Midnight Musings - Our Raga

The ascent and the descent

Arohana and Avarohana

Life oscillates between notes

Each note adding uncertainty.

Then you enter the score

An unexpected note

Not a high, not a low
But a pleasant Gamaka

Just a handful of Atukulu from Kuchela

It was enough for Krishna to give him all.

A single thought of you brings ecstasy

Perhaps you are Krishna, after all.

Like Urmila in her silent Nidra,

I would wait years in quiet longing

Enduring, unseen, with only the Narayana as my witness.

The longing becomes the very bridge to grace.

Tyagaraja and Parvati, Ramadasu and Kamala
companions in devotion and song.
May our harmony lead us ever closer to the Divine,
Our love becoming the Raga that carries us to Moksha.

Grace of the three divine mothers shines through you.
With Kanyadanam, our Grahastha Ashrama begins.
Only with you as my partner am I fit to uphold Dharma
Together, we walk the path as prescribed by the Shastras.

Everyone says, "Kadha Kanchiki."

Because every tale returns to Kamakshi Devi,

That final journey to her feet
I can only imagine with you.

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Midnight Musings - Where You Reign Inside

It’s just neurons, transmitters, and DNA’s old code Yet the feeling arrives like a spell, like alchemy unfolding. In the day, a thought of you drifts in And my mind scatters like butterflies in a sunlit garden. At night, it returns soft, glowing And the fireflies of memory rise, comforting me. I don’t know anymore if I love you or the echo I’ve made of you Either way, no other feeling fits anymore. I dissolve in thoughts of you and feel myself disappear But then I realize I’m flying in the ocean of madness. Longing follows me everywhere I go Even shadows carry the shape of dreams that can never be true. Like tides pulled by the moon’s silent pull, my heart rises and falls with your nearness or your silence. The veena hums even though I lack the skill, like a pearl that shines far beneath, never fading, never mine. I’m still searching for a place inside me untouched by you but my heart has become your kingdom, where you reign as Queen .

Sandhya Vandanam - Krishna Yajurveda Paddhati

1. గురు నమస్కారం ఓం మహాగణాధిపతయే నమః శ్రీ గురుభ్యో నమః హరిః ఓం 2. శుచిః అపవిత్రః పవిత్రో వా సర్వావస్థాం గతోఽపి వా యః స్మరేత్పుండరీకాక్షం స బాహ్యాభ్యన్తరశ్శుచిః పుండరీకాక్ష పుండరీకాక్ష పుండరీకాక్షాయ నమః (ఉద్ధరిణి లో నీళ్లు తీసుకొని కుడి చేతి మధ్యవేలు తో మీద జల్లుకుంటూ మంత్రం చెప్పాలి ) 3. పురాణ ఆచమనం ఓం కేశవాయ స్వాహా ఓం నారాయణాయ స్వాహా ఓం మాధవాయ స్వాహా ఓం గోవిందాయ నమః (మొదటి మూడు నామాలకు ఆచమనం చేసి నాలుగవ నామానికి చెయ్యి శుభ్రం చేసుకోవాలి.మిగిలిన నామాలు మాములుగా పఠిస్తే చాలు ) ఓం విష్ణవే నమః ఓం మధుసూదనాయ నమః ఓం త్రివిక్రమాయ నమః ఓం వామనాయ నమః ఓం శ్రీధరాయ నమః ఓం హృషీకేశాయ నమః ఓం పద్మనాభాయ నమః ఓం దామోదరాయ నమః ఓం సంకర్షణాయ నమః ఓం వాసుదేవాయ నమః ఓం ప్రద్యుమ్నాయ నమః ఓం అనిరుద్ధాయ నమః ఓం పురుషోత్తమాయ నమః ఓం అధోక్షజాయ నమః ఓం నారసింహాయ నమః ఓం అచ్యుతాయ నమః ఓం జనార్ధనాయ నమః ఓం ఉపేంద్రాయ నమః ఓం హరయే నమః ఓం శ్రీకృష్ణాయ నమః స్మృత్యాచమనము ౧. త్రిరాచామేత్ (స్వాహా | స్వాహా | స్వాహా ) ౨. ద్విఃపరిమృజ్య (పెదవులు) ౩. సకృదుపస్పృశ్య (పెదవులు) ౪. దక్షిణేన పాణినా సవ్యంప్రోక్ష్య (ఎడమ...

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