Lalitha's Morning Musings

Thank you for listening and reading. Meaning in English Andal continues singing the Lord’s praise. Krishna, you were born to one woman (Devaki), but had to be hidden and brought up as the son of another woman (Yashoda) . the demon Kamsan who came to know about this sought to harm you in many ways, but you creator terror in his mind and made his stomach burn like a raging fire. We are here to sing...

As you may have observed, recently, I have been creating Podcast episodes in one of the following ways: Learning and recording a slow chanting of Tiruppavai Pasurams Writing articles in medium.com and reading out the published article. Today I did something different, but went back to my old style of Podcasting. I mean, I recorded an episode at the spur of the moment. It is a fourteen minute episo...

In this Episode Lalitha explains How she changed her perspective and made mindset shifts  by consistently saying an affirmation describing the worf "Trust" from Louis Hay's Book "Meditations To Heal Your Life" She invites her listeners and readers to give it a try. Thank you for listening and reading.

Thank you for listening and reading. Meaning in English The Lord has woken up, is majestically seated on His throne, Sri Andal and he band of girls are having their eyeful of the lord, standing in front of Him finally and what does she do ? Does she go ahead and list her demands of boons ? No; wonderstuck by the glory and beauty of the Lord, she starts singing His praise ; this 24th verse is a won...

Thank you for listening and reading. Meaning in English The Lord has woken up ! and when the almighty wakes up the world knows about it ! The girls request is finally answered and Sri Andal here in this 23rd verse becomes ecstatic describing the Lord’s waking up. The Lord of the world is likened to the Lord of the Jungle, like a magnificent Lion who earlier sleeping with his mate inside a cave in...

Thank you for listening and reading. Meaning in English Having woken up Nappinnai and persuaded her to help them and  join in the worship in the previous verse, the girls now proceed to wake up the Lord and sing His Praise. As  the first step to waking up the girls beseech the Lord to gently open His eyes.  Oh Lord, the Kings of many lands shed their arrogance, and gather at your threshold to pay...

Thank you for listening and reading. Meaning in English The girls are getting closer to waking up Sri Krishna, the glory of the Lord is infinite, cannot be contained in few descriptions and in every verse there is a reference to that greatness, Oh Son of the Nandagopan who is the owner of magnificent cows that yield milk in torrents, Oh learned one, Oh one who protects all people of the world, Ple...

Thank you for listening and reading. Meaning in English the 20th verse, the waking up effort continues, why is the Lord asleep ? Why is Nappinnai too not awake ? There is obviously more meaning to this whole business of waking up. Waking up the Lord is found not just in the thiruppavai but is a practice in all temples, the idea is that the devotee’s enthusiasm to see the Lord makes him/her wake up...

Thank you for listening and reading. The Lord is in his sleeping chamber, on a majestic cot with legs made of Ivory and an ambience heightened by the tall lamps, resting on a soft mattress with beautiful Nappinnai bedecked with beautiful flowers in her tresses closely by His side and leaning on His broad chest. The girls beseech Him to open his mouth and plead with Nappinnai “oh beautiful eyed one...

Thank you for listening and reading. Meaning in English Sri Andal now sets out to wake up the Lord’s consort Nappinnai – addressing her as the daughter in law of  Nandagopan who is as powerful as the elephants in heat and one whose broad shoulders have known no defeat, Andal describes her as one who has fragrant tresses and tells her that  many birds are awake and chirping on the lines laid out fo...

In this Episode, Lalitha Shares three important observations and life lessons learned after writing for the "Shortform" Publication, that she never would have experienced had she not taken up the task to write in general and to write in "The Shortform" Publication, in specific  Thank you for listening and reading.

The doorkeeper appears to have let Andal and the girls inside and it looks like Andal’s work of waking up people is still a long way to go. Why is everybody sleeping in the Thiruppavai and why is there so much waking up ? There appears to be a very strong inner meaning to this whole waking up business. Is Andal subtly waking up the whole world not from physical sleep but from something else. Is th...

Meaning of Pasuram 16 in English Having woken up the ten girls and collected her retinue, Sri Andal has reached the temple of the Lord, it is either the Temple or the palace of of Krishna’s foster father Nandagopan. They find that the ornate doors and the festooned doorstep are bolted and guarded by sentries, so the girls address the gate keeper and ask him to open the bolts and let them in. The g...

