Once married bachelors’ lessons for everyone’s life: Jai Siyā Rām, Rāghavendra Swāmi & PM Modi!

Wish you all a 🌟 darkness-dispelling 💡 wise Thurs-day <Gu-ru-vāra>. On the occasion of, or rather yet another golden opportunity for, a prosperous 💰 sublimation 🔥 of our own 😋 sensual passion <Sri Rāgha-va-indrā Sva-amī Punya-dinā> yesterday, the earth 🌏 <bhū> ♻️ re-generation <pū-ja> performed at the 🛡 invincible <A-yodhyā> root of human civilisation is way more significant than what meets the physical eyes 👀 & ears👂. It isn’t mere symbolism.

Performing the earth 🌏 regeneration ♻️ on behalf of 1.381+ billion people (17.7% of 🗺 population & all of their recognised/unrecognised ♾ life support systems in global ecology) was none other than their own democratically 🗳 re-elected ✌️representative, Sri Narendrabhai Damodardas Modiji. The beauty of the Sanskrit language is such that some 👁 insight 🔬 is derived even by merely 🔎 deciphering the many components of his long name, Srī Nara-indra-bhāi Dāma-udar-dās Modi-ji, etymologically. Here’s yours truly’s superficial attempt:

The servant <dās>, sibling <bhāi> & enabler <indrā> of unexceptionally everyone’s <nara> prosperous <srī> ascension <udar> to their rightfully-deserved status <dāma> by progressively bending 🔨 & breaking 🪓 <modi> many outdated, counter-productive, colonial & divisive rules, via established democratic 🗳 processes, within the constitutional 📖 framework, judicial 👩‍⚖️ means & an undying resolve <sankalpa> to execute, effectively utilising the flexibility purposely granted by our visionary founding fathers of Bhārat 🇮🇳 & her constitution 📖 to keep up with the evolving needs of the times we live in.

This is the true essence of the name & form of Srī Nara-indra-bhai Dama-udar-das Modi-ji. I can vouch 🌬 for this 🗣interpretation having personally 🙏 interacted with & hosted this rare but true human being a couple of times at my Atlanta 🇺🇸 home 🏡 23 years ago, when he was hardly known to most people.  This twice-in-a-lifetime opportunity was thanks to my being the then Regional Coordinator (Southeast USA) of Hindu Students Council. At that time, Modiji was newly in BJP ranks but a veteran RSS kāryakartā.

Once at my home 🏡 Modiji happened to spot a pager 📟 on my desk & enquired what it was, as he had apparently never seen 👀 one or even heard about it. He was all ears 👂 as I explained, focusing on every word of mine, never taking his eye 👁 off even to blink. As soon as I had finished explaining within a minute, he began speculating 🤔 for almost an hour ⏳ on the 👨 social 👩 , 🇺🇸 national 🇮🇳 & 🌍 global 🌎 utility that this simple device 📟 could be put to!

This is just one of many examples of the way he keenly listens 👂 to people, asks relevant questions & then quickly starts making logical 🧠 inferences on better & more widely using the newly acquired information ℹ️ for the overall benefit of humanity & life, in general. The genius 🧠 & intention 💖 of the man was already mind boggling as I 🔬discovered 🔭 a quarter century ago & they’ve evolved further, with the backing of the majority of the classes & masses alike, into the one who the whole world 🗺 witnesses 👁 today: a yug-purush.

That single 📟 pager 🌬 interaction 🗣 with Modiji completely changed my 👀 perception 👁 of how I can utilise even my infinitesimal knowledge in many different realms of life for the benefit of 👦 society 👧, if only I could think 🤔 out of the box 📦 with an ultimate sense of respons-I-bility, while joyfully 😊 & consciously accepting even the challenging present 💝 as it is. Katham itself is one such humble yet inspired offering from me.

