BT Song 1

Song 1.

One of my favourite ragas is ‘Bhupalam’.  It is a morning raga.  From my childhood I listened to several songs in the early morning both from temples and also on the radio. It gives a sense of divine presence with the bird’s voices as background.  One day when I woke up in the early morning and listened to the voices of the bird, immediately the words came in my mind and I wrote this song.

1.           போற்றித் துதிப்போம்

பொழுது புலர்ந்தது புள்ளினம் கூவிற்று

போற்றித் துதிப்போம் புனிதன் (முக்தே)ஈசனை*

அருணன் உதித்தனன் அன்பர்கள் சூழ்ந்தனர்

ஆனந்தப் பண்பாடி அண்ணலைப் போற்றுவோம்

பூவினம் மலர்ந்தது, பூதளம் விழித்திற்று

போற்றித் துதிப்போம் புனிதன் (முக்தே)ஈசனை

ஆலய மணி ஓசை அன்பரை அழைத்தது

ஆனந்தப் பண்பாடி அண்ணலைப் போற்றுவோம்

தூயவர் போற்றினர், தூதர்கள் பணிந்தனர்

துங்கவன் ஈசனின் தெய்வீக நாமத்தை

துயர் துடைப்போனை தூய்மை அளிப்போனை

தொழது பணிந்திட தொண்டர்கள் வாரீர்

தேசங்கள் போற்றின திருமறை வாழ்த்திற்று

திருப்பாதம் பணிந்துநாம் தினமும் வாழ்த்துவோம்.

Come let us worship Him

The day has dawned and birds are singing

Let us praise the Holy Lord Muktesan

Sun has risen and the devotees have gathered

Let us sing (a) joyful song and glorify Him.

Flowers have blossomed and the world has woken up

Let us praise the Holy Lord Muktesan

Temple bell is calling the devotees

Let us glorify Him by singing joyful song

The saints are glorifying Him and

the angels are adoring the divine Name of the Lord Muktesan

Come ye all devotees to bow and serve Him who

removes all our sorrow and gives holiness

All the Nations glorify Him and the Holy Scripture praises Him

Let us also daily glorify Him bowing at His Holy feet.

 As a new bhakta in the early walk of my faith, I tried to develop a more personal relationship with the Lord than to understand my bhakti intellectually.  This is quite common with a Hindu.  Except for a few exceptions, for most of the Hindus, whatever may be the reason for them to follow the Lord, their faith starts in relationship with a Person rather than with clear understanding of their faith.  In fact this is a common future in Hinduism too.  Most of the Hindus never bother to know more about their bhakti.  They are happy to remain simple bhakta to their chosen deity.  Though I too started to learn more about my bhakti, yet for me in spite of all the mental effort to understand about my bhakti—finally the melting pot for me is my relationship with Him as His bhakta.  Several times, when I was not clear about various doctrinal aspects and hermeneutical\exegetical understanding of Muktiveda, my bhakti helps me to press forward with the assurance that He is there to walk along with me.  For me bhakti strongly anchors me in the Lord, though faith is often tossed by the rough waves created by the intellectual storms.