I was sitting outside my room above the bhajan hall when I saw some white saris moving at the speed of light towards the stage which usually of course means that Amma is coming or going somewhere. My sisters, the brahmacharinis have a sixth sense of some sort, I feel. Amma was arriving for bhajans unusually early at around 6.10 pm, having finished darshan already. Quickly grabbing everything I ran down and made it just in time. Sometimes I feel that Amma wants to break routine in order to test the awareness of the ashramites. I remember long time ago when this kind of unpredictability was a hallmark of ashram life here in Amritapuri. I always kept everything ready, even at night, because Amma might any moment call for something, like a night meditation on the beach, some sand seva or just for something fun together with Her children. Nowadays Amma is so busy that She does not have so much time for these kind of things, but still sometimes She finds time for little surprises like going swimming with everybody.
My mind is wandering; I was supposed to write about the bhajans.
Amma’s hair was ruffled after giving darshan for so many hours. She was in a very sweet mood and the ruffled hair made her somehow look even more beautiful in my eyes.
Amma sang the following:

Jai Ganesha Jai Ekadanta
Viraha Ki Badal (Murali Bajate Ana)
Manasa Vacha Karmana
Keva Bhavama (Gujarati)
Mere Vich Ram (Punjabi)
Adi Parashakti (Tamil Version)

Swarna who plays the keyboard was still on her way back from the institute on the otherside of the backwaters, so Sathya played for the first two bhajans. He was clearly enjoying himself, ornamenting the raga with some interesting sounding licks. Swarna came up in time to take over for Manasa Vacha Karmana.
There was a new Gujarati song called Keva Bhavama.
After singing Adi Parashakti, Amma ended the bhajans at around 7.30 pm.

Vishwanath
7.9.2006