It’s unfortunately a normal tendency for societies to ignore 😑 (or even criticise 😠, criminalise 😤 & crucify 😡!) great beings living in flesh & blood 🩸 right amongst & amidst them until after their ⚰️ passing away 💀 from their current mortal coils! It’s as if we 👀 recognise 👁 greatness only after a certain distance 🛸 is established both in 🌌 space & time from their embodiments!!! This isn’t surprising however for our mind doesn’t 👀 recognise 👁 the divinity 🕉 even within ourselves 💓 <kada-vul>, what to speak of 👀 recognising 👁it in ‘others’ living around us!!! So the first 🏫 kindergarten 👶🏻 step is to 🤿 delve deep within ourselves 💓 to decipher our own reality. Then, everything else falls into place ✅ almost automatically. Let’s not misuse the privilege & freedom of being human. Instead let’s strive continually to realise the ♾potential of both being human & human being, in one shot!

As we embark upon the 350th year following Srī Rāghavendra Swāmi‘s voluntary entry into a stone structure <mahā-samā-dhī> symbolic of a basil 🌿 <tulsi> forest 🌳<brindā-vanā> with His worshipful root of pleasantness <mūla-rāmā> adorning its terrace, let me conclude with a 3️⃣-shlokā stutī, originally sung 🌬349 years ago this day by his 👨‍🎓 disciple, Appa-anna-ācharya Srī Yogīndra Tērthā:

पूज्याय राघवेंद्राय, सत्यधर्मरताय च।

भजतां कल्पवृक्षाय, नमतां कामधेनवे॥

ಪೂಜ್ಯಾಯ ರಾಘವೇಂದ್ರಾಯ, ಸತ್ಯಧರ್ಮರತಾಯ ಚ |

ಭಜತಾಂ ಕಲ್ಪವೃಕ್ಷಾಯ, ನಮತಾಂ ಕಾಮಧೇನವೇ ||

Pū-jyaaya Rāgha-va-indrāya, satya-dharma-ratāya-cha❗️

Bhajata-am kalpa-vrukshāya namata-am kāma-dhena-ve‼️

The ♻️ re-generative <pū-jyāya> sublimation 🔥 of our own 😋 sensual passion <Rāgha-va-indrā-ya> is the vehicle 🚗 <rathā> of truth <satya> & righteousness <dharma> ❗️I invoke 🙌 it <bhajata-am> 🙏 as the ⏳ timeless 🤞wish-fulfilling ✌️ tree 🌲 <kalpa-vrikshā-ya> & 🙇‍♂️ surrender 🙇‍♀️ <namata-am> to such a 🤞wish-fulfilling ✌️cow 🐄 <kāma-dhena-ve> 🐮‼️
 

Dūrva-adi dhwanta-ravaye, vaishnava-indi varen-dave❗️

Sri Ragha-ve-ndra guru-ve, namo atyanta daya-lave‼️

To the darkness of our ignorance <dūrva-adi dhwanta>, you’re a sun 🌞 <rava-ye> & to the devotees of our own everythingness <vaishnava>, you’re the lotus-like moon 🌝 <indi varen-dave>❗️The prosperous 💰 <srī> sublimation 🔥 of our own 😋 sensual passion <Rāgha-va-indrā>, which dispels all our darkness <guru-ve>, I 🙇‍♂️ bow 🙇‍♀️down 🙏 <namo> to such an unlimitedly <aty-anta> 🤰🏻compassionate 🤱 one <dayā-lave>‼️
 

Mooko-pi yath-prasād-ena, Mukundā Shayana-ayathe❗️

Rāja rājayathe riktho, Raghava-indram tam-āshraye‼️

Even the 🤐 dumb 🤫 <mooko-pi>, thanks to your blessings <yath-prasād-ena>, can speak as eloquently as the giver of freedom <Mukundā>’s bedding <shayanā-yate>, 1-♾-0 <ādi-ananta-seshā> & the same grace <yath-prasād-ena> can also magically create richness <Rāja rājayathe> out of poverty <riktho>❗️ Such a sublimation 🔥 of our own 😋 sensual passion <Rāgha-va-indram>, grant me your refuge <tam-āshraye>‼️