Pray For Me Brother - Rahman & BharatBala - Divx

There is a striking disparity in our world today. Lives are grossly varied in terms of wealth, comfort and quality across the globe. One part of the world lives joyfully in freedom and plenty while another part exists in pain and misery. Even with the reach of the global media, it is a tragic reality that the more fortunate souls of the world live in relative ignorance of the plight of their less fortunate, suffering brethren whose lives are touched by war, famine, disease and poverty.

In 1998, after averting a major crisis in the Middle East through diplomatic means, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan had spoken the following words: ‘Never underestimate the power of prayer.’ In his eyes, it was prayer that finally gave any material means the agency to make the world a better place. Prayer is selfless. Prayer is a sacrifice. Prayer is what connects us to those less fortunate than ourselves. Prayer is love and love itself is the ultimate healer.

‘Pray for Me Brother’is a song about the emotion that lies at the heart of prayer – the emotion of love. It re-instils our faith in love’s power to heal and reminds us that that there are those in this world who need of our gestures of healing and comfort.

The film attempts to bring these two worlds together through its story and in doing so depicts the dawning of a particular realization on its protagonist – that he need not wait for a reason to show kindness, that now was the time for him to offer a healing prayer to his brothers and sisters in need across the world.



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Music Director - A.R. Rahman
Producer - Bharat Bala
Lyrics of Pray for me brother (Lyrics by Blaaze)

Pray for me brother
Pray for me brother
Pray for me sister
Are you searchin’….
Pray for me brother

Lookin’ for the answers To all the questions In my life
Will I be alone Will you be there By my side
Is it something he said Is it something he did
I wonder why He is searchin’ For the answers
To stay alive

Could you ever listen Could you ever care
To speak your mind
Only for a minute For only one moment
In time

The joy is around us But show me the love
That we must find
Are you searchin’ For a reason to be kind, to be kind…
He said… Pray for me brother

Pray for me brother Pray for me sister
Pray for me brother Say
what you wanna say now
But keep your hearts open
Be what you wanna be now
Let’s heal the confusion
Pray for me brother

Don’t let me take When you don’t wanna give
Don’t be afraid Just let me live
Don’t let me take When you don’t wanna give
Don’t be afraid Say what you wanna say now
But keep your hearts open

Be what you wanna be now Let’s heal the confusion
Pray for me brother Pray for me brother
I’m ashamed ah, brother be dying of poverty
when he down on his knees its only then he prays
And it’s a shame ah, brother be dying of ignorance
cos the world is a trip and everybody’s a hypocrite
Need to stop ah , taking a look at the other
I’m not ashamed of poverty
need to be making his life better
So think about it, think about it once more
cos life is a blessing and it’s not justa show, ah
Round and round the world is spinning around

We need to be singing a prayer, we need to be singing it now
Round and round the world is turning around
We need to be singing a prayer, we need to be singing it now
Need to be feeling the power, need to be feeling the faith
We need to coming together just to win this race

Need to be feeling the power, need to be feeling the faith
We need to coming together just to win this race (twice)
Are you searching for a reason to be kind ?

సరోజ దళ నేత్రి హిమగిరి పుత్రి - M S Subbulakshmi

Saroja.mp3

sarOja daLa nEtri – SankarAbharaNam – Adi

Syama sastry praises the noble qualities, the enchanting beauty and the boundless compassion of Meenakshi.

