Quotes

OH TEACHER, YOUR INFLUENCE
KEEP US CHANTING, THY NAME;
OH GOD, YOUR PRESENCE
REAP US MEANING, WHY FAME.


\"GURUNAADHAN THUNA CHAIKA SANTHATHAM
THIRUNAAMANGAL NAAVINMEL EPPOZHUM
PIRIYAATHEYIRIKKANAM NAMMUDE
NARA JANMAM SAPHALAMAAKKIDUVAAN\"

May my Gurunathan ( teacher, saviour, and protector) help me (thuna chaika) to keep the auspicious names of Lord continuously on my tongue (naavinmel eppozhum) and to make this human life (narajanmam) meaningful and fruitful! (saphalamaakkituvaan).The only way to make the human life fruitful and meaningful is to constantly chant the auspicious names of Lord.

So, the poet is seeking the blessings of his Gurunaathan to help him retain the naamam on his tongue for ever. Who is Poonthanam\'s Guru? He is considering Guruvayurappan as his Guru because Lord is both the remover of the darkness Achnjanam or avidya (Guru) and the protector and saviour of all (Naathan).


AWARE NOT OF WHAT IT WAS TILL YESTERDAY,

UNAWARE OF WHAT IT WILL BE NEXT DAY;

FOR THE BODY WE SEE TODAY TO PERISH,

MORE IFFY TILL ITS DAY TO FINISH.

“INNALEYOLAM ENTHENNARINJEELA

INI NAALEYUM ENTHENNARINJEELA

INNIKKANDA THADIKKU VINAASHAVUM

INNA NERAMENNAETHUMARINJEELA”

We really don’t know what had happened till yesterday or what would happen tomorrow. Neither we know when this body we see today will perish.



OH GOD, UPON YOUR WILL,
LIFE GOES STILL;
OH GOD, UPON YOUR CURSE,
HEALTHY GOES WORSE;
OH GOD, UPON YOUR WISH,
KING GOES BLEMISH.

“KANDUKANDANGIRIKKUM JANANGALE
KANDILLENNU VARUTHUNNATHUM BHAVAAN
RANDU NAALU DINAM KONDORUTTHANE
THANDILETTI NADATHUNNATHUM BHAVAAN
MAALIKA MUKALERIYA MANNANTE
THOLIL MAARAAPPU KETTUNNATHUM BHAVAAN”

If Bhagavan (God) wishes, those people whom we see (kandu kandangirikkum janangalae) today may disappear (kandillaennu varuthunnathum – may be dead) by tomorrow. Again if Bhagavan decides, in two to four days (randu naaludinam kondoruthanae) a healthy man’s dead body may be carried to the funeral pyre. In the same way, by God’s wish, a king sitting in a palace (maalika) can become a beggar with a dirty bag (maaraappu) hanging from his shoulders (tholil). Life is explained to be transient, everything that we see, feel, enjoy - wealth, poverty, sorrows and more. A man walking and having fun this moment can embrace death the very next moment.
Everything is Lord’s wish!


SEEING IS BELIEVING TO SOME,
NOTHING IS BEHOLDING TO SOME;
BEING IS PERCEIVING TO SOME,
FORESEEING TRUTH YET TO COME.

“KANDAAL OTTARIYUNNU CHILARITHU
KANDAALUM THIRIYAA CHILARKKETHUMAE
KANDATHONNUMAE SATHYAM ALLENNATHU
MUMBE KANDANGARIYUNNITHU CHILAR”


Some people they are able to interiorize or understand this truth on seeing it. But some people cannot comprehend the truth even on seeing it. But there are some others who know in advance that all that they see are not real or true - It is all Maaya.


NUMEROUS THEY TRY TO REACH THE REALITY,
VARIOUS SCIENCE TO TEACH THE CONFORMITY;
MASSES ENDOWED TO PERFORM,
SCIENCES BESTOWED TO REFORM;
EXERCISING SCIENTIFICALLY THE MIND, THE BODY;
STATIONING MATHEMATICALLY THE FIND, THE STUDY.

“PALARKKUM ARIYENAM ENNITTALLO
PALA JAATHI PARAYUNNU SAASTHRANGAL
KARMATHILADHIKAARI JANANGALKKU
KARMA SAASTHRANGALUNDU PALAVIDHAM
SAANKHYA SAASTHRANGAL YOGANGAL ENNIVA
SANKHYAYILLYATHU NILKKATTE SARVAVUM”

Many people want to know (palarkkum ariyenam) about thepower of discrimination of human beings, the mystery of God, how to go beyond Maya, how to attain salvation and more. Hence (ennittallo) so many sciences ( saasthraas saathrangal) tells (parayunnu) about or explain these subjects in so many different (pala jaathi) ways. Those people (janangalkku) who are authorized (karmaathil adikaari- it can even mean those who desire to do karmaas or those who are entrusted with the duty of performing karmaas) to perform deeds or rituals - karmaas like yaaga or yanja, homam, poojaas etc. several different (palavidham) sciences (karma saashtraas) are available (karma saasthrangalundu - Saankhya saasthra, yoga saasthra etc) But for now, let us keep aside ( nilkkatte) all of them (athu sarvavum)