Blessed birds

courtesy: Sri.KV.Anantanarayanan

*धन्यानां गिरिकन्धरेषु वसतां ज्योतिः परां ध्यायतां*
*आनन्दाश्रुजलं पिबन्ति शकुनाः निःशङ्कं अङ्के शयाः।*
*अस्माकं तु मनोरथोपरचितप्रासादवापीतट*
*क्रीडाकाननकेळिकौतुकजुषाम् आयुः परं क्षीयते॥१४॥*
*भर्त्तृहरेः वैराग्यशतकात्*

*dhanyānāṁ girikandhareṣu vasatāṁ jyotiḥ parāṁ dhyāyatāṁ*
*ānandāśrujalaṁ pibanti śakunāḥ niḥśaṅkaṁ aṅke śayāḥ|*
*asmākaṁ tu manorathoparacitaprāsādavāpītaṭa*
*krīḍākānanakeḻikautukajuṣām āyuḥ paraṁ kṣīyate||14||*
*bharttṛhareḥ vairāgyaśatakāt*

*dhanyaanaaM girikandhareSu vasataaM jyotiH paraaM dhyaayataaM*
*aanandaashrujalaM pibanti shakunaaH niHsha~NkaM a~Nke shayaaH.*
*asmaakaM tu manorathoparachitapraasaadavaapiitaTa*
*kriiDaakaananakeLikautukajuSaam aayuH paraM kSiiyate..14..*
*bharttR^ihareH vairaagyashatakaat*

*the futile search of the mortals for finding happiness in worldly objects
is underlined by the philosopher king Bhartruhari in his Vairagyasataka.*

*The birds flying free in the yonder skies are blissful as they visit the
blessed ascetics who do penance in the remote caves of the mountains and are
shedding tears of ecstacy on discovering the ultimate bright light of
divinity. Those birds nuzzle on the laps of the great sages and eagerly
drink those tears of sweet realization . Indeed blessed are those birds. We
the human beings travel in the chariots of our imaginations visiting the
playhouses of desire seeking temporary pleasures and in this process our
lifetime is getting depleted and wasted for ever.*

*Even the birds which according to our perception have no sixth sense
realize how noble the seers who are sitting in penance are and without any
inhibition they occupy their laps. The human tears which taste salty for
us, are sweet when it flows from the enlightened eyes of those sages..and
the teardrops are drunk by the birds as if it is honey. The absolute trust
in the nobility of the divine make the lives of such birds divine. But we
human beings, run after ephemeral pleasures and waste away our lives. *
*As Shankara says, "Lokam shokahatam cha samastham.."*

knr

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