{"id":9354,"date":"2024-01-19T23:34:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T23:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=9354"},"modified":"2024-01-19T23:38:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T23:38:30","slug":"9354","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=9354","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7p6luBLzetM?si=xvP40E-kQY2Jmyew\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>One of the Greatest Exemplars,\nOf the Immortal, Eternal  Lovers,\nIs Mother Parvathy, alias Prakriti,\nPining for Union with Purusha, her Lord !\n\nThis Cosmic Romance, this Celestal Dalliance,\nIs the main theme of the Master Poet. Kalidasa.\nThe Statue of the Divine Mother meditating,\nHas been defined as a beauteous, musical Sculpure !\n\n\nAmongst the famous daughters of the Bard,\nThis is the best symbol of Love Eternal !\nKalidasante Priya Nandinimaril,\nKamaneeya Sangeeta Nrithya Silpam !&nbsp;\n\nThou art the Eternal Lover,\nWho sacrifced everything for the Greatest !\nAnugraha Hridaya Devanu vendi,\nAnaswarayayoru Kamuki Nee !\n\nOne of the greatest poems,\nBirth of the Prince, Kumara Sambhava,\nWas born, after this Divine Marriage,\nIn the Moonlight which rained flowers !\n\nParvathy Swayamvaram kazhinka raavil.\nPushpa mazhathookum Vasantha Nilavil\nOru Deva Tapaswini Dhanyayai nilkum,\nKumara Sambhava Kavyam Unarnoo !\n\nIgnoring Day and Night,\nAnd attired in deerskin,\nChanting Siva's Maha Mantra,\nThou meditated to Transcendence !\n\nManjilum Mazhayilum Thozhuthu Ninnoo Nee,\nPon Thamara Poo Makulam Pole !\nVara Thingal Kala Choodum Priya Kamukane,\nVaral Manjal Kuri thottu Kathirunnu !\n\nBraving snows and rains,\nThou meditated to Glory !\nWith the turmeric mark as symbol,\nThou waited for the Crescent Wearer !\n\nHe came, disguised as a mendicant,\nTo test thee wuth His trials and tribulations !\nApi&nbsp;swashaktya tapasi Pravartate,\nShareeram Adyam Khalu Dharma&nbsp;Sadhanam !\n\nWhy torture thy body, the Lord asked,\nInstead of resting, thou art meditating  !\nHasnt the Body been given priority,\nIn the tripod of Body, Mind &amp; Self !\n\nKalidasa had voiced,\nOne of the greetest statements !\nWithout the body, no Self Actualisation,\nHence the Body deserves priority !\n\nSame opinion was voiced by Chanakya,\nThat Artha is the basis of Purusharthas Four !\nArtha eva pradhana iti Kautilya,\nArtha moolau hi Dharma Kamaviti !\n\nKalidasa was hailed as one of the greatest,\nBy Germany's illustrious poet, Goethe.\nGoethe glimpsed the absoluteness of Poetry,\nIn Shakntala, one of Kalidasa's works !\n\nAiswaryam yadi vanchasi priyathame,\nShakuntalm Drishyatam\nIf there is an integration of Heaven and Earth,\nIt is here !  It is here !&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n\nA Tribute Glorious\n\nOnly a genius poet can appreciate another, Su Kaveer Sabda Soubhagyam Sat Kaveer vetti na para, averred Kalidasa,\n\nReminiscent of Longfellow's tribute to Dante\n\n\" A mendicant, he ate the biiter bread of others,\nBut repaid their meagre gifts, with Immortality !\"\n\nOr Tagore's tribute to Aurobindo\n\n\" Rabindranath, O Aurobindo, bows to thee\"\n\nwas Changampuzha's tribute to Kalidasa !\n\n\nThe world was stunned, as thou planted the Victory Flag,\nWith Fame immortal, O Poet Universal !\nComing to thy feet are compliments galore\nFrom a galaxy of intellectuals high !\n\nVismayamakave Viswa Maha Kave\nVikhyati kondu Jayakkodi Natti Nee !\nAgamikkunnu ha Nin kalkal ippozhum,\nLokapratibhathan Kooppu kai mottukal !\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9354"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9357,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9354\/revisions\/9357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}