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To my Amma - Happy Mother's Day

On the occasion of Mother's Day, I wrote a small piece for my mother.
My mother understands Tamil better. So though I wrote it in English first, I felt the Tamil one has its own beauty..

Mother is like the air that we breath..
Always present and we take her for granted
'My mother is the best cook in the whole world'
A statement that is true to every child's heart
Mother is the definition of unconditional love
the only expectation being our well being
The guaranteed person who can never hate us
even when we put the worst of us forth
Her anger subsides for our tears
like the boiling milk subsides for a sprinkle of water
"You will never understand unless you become a mother"
Resounds every time at all the occasions when it occurs to me now
I humbly thank the graceful Goddess for giving me
such a precious mother and the opportunity to be a mother
Savinayam tava pāvana mahāshakti roope dhanyavādah
(anugṛhitāsmi)
सविनयं तव पावन महाशक्ति  रूपे धन्यवादः (अनुगृहतास्मि)

எம் சுவாசக் காற்றே 
என்றும் கேளாமல் துணையிருப்பாள் 
'என் தாயிட்ட அன்னத்திற்கு நிகரில்லை'
என ருசித்து ரசிக்காத ஓர் பிள்ளையுண்டோ
வரையற்ற அன்பிற்கு பொருளானவள் 
பிரதிபலனாய் நம் நன்மை ஒன்றே எதிர்ப்பார்ப்பவள்
நம்மை ஒரு பொழுதும் எதற்காகவும் வெறுக்காதவள் 
மோசத்தில் மோசமாய் நடந்தாலும் பாசத்தால் பொறுப்பவள் 
பொங்கும் பாலில் சிறு துளி தண்ணீரிட்டது போல் 
கோபத்தில் கொந்தளித்தால் நம் துளிக் கண்ணீரில் கரைந்திடுவாள்
"நீ அம்மாவா ஆகும் போது தான் புரியும்"
எனும் குரல் எண்ணிலடங்கா முறை எமக்கு ஒலிக்கின்றது 
பூவுலகின் தேவியே! 
உன் தயவால் எமக்கொரு ஈடிணையற்ற தாய் தந்ததல்லாது 
இவ்வடியவளையும் தாயாக்கியதற்கு 
தாழ்மையுடன் வணங்குகின்றேன் !

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