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" Baalaanaam rodhanam bhalam " Crying is children's strength...

You would have heard this popular saying. Crying is the way that babies signal they need something.

In the olden days, in big families, children had to cry to draw the attention of elders to get their feed. Now they cry less as the feed comes before they ask for and in fact it is their parents who cry if the kids delay in drinking milk, as they are in a hurry to push them to take-care or pre-school before rushing to their work place!.

Anyway, here is the complete verse:

Paksheenaam Balam Aakaasam,

Matsyaanam Udakam Balam,

Durbalasya Balam Raaja,

Baalaanaam Rodanam Balam.

Sky is the strength for birds, udakam (water) is the strength of fish, king is the strength of the weak and crying is the strength of kids.

The author didn't have in mind ducks, penguins or other sea birds and it was a general statement on the importance of the sky for the birds.

Similarly being used to the exploitation of the weak by the present rulers, we should not shout at the poet for his statement that the king was the support for the weak . Those days, the weak could depend on their king (ruler) for support. The king was respected as he worked for the well being of his subjects. Good kings were treated as the head of each household that Kalidas went to the extent of taking advantage of his poetic liberty to say that the real father of the subjects was the king and the biological fathers were only instruments for their birth.

'Prajaanam vinayaadaanam rakshanam baranaathapi,

sa pitha, pithara thraasa kevalam jenmahethava'

It was the king by virtue of governing the subjects and receiving their respect, their real father and the other fathers were 'Kevalam janma haethava'.

The Mahakavi was glorifying Dilipa, the first king in the Raghu Dynasty.

If someone says so about our present rulers, imagine the sorry plight he will land in !

If the weak explodes and one day they will, the earth will tremble and the ruler will tumble. It is going to happen soon in our country.

 The King of Vraja, i.e. Nanda Maharaja". ... Vrajaraja. It means “The King of Vraja, i.e. Nanda Maharaja”.

Shri Vraja-Raja-Sutashtakam

An ancient prayer by an unknown Vaishnava author

nava-nirada-nindita-kanti-dharam

rasa-sagara-nagara-bhupa-varam

shubha-vankima-caru-shikhanda-shikham

bhaja krishna-nidhim vraja-raja-sutam (1)

Just worship Shri Krishna, the son of the king of Vraja, who is a treasure-house of priceless

jewels! His complexion is more effulgent than a fresh raincloud; He is the king of

paramours and the ocean of rasa; His crown is adorned with a lovely peacock feather

auspiciously tilted to the left (bowing towards Shri Radha’s feet).

bhru-vishankita-vankima-shakra-dhanum

mukha-candra-vinindita-koti-vidhum

mridu-manda-suhasya-subhashya-yutam

bhaja krishna-nidhim vraja-raja-sutam (2)

Just worship Shri Krishna, the son of the king of Vraja, who is a treasure-house of priceless

jewels! His arched eyebrows belittle the rainbow (the bow of Indra); His pure moonlike

face, which dwarfs millions of moons, is adorned with an enchanting soft smile and fine

speech.

suvikampad-ananga-sad-anga-dharam

vraja-vasi-manohara-vesha-karam

bhrisha-lanchita-nila-saroja drisham

bhaja krishna-nidhim vraja-raja-sutam (3)

Just worship Shri Krishna, the son of the king of Vraja, who is a treasure-house of priceless

jewels! (Cupid’s body was burned by the anger of Lord Shiva, but) Krisna’s trembling

form is the true body of Cupid; He dresses enchantingly in a way that fascinates the

Vrajavasis; He is adorned with extraordinary eyes like blue lotus blossoms.

alakavali-mandita-bhala-tatam

shruti-dolita-makara-kundalakam

kati-veshtita-pita-patam sudhatam

bhaja krishna-nidhim vraja-raja-sutam (4)

Just worship Shri Krishna, the son of the king of Vraja, who is a treasure-house of priceless

jewels! His forehead is surrounded by curling locks of hair; swaying makara-shaped

earrings dangle from His ears; His waist is adorned with meticulously

arranged yellow silk which embraces His charming hips.

kala-nupura-rajita-caru-padam

mani-ranjita-ganjita-bhringa-madam

dhvaja-vajra-jhashankita-pada-yugam

bhaja krishna-nidhim vraja-raja-sutam (5)

Just worship Shri Krishna, the son of the king of Vraja, who is a treasure-house of priceless

jewels! Tinkling anklebells resound on His beautiful feet; He glows with jeweled

ornaments; His spirited behavior mocks the intoxication of honey bees; His soles are

marked with the flag, thunderbolt, fish and other charming symbols.

bhrisha-candana-carcita-caru-tanum

mani-kaustubha-garhita-bhanu-tanum

vraja-bala-shiromani-rupa-dhritam

bhaja krishna-nidhim vraja-raja-sutam (6)

Just worship Shri Krishna, the son of the king of Vraja, who is a treasure-house of priceless

jewels! His graceful body is generously smeared with sandalwood paste; His glowing

Kaustubha gem overshadows the sun; He has appeared as the crown jewel among the

young boys of Vraja.

sura-vrinda-suvandya-mukunda-harim

sura-natha-shiromani-sarva-gurum

giridhari-murari-purari-param

bhaja krishna-nidhim vraja-raja-sutam (7)

Just worship Shri Krishna, the son of the king of Vraja, who is a treasure-house of priceless

jewels! He is the Supreme Lord Hari, Mukunda, who is worshiped by all the demigods

and sages; He is the crest-jewel of all controllers and the guru of all beings; He is the

lifter of Giri-Govardhana, the killer of the Mura demon and the master of Lord Shiva.

