20 Sep 2008, Amritapuri
Yesterday night, at the very end of the evening bahajns Amma sang a heart-stirring version of “He Amba”. When she told the musicians on stage about her choice of the song they exchanged glances and smiled at each other. They must have thought to themselves: Amma, who has a repertoire of thousands of devotional songs in dozens of languages, chooses to sing this simple Namavali at the climax of her bhajans?
But in fact, there is no such thing like a simple song for Amma. She can infuse the greatness of her devotion into any bhajan. Raising her hands high Amma called out again and again “Amba, Amba, Jaya Jagadamba, Akhilandeshwari Jaya Jagadamba”. Just a short time ago, she was hugging thousands of people like a mother. Now she seemed to be a small girl who was consumed/intoxicated by the longing for her mother. Singing along with Amma, I was was thinking o myself – Which better example can there be to inspire us to do both – love and care for all as if they were our own children and at the same time remain a beginner, an innocent child in front of God.
– Nath
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