Sunday, January 8, 2012

Vemana - on austerities and against caste


తనదు తల్లి లంజ, తన యాలు మాదిగే,
శ్రీ పతికి గురువు వసిష్ట్తుడ' రయ
తపము చేత ద్విజుడు! తగ్గింప కులమే'ట్లు?
విశ్వధాభిరామ, వినుర వేమ




His mother was a prostitute, and his wife a pariar;
yet Vasishtha was the tutor to the noble Rama: by austerities he became a brahmin,
but if you look to his caste, what is it like?
Listen O Vema, dear to the Lord of all !

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