vrishabhanu-suta-vara-keli-param

rasa-raja-shiromani-vesha-dharam

jagad-ishvaram-ishvaram-idya-varam

bhaja krishna-nidhim vraja-raja-sutam (8)

Just worship Shri Krishna, the son of the king of Vraja, who is a treasure-house of priceless

jewels! He is dedicated to amorous escapades with the daughter of Vrishabhanu Maharaja,

impeccably dressing as the king of enjoyers of rasa; He is the supreme monarch and

the most worshipable Lord of the entire creation.

nitaaiveda.com/Compiled_and_Imp_Scriptures/Vaishnava_Song_Book/Sanskrit_Songs/Sri_Vraja-Raja-Sutastakam.htm

 navo navo bhavathi 

world has seen enough events

though history repeats,it repeats in new versions, time, place, context, pretext,

backdrop being always of contemporary in the present

heritages, hermitages are things of past

tallest concrete sky scrapers competing with mountain temples and minars

swimming pools drowning the old wells

Adaptability, adoptability is a most wanted ability,

as against the rigidity, inflexibility, inability

against inevitable oddity of

newness,freshness,in blossoming beauty

Soulful, beautiful creativity conquering the relativity

penetrating the absolute, the eternity

love uniting all fraternity

reveling in repartee

in universe's grand party"

Strictures are violated

scriptures are obsoleted,

impositions are obstructed

new alphabets are invented

new words are injected

new poetry dawns

new history spans

old world gets annihilated

new world is created

It's a continuous process of

observation, absorption, digestion,

renovation, innovation, implementation,

refinement, experimentation,

adventure, discovery, mastery

eventual perfection 

unending flow till reaching the unlimited expansionNavonavo Bhavathi

 Ego is a driving force Blog by Meena Omit is a help, it is a great service , a responsible parent -function to be analyzing others whether they live up to our expectations or not, resist to control situations, correcting others mistakes and advising and instructing others........if parents, elders, gurus do not do that function, there is no scope for character growth.......the modern youth is landing in troubles due to elders not paying the attention adequately...........for example, bike racing, drunk and drive are increasing causingaccidents anddeaths....so a check is always necessary, things should not be allowed to go unchecked.

 Allegory is what,how,why,when

Allegory is a device used to present an idea, principle or meaning, which can be presented in literary form, such as a poem or novel, in musical form, such as composition or lyric, or in visual form, such as in painting or drawing. It is also seen in scriptural passage. Allegory communicates its message by means ofsymbolic figures, actions or symbolic representation. Allegory is generally treated as a figure of rhetoric; a rhetorical allegory is a demonstrative form of representation conveying meaning other than the words that are spoken.

As a literary device, an allegory in its most general sense is an extended metaphor. As an artistic device, an allegory is a visual symbolic representation. An example of a simple visual allegory is the image of thegrim reaper. Viewers understand that the image of the grim reaper is a symbolic representation of death-----.   wikipedia 

it's the human ingeniousness which invents media to communicate abstract in more perceivable with all kinds of real life icons, images, experiences .

spirituality can be taught that way , a saint a seer , a enlightened soul coming down to the earth level, trying to share his findings in known lang and idiom .

parabrahma that is why takes a form , like teen moorthis, and creates the world of devi devathas , lokas higher and then lower to communicate own glory in countless ways, to countless levels of the souls highest to the lowest

First , direct flight, jet plane super fast, nonstop forward journey to the ultimate destination , without any kind of chain pulling, refueling, accidents, or chakkars in the sky, and reaching the lap of paramathma, in shortest time-----thru guru krupa----and then 

on the return journey --oh, ah, ---what a great wonderous encounters---, pause here, no problem, skip no problem

And this return journey is the life of real enjoyment --all with body, senses, mind, subtle mind--

all the grossest to the subtlest creation at every station, every step, every moment , the stop overs are great, enjoyable, all a feast, all a festival

Here are the lokas, all the devathas, kinnera kimpurushas, gandharvas, rishis, apsarasas, all singing, dancing, ever care free,

talk to them, play with them see their dance listen to their song , acquire their boons enjoy their mahimas

Here comes the relevance of allegory

a kind of multi media performance, created by the ones who did the direct flight, and who paused at each station on the return journey

they created their darshanas, kaavyaas, prabhandas, romantics epics drama poetry song dance even drawings paintings pictures, sculptures, statues , moorthis, temples, gopuras, thheeraths, gardens, brindavans,

They all invited the higher beings to stay and live a midst our lives , in our bodies , in our minds , in our souls , in our living, in our cultures customs traditions, literature philosophies episodes , our sayings in our walk in our talk

And glorified the mundane into a happy heaven

but

caution

first nonstop direct flight is a must

if one stops on the way he lost his track, he lost his opportunity he lost his life.

distractions , confusion, chaos, meaninglessness, helplessness.

but the same stations , on the return journey is lovely enjoyment , bliss unending, all mastery no thing to worry or care

so this point to be noted by all serious souls

 Inside Peshawar school: Torn notebooks, pools of blood and the stamp of Taliban brutality - Hindustan Times

the ruler is responsible for protecting the ruled , 

mere condemning the attack by ruler is no substitute for preventive steps,

lip sympathy cannot undo the damage done

what for are the prime ministers, home ministers , deference ministers??

is it only to dispose off the corpses ??

Paksheenaam Balam Aakaasam,

Matsyaanam Udakam Balam,

Durbalasya Balam Raaja,

Baalaanaam Rodanam Balam.

Sky is the strength for birds,

udakam (water) is the strength of fish,

king is the strength of the weak

and crying is the strength of kids.

has the ruler become so powerless, weak, deaf dumb blind and numb, a khat putli ?