AdiSankara
Luminous on the snowy Himalaya
The effulgence of Kaladi Kerala
The beacon light up there spirited
From south of Bharath enlightened
Bestowed the blest Sivaguru and Aryamba
Lord siva born to them, great Sankara
Not an ordinary child but divine
Did he younger resort to be a sanyasin
Would a mother consent? Aryamba didn't
Yet she soon couldn't but consent
Destiny, a crocodile to Sankara threw a life-threat
Relieved him demanding he be an ascetic asset
Thence Aryamba let Sankara renounce, go yonder
Was she then mollified to be attened to later
Set out Sankara for an accomplished guru atlast
For he in search of an ascetic tryst
Guru of gurus Govindapada
Sought after on the banks of river Narmada
Not a boy of toy trinkets, Sankara
Became to his credits early a Paramahamsa
Wonder was he then just eight years
An adept became seer of seers
Bespoken over era and era
His spirituality, the Advaitha
Travelled far and wide Sankara
Expounded Upanishads Sutras and Gita
Composed commentaries the Bhashyas
To this day spoken about in praises
An occasion Sankara for his old mother
Routed elseway Purna river
Favourably for her daily ablution
En route near by his house on diversion
Sankara the giver of prosperity
Did once reward a lady of abject poverty
With golden gooseberries out of divine ability
On receiving the only fruit had that pious laity
One anecdote scaled up his power
Gushing forth once into floods Narmada river
Sankara encapsulated it in his vessel prior
Released it in the banks later
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poem by Indira Renganathan
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