Everybody has some weakness. Particularly when it comes to some favorite food, we cannot resist the temptation. I like the jilabi in North India. As I was travelling in the bus, when I saw it in a shop, where passengers got down to have tea, I too was tempted to eat it. At the same time as I was very health conscious, I generally tried to avoid such roadside food, particularly in my travels. So when I was sitting in the bus on the one side there came temptation on the other side my mind cautioned me about health and self-control. Then, finally I wrote this song, -to avoid eating my favorite North Indian Sweet.
77 கானல் நீர்
கானல் நீர்தேடிய மானைப்போல
காலமெல்லாம் ஓடித் தேடினாலும்
நாடிய சுகம் ஒன்றும் இல்லை
நான் அறிந்தவரை மாநிலத்தே
சில நொடிடி நேரம் நிலைக்கும்
சுகங்கள் எல்லாம் மாயையே
உணர்ந்த பின்பும் மீண்டுமதை
நாடிச் செல்வதும் வேடிக்கையே
இதை யுணராதார் யாருமில்லை
ஊறறிந்த இந்த உண்மையை
உணர்த்த முயல்வார் பிறருக்கு-ஆனால்
கைகொள்ள இயலார் தன்வரையில்
ஊருக்குத்தான் உபதேசம்
உனக்கும் எனக்கும் இல்லையவை
என்பதே உண்மை ஆனபின்னே
நாம் கானல் நீர் தேடிய மானாமே
25-11- 1996 on the way to Varanasi in the busfrom Mahari, Rewa, M.P.
77 Mirage
Like a deer which chases a mirage
Though we searched all through life
There is no permanent pleasure
As far as I know on this earth
All the pleasures which remain only for few minutes
Are nothing but Maya
Though we realized this truth
Really it is funny as we continue to seek it
There is none who do not understand
This well known truth
But they will give advice about it to others
But will never follow it personally
All the advices are only for others
They are not for us
As this become the reality
We are none but the deer chasing the mirage
25-11- 1996 on the way to Varanasi in the bus.
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