Golden words from Saint Poet Vemana....V

  Golden words fromSaint Poet Vemana.....V

Prof Dr Colonel ( Retired) K Prabhakar Rao 

                    Vemana a saint poet is believed to have lived in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India during 17-18 centuries. He enjoyed worldly pleasures and company of women in his youth without a check and is believed to have renounced the world at a later stage much disillusioned with the way of world. His poems are popular with common men and   he spelt out his poems in simple Telugu poetey that could be very easily understood. His poems reflect the social and political conditions of that age and ills in the society.  The European officer C Brown of British Government who was an officer in the related district where Vemana roamed and lived has done a great amount of research work. Some of his Telugu poems are presented as translated English poems that send an universal message to the people of the world.  

                              

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 One need to detach from attachment on son, wife and wealth

Unless done , One can not control the mind

To attain bliss control of mind is  a must

Thus spoke Vemana to  men whom he could find  

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 One would achieve success when God is with him

The summary of epic Mahabharatha is thus simple and straight

Know! The side with Krishna won the war at last

And thus spoke Vemana to people free of any hate   

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 God is found in stones, metals, trees, pictures, and statues

He manifests in everything around and without him there is none

One can also find him within own self

Thus spoke Vemana with conviction  to all and one 

 

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It is a must to concentrate ones’s mind

And it is the only and best course of action at hand

Have faith in  God and live the life in the world

Thus spoke Vemana while roaming over the  lands             

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The one master of all worlds, and doing good all the time

Find the knowledgeable in   who is the God in  one’s own

And he would reside eternally within ones heart

Thus spoke Vemana  to people roaming  around alone

 

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