Meaning of Pasuram 15 in English We are at the halfway mark of the Thiruppavai and the end of part II, the effort in this verse is to wake up the 10th the last on the list of girls that Sri Andal desires accompanies her to the worship. The girl here engages her callers in conversation as they call her a young parrot endearingly, she complains coyly unwilling to wake up, why are you crying out ? Ha...

I am realizing that *consistency* in 1. Showing up to the YouTube channel that I learn from. 2. Becoming aware of how I learn. 3. Recording a slow chanting of what I learned immediately without judging. 4. Stopping any thoughts of what the audience will think or say, has helped me record and share with you for the last 14 days. Thank you for being a part of my journey so far🙏 Meaning of Pasuram 1...

I am a slow, sensitive and self learner. My commitment to learn and record slow chanting and posting as a Podcast Episode had taught me 1. To keep my intention strong. 2. To embrace any inner critic or barrier like a friend, and accept unconditionally. Source; http://www.asayana.com/religion/18-2/ Meaning of Pasuram 13 in English  In this verse the effort is to wake up a girl with beautiful eyes,...

Source; http://www.asayana.com/religion/18-2/ Meaning of Pasuram 12 I'm English  Sri Andal continuing her pursuit of waking up the girls to join her on the Margazhi Nonbu ( worship) has enrolled 6 girls till now and is now on the doorstep of the 7th girl. The scene is the house of a cowherd whose magnificent cows are so laden with milk that when the milking is delayed by the cowherd, the cows thin...

Thank you for being a part of my learning process. Here is the meaning of this Pasuram in English: Source; http://www.asayana.com/religion/18-2/ We are all blessed to be in this land and community of Lord Krishna, You are the unblemished golden jewel of the cowherds who have milked their many cows  and are capable of vanquishing their enemies in battle. Oh beautiful one, all your friends are gathe...

Thank you for being a part of my learning process. Here is the meaning of this Pasuram in English: Source; http://www.asayana.com/religion/18-2/ Oh! blessed girl, who by virtue of her earlier worships is destined to unite with the Lord in heaven, please open the door, why are you not even responding with words to our call ? Have you been handed over the sleep of the demon Kumbakarna ? Kumbakarna w...

Source; http://www.asayana.com/religion/18-2/ Meaning in English A nice bed, comfortable and a conducive environment make for good deep sleep. In this verse Sri Andal and her friends struggle to wake up a girl (a relative – her Uncle’s daughter) who is sleeping in a nice bed, with nice lights and scented aromas  so soundly that they suspect she has become deaf, not hearing anything, dumb not respo...

After learning and recording a slow chanting of Pasuram 9, I felt like sharing the meaning of this verse in English. That is exactly what I am doing: Source; http://www.asayana.com/religion/18-2/ Pointing out the signs of dawn ; the slow brightening of the lower skies, the buffaloes out to graze the tender dew laden grass, Sri Andal says to the next girl whom she is calling upon, –  many of the gi...

Learning lesson: I realized that to me this self created Project, let's call it "Learning and Slow chanting Tiruppavai Pasurams" Is much more than learning and recording It is is watching my thoughts, feelings and behavior When I don't learn and record one Pasuram a day. When I give myself to break my rule of "one a day".  When I boldly and divinely recorded two Pasurams a day but shared one per d...

Today I want tó thank Sandhya, Vidya, Bindu and Varshabala for taking time to listen and sending me the following comments: Sandhya Just listened to Pasuram 3. Very beautiful rendition!  The ending is awesome with kutti raga alapana. Just listened to pasuram 4 and 5.  Romba superaa irukku.  Thanks for sharing. Vidya: Good morning Lalitha Shows your commitment to learn and do with as much perfectio...

Learning Experience I studied Tamil till 5th standard only and hence my level of comprehension of words is very limited. However 75 percent of Today's lyrics seemed easy to understand. There is a disadvantage here, because your thinking intellectual mind takes over artistic creative mind. LOL. The tune or raga seemed new. I have no idea what the name is.  Each verse seemed to have a different tune...

Is The Task That I Am About To Perform For The Highest Good The Task That I Am About To Perform For The Highest Good In this Episode Lalitha  Invites her audience to say the affirmation related to the words, "Highest Good" while she is saying Consistently saying the affirmation has helped her Make clear Yes or No decisions Focus on possibilities, joy, and freedom instead of doubting whether the ta...