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The immaculate music from the Veena, The luminous evening full moon, The cool pleasant breeze, The generous spring season, The buzz of the honey bees, near a cool pond with fresh water flowers, and I perceive everything under the shelter of my supreme Lord's feet. Appar Tirunavukkarasar( "King of the Tongue, Lord of Language"), was a seventh-century Saiva Tamil poet-saint. He praised Lord Shiva and composed nearly 4900 hymns but unfortunately only 313 hymns are available today. I translated a hymn here and fortunately it is applicable to all religions...

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Date: 3/30/2018 12:16:00 PM
Indeed! Thank you for the translation. It is very inspirational, Supraja.
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Date: 3/30/2018 6:24:00 AM
An inspiring spiritual hymn presented in a faithful translation dearest, Supraja!
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Date: 3/29/2018 3:54:00 PM
It's a beautiful poem of gratitude, Supraja. Thanks for the translation.
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Date: 3/27/2018 2:15:00 PM
You describe a blissful environment..enlightening poem!
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Supraja Kannan
Date: 3/28/2018 12:46:00 AM
Thank you so much... Glad you liked it...
Date: 3/27/2018 1:15:00 PM
Wow what na awesome poem... Great translatoin..
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Supraja Kannan
Date: 3/28/2018 12:46:00 AM
Thank you So... Glad you liked it...

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