHAM, MUMUKSHURVE, SHARANAM AHAM PRAPADYE. NISHPHALAM,NISHKRIYAM,SHANTHAM,NIRAVADHYAM, NIRANJANAM. AMRUTHASYA PARAM SETUM, DAGDENDANAMIVANALAM.