#09 (Thyagaraja) A Good Start Comments

Your rich vocabulary is to be commended. Written with elegance. More than worthy of a ten. Best regards, Sandra

Coming to Raga Bilahari i remember the way that raga was handled by Ilayaraja in the Tamil film ' Unnal Mudiyum Thambi' with kamal and gemini ganesan in the lead; the song ' Maanida saevai drogama ' is my favourite and whenever i am hit in my charity work i play that song; I am impressed that Thyagaiyya sang his first song in that raga again i am touched by another area about ' nail defeating the moon '(para 14 of yr poem) In Lalitha Sahasranamam my Divine Mother is described as ' Nakhadheeti Sanchanna namajjana thamoghunaayai Namah '...which means in Sanskrit i salute the one who removes the darkness which resides in the heart of Her children with the light of Her toe nails'.... Many such jewels strike me...but i get drowned in Her grace of making Her children think about Her in unique ways.... You will not believe. I am very tight scheduled dying to get 30 hrs plus per day but your Saint makes me read everyday; today being ' Adi velli kizhamai combined with Varalakshmi vradham' its a coincidence or rather the wish of my Mother to remember Her throu' the great man' s life presented by another great man Rajaram You should live for 500 years for this bliss only