The below post was written when I was guilty for not being a worthy devotee but then I kept digging about Sri Hari's wonderful qualities like how he gets easily satisfied with little things that one does out of love & devotion.
He accepted Sabari's fruits given out of love. Most of us know about "Sabari Moksha" but felt like mentioning about it here..after all, one can never get enough of reading or writing his beautiful stories:-)
Sabari was a very old lady during Sri Rama avataram. She waited all her life to meet Sri Rama in person and serve him. One of her gurus(Rishi Matanga) had told her sometimes before that Sri Hari's avatar lord Rama would visit her ashram one beautiful day. Hence she longed for that day to come. She decorated the pathway leading to her ashram with flowers for several days,months & years waiting for Sri Rama's visit, she used to pluck fruits from trees and taste them to check if the fruits were sweet enough to satisfy our sweet lord....and one FINE day our sweet and beloved Sri Rama walked his way along with Lakshman baiya to Sabari's ashram. Sabari's happiness knew no bounds! She was in tears out of joy & welcomed Sri Rama for whom she waited all her life. She offered him fruits which were already sipped, bit & tasted by her. She did that ONLY because she wanted Sri Rama to feast on the sweetest fruit. She did everything only out of pure love & devotion. Our Sri Hari accepted her fruits with so much of love. He Loved her fruits:-)) Then after having served Lord Rama she attained moksha. Likewise our Sri Hari has accepted the garland of Sri Kothai(Andal akka) which was already worn by her and given to him out of love.
Such is the relationship of jeevathma & Paramathma....anything & everything becomes divine in this relationship! Nothing becomes wrong or unworthy when directed towards his beautiful feet. Nothing gets tainted! Like how anything put into fire becomes fire itself, any teeny tiny step or even a thought directed towards him becomes divine no matter how small the thoughts are or how unworthy the offerings are. Everything becomes divine !
HIS kindness is incredible!
Oh my!! Sorry about the intro..:-)
Dear Tirupathi Srinivasa,
I beautify myself bejeweling my ears,fingers & hands, decorate my hair with flowers for you to look at me,
burning desire for you alone satisfies your eyes!
You taste my unworthy offerings the moment I say, "Krishnarpanam"
devotion alone satisfies your taste buds!
You hear my songs discounting my unsweetened voice,
Bakthi alone satisfies your ears!
You read my poems whether it rhymes or not,
just a thought of you alone satisfies your heart!
I read slokas perhaps entangled with flaws,
just the very thought of impressing you alone impresses you!
I am drowning in this materialistic ocean & call out to you surrendering myself unto your feet,
Just that surrendering moment alone satisfies your beautiful feet!
Deeply struck by your love dipped arrow perhaps aimed at arousing me, I cry in pain,
just the tears of separation alone melts your heart & satisfies YOU!
How Kind! How sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet ! How Lovable R U Sri Hari !!! May this devotee, slave, lover, friend, wife be bound in your thoughts for ever & ever..! No matter how many births it takes to hug you & kiss you, let my heart always long for you and crave for you!! Meera used to say, "Giridhari, I can't even forget you for more than 2 seconds!" Oh my Hari! Let me also be bound in your thoughts likewise.....Forever!
Love U Narayana!
