0994.Mata Amritanandamayi-Holder Of Unseen Strings Poem by amma and rajappa

….and His mother followed Him, whom even a yogi’s mind, well conditioned by practice and austerity, fails to reach without His grace!

Bhagavatam 10: 9

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Sudhamani you were named without fanfare grand
Lass of vigour and vitality imbibed with noble traits,
Kunju thy pet name for a momentary short time
Meaning the little one, you the spiritual giant!

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Nothing is really mine except Krishna.
O my parents, I have searched the world
And found nothing worthy of love.
Hence I am a stranger amidst my kinfolk
And an exile from their company,
Since I seek the companionship of holy men;
There alone do I feel happy,
In the world I only weep.

'With my tears,
I watered the creeper of love that I planted;
Now the creeper has grown spread all over,
and borne the fruit of bliss.
The churner of the milk churned with great love.
When I took out the butter,
no need to drink any buttermilk.
I came for the sake of love-devotion;
seeing the world, I weep. '
Mirabai
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At the age of five feeble and tender
When kids were playing hide and seek
You got engrossed in a mystical soup
Making people wait for the early morning cuckoo call!


“Oh darling lad, dark as the clouds
Open your eyes and see for yourself
The cowherd boys are swarming around you
While the Gopikas gaze without a flick
Seeing you asleep depart as swarm of bees
Breathe fresh air, this girl is singing for you! ”


Isolated, withdrawn sitting along the banks
Of the back waters that were fortunate
To wash thy golden legs not possible for a yogi
Transmigrating into the blue world
Filled with Krishna the darling of your heart
Made the reason for berating and rebuke
Hey my mother, what an ordeal you creator of
Light and darkness, is it hiding in darkness eternal?
No, it’s the shade of inner thinking on you mother!
Alas, parents tagged the status superior as
Disorder psychological, Ye Mother of this universe!
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Again as a tribute to motherhood which Amma symbolizes, I want to present the readers my personal experience:

We visited Vashi 2 years back to have darshan of Amma; my friend insisted that I should get Amma’s hug; we have already spent 3-4 hours there; my wife is a heart patient and due to complicated operations done during deliveries, we returned home without the great dream of getting my mother’s lovely hug.

This year I came to know Amma is visiting Mumbai this year (2010-Feb 26 th to 1st March 2010)

During Sivarathri time 12.2.2010, I declared that I would see Amma after observing such an Upavas (vow of no food)

26 2 2010 was Pradosham day when I normally observe upavas; i told my friend that I was not clear if I would see Amma on 26 th or the other day; friend said that Amma was at my door step and I was egoistically declaring that I was not clear; realizing that I declared that I would see Amma on that day only. Credit goes to my friend
After the Siva pooja at 7 PM I visited Shivaji Park Dadar where Amma was camping; at 8.30 PM I reached the ground; started chanting Om Shri Amriteswaryai namah; I would have chanted more than 20000 times; did not take any food; Amma sang great soul stirring songs

The main advice of Amma was to call the Mother as “ Amma, Amma in full throttle as a child does to get its mother’s attention”

After manaseegha pooja (done in the mind with full consciousness and sincerity) Amma started giving darshan;

I got Darshan at 5.45 AM on 27 th Feb 2010 morning; before reaching Amma I was thinking of asking Her if She would call me as Her son? I was not sure what I should do when She hugged me;
It all happened very swiftly

When I reached Her I called Her “ Amma “ with all love; this is the first time that I called out Amma my first ever mother in that close proximity.
She hugged me; I also hugged her

Then came Her boon to this motherless person.

She whispered in my right ear “ Chella Pillai, Amma Pillai, Amma Pillai, Amma Pillai “(this means Pet son, Mother’s son, Mother’s son, Mother’s son) and offered prasadam

My inner longing got a sanction in those lovely words

The beauty was I have observed full upavas as uttered by me which again was Her grace

and

She has adopted this motherless as Her pet son


Amma I love you and I shall ever remain at your golden feet!

You know my heart as you are fully in my heart my dear Amma!


28 2 2010