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| A Painting by Dr. G.R.K. |
1. How can I gauge thy age, Immortal Soul !
Bound down to earthly years, we boast
Of our deeds,
lagging far behind our goal
Moving around in circles with pride we
gloat.
2. How can I know the
depths of thy heart?
In shallows caught our way we lost
We pride ourselves in showy styles, too
smart
We never realized we had a heart.
3. How can I view the noble heights of thy
mind ?
In
worldly matters too deep struck down
No
spiritual way out we easily find
In trivial
pleasures we ourselves drown.
4. Thy Random Musings do
reveal thy charm
Sheer verbal gems in poetic form
They
make our parched hearts cool and calm
Your tender feelings serve like soothing balm.
5. Our weak vision
can’t distinguish This and That
We
catch hold of short gains with greedy speed
Our
worldly possessions fill us with éclat
Our
words and thoughts don’t match with deeds.
6. Like fresh Spring Leaves your thoughts define
True facts of life with vision fine
Effortless flows thy style divine
Like
a perennial spring from vales of Rhine.
7. Pearls of
wisdom you freely shower
Enthusing our hearts like blooming morn
Your words so soothing shine with power
“ You
touched nothing that you did not adorn.”
8. Too deep and
difficult thoughts to follow
Simplified and sweetened wisdom in Capsule form
With apt examples you wrote for us to know
A beacon guiding us to sail smooth and calm.
9. The holy triad writ by Sankara the
Great
With noblest thoughts beyond our human
grip
In simplest terms and metaphors you
state
Along with “Gita” the core of Vedas from
God’s own lips.
10. You did infuse new hopes and self-restraint
In
thy weekly contributions concise
Your “Fricalls” and “Somvar Sandesh” sent
Real gems in verbal form to make us cool
and wise.
11. You caught the essence of
sacred hymns of dawn
And
Vedic prayers offered to God’s Holy Feet
Those sounds
charged with purifying spell
Transform mankind with noble
sensations sweet.
12. You gave a lively sketch of
celebrities great
About their lives
and noble deeds in lucid strain
Inspiring portraits for us to know their state
Great
masters of sciences, art and music divine.
13. Yourself an adept in those
arts and sciences a lot
With persistent
efforts you honed your skills
Blending duty with devotion you ever thought
Not
craving for tawdry show and transient frills.
14. Studying life with a keen
spiritual insight
In
convincing terms you portrayed human strife
“Have
faith; do duty and trust in His will and might”
A
precious chance, to evolve this God-given life.
15. Your life, an eternal store of noble
thoughts
Your words vibrant with feelings of
tranquility
A
glimpse of spiritual feel we really caught
Bless us with feelings of peace and
equanimity.
Note : My cousin Dr. G.R.K. authored twenty books in English on various topics of philosophy, general knowledge and social themes. A broad humane outlook coupled with sympathy and affection pervades in his writings. At the same time a rational and logical approach makes his presentation quite impressive and convincing. His style simple and clear with apt comparisons and quotes enriches the themes he dealt with in his prose as well as his poetic works. he is quite active and interacts on various topics through his blogs and face book also. As a multifaceted personality he showed his keen interest and involvement in painting, music and engineering also. His amiable personality gleams through his compositions and views. The greatness and significance of Indian culture and philosophy found a clear and cogent expression in his books and articles. The three approaches to reach God through the Advaitik view of Brahman, the devotional path of self-surrender and the selfless and detached path of action without hankering after results are very clearly and effectively expressed in his wrtings.
I have used the titles of some of his books in my poem to highlight his valuable contribution to readers of his books.
(Dedicated to my most respectable and beloved brother Dr.G.R.K.)
25th April, 2018 Somaseshu Gutala
Ref : 1) Random Musings --- A collection of poems by Dr. G.R.K.
2) This and That ---- A book on various interesting persons and things. ( the title perhaps borrowed from Robert
Lynd's book with title "The Book of This and That."
Distinguish this and that= the material world and cosmic self
3) Spring Leaves --- a collection of sayings and aphorisms
4) Pearls of Wisdom --- A book on social and ethical themes
5) Prasthana Traya Saramu -- A book on Sankara's comments on Gita,
Upanishads and Brahma Sutras. ( A translation of Sri Yellamraju
Srinivasa Rao's book and "Poornamadha" ( a translation of Yellamraju Srinivasa Rao's book on Shanti Vakya of Bhrihadaranyaka Upanishad).
6) Bhagavadgita Hridayam ( a translation of discourses from
Sri Yellamraju Srinivasa Rao's book in Telugu on Gita).
7) "Living the right way" -- a practical guide to modern life explaining
philosophy of "Gita" based on Edwin Arnold's Gita translation "The Song celestial".
8) Vedic Prayers --- "Sandhya Vandanam" "Mantra Pushpam" "Gayatri Mantra" three booklets on Indian tradition and traditional worship.
9) "Miscellaneous ", "Portraits" and "So many Celebrities" -- three books on various personalities and eminent people.
10) "Somvar Sandesh" and "Fri-calls"-- a collection of short passages on
various daily issues and problems with moral messages.
11 ) Eclat ------------------ grand success
12) Vales of Rhine --- A beautiful valley with many streams, hills,
forests,romantic castles and churches.
**************************************************** ( "Do the right thing at the right time in the right spirit, and then
leave the rest to God.")---- Dr. G.R.K. (Spring leaves)
28th April, 2018 Somaseshu Gutala
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