Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
Dear mother, when you were lying
with a broken bone
they asked me
how you were.
I said better;
Thiruppavai and Thyagiah’s Kritis
flowed from your melodious lips;
Doctors assured
nothing wrong.
I was happy
Mrityu was kept away.
Soon a spectral laughter arose
as if from nowhere
like skeleton dancers
bobbing up and down
around a burning pyre
in the midnight graveyard
sending amidst its peals
a noose to strangle
the string. of the lyre,
to put out the orbs
that gave serene light.
A chill wrapt me
with a death-like grip.
Thiruppavai: 30 devotional songs sung by Sri Andal, one of the Vaishnavite Alwars, addressed to Lord Krishna in the month of Mrigaseesha.
Thyagiah: A great music composer born in the 19th century in Tanjore District, who devoted himself to the service of Lord Rama.
Mrityu: Lord of Death.