P	సరోజ దళ నేత్రి హిమగిరి పుత్రి నీ పదాంబుజములె సదా నమ్మినా నమ్మ శుభమిమ్మ శ్రీ మీనాక్షమ్మ ||	Oh daughter of Himagiri, your eyes are like petals of lotus. I have faith in your lotus feet. Oh Mother Meenakshi (one who has fish shaped eyes), bestow me happiness. ||
AP	పరాకు సేయక వరదాయని నీ వలె దైవము లోకములో గలదా పురాణి శుక పాణి మధుర వేణి సదా సివునికి రాణి ||	Is there any other God in this world who bestows boons like you. Don’t be indifferent towards me. You are primeval. Your tresses look like a black swarm of bees. You hold a parrot in your hand. You are the queen of Sada Siva. ||
C	కోరి వచ్చిన వారి కెల్ల ను కోర్కె లొసగే బిరుదు కదా అతి భారమా నన్ను బ్రోవ తల్లి క్రుపా వాల నే తాళ జాల నే ||	You are famous for fulfilling the wishes of your devotees. Am I a burden to you? I can not bear this delay, Oh all merciful Goddess. ||
C	ఇందు ముఖి కరుణించు మని నిన్నెంతో వేడు కొంటిని నా యందు జాగేలనమ్మా మర్యాద గాదు దయావథి నీవు||	You have moon like face. I sought your grace repeatedly, why this delay? It is not befitting you. You are the repository of kindness. ||
C	సామ గాన వినోదిని గుణ ధామ శ్యామ క్రిష్ణ వినుత శుక శ్యామలా దేవి నీవే గతి రతి కామ కామ్యద కావ వే నన్ను||	You immerse pleasantly in the music of Samaveda. You are the abode of noble qualities. You are worshipped by Syama Krishna. You re my refuge, Oh Syamala Devi. You enchant even Rati and Manmatha (Gods of Love). Protect me, Oh Mother. ||

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Bhaja Govindam

Bhaja Govindam

Bhaja Govindam was written by Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya.

Bhaja govindaM is one of the minor compositions of the spiritual giant, Adi Shankaracharya . It is classified as a prakaraNa grantha, a primer to the major works . Though sung as a bhajan, it contains the essence of vedanta and implores the man to think, Why am I here in this life ? Why am I amassing wealth, family, but have no peace ? What is the Truth ? What is the purpose of life ? The person thus awakened gets set on a path to the inner road back to the God principle.

Bhaja Govindam



bhaja govindaM

bhajagovindaM bhajagovindaM
govindaM bhajamuuDhamate .
saMpraapte sannihite kaale
nahi nahi rakshati DukR^iJNkaraNe .. 1..




Worship Govinda, worship Govinda, worship Govinda, Oh fool ! Rules of grammar will not save you at the time of your death.

mUDha jahiihi dhanaagamatR^ishhNaaM
kuru sadbuddhiM manasi vitR^ishhNaam.h .
yallabhase nijakarmopaattaM
vittaM tena vinodaya chittam.h .. 2..




Oh fool ! Give up your thrist to amass wealth, devote your mind to thoughts to the Real . Be content with what comes through actions already performed in the past.

naariistanabhara naabhiideshaM
dR^ishhTvaa maagaamohaavesham.h .
etanmaaMsaavasaadi vikaaraM
manasi vichintaya vaaraM vaaram.h .. 3..




Do not get drowned in delusion by going wild with passions and lust by seeing a woman's navel and chest . These are nothing but a modification of flesh . Fail not to remember this again and again in your mind.

naliniidalagata jalamatitaralaM
tadvajjiivitamatishayachapalam.h .
viddhi vyaadhyabhimaanagrastaM
lokaM shokahataM cha samastam.h .. 4..




The life of a person is as uncertain as rain drops trembling on a lotus leaf . Know that the whole world remains a prey to disease, ego and grief.

yaavadvittopaarjana saktaH
staavannija parivaaro raktaH .
pashchaajjiivati jarjara dehe
vaartaaM ko.api na pR^ichchhati gehe .. 5..




So long as a man is fit and able to support his family, see what affection all those around him show . But no one at home cares to even have a word with him when his body totters due to old age.

yaavatpavano nivasati dehe
taavatpR^ichchhati kushalaM gehe .
gatavati vaayau dehaapaaye
bhaaryaa bibhyati tasminkaaye .. 6..




When one is alive, his family members enquire kindly about his welfare . But when the soul departs from the body, even his wife runs away in fear of the corpse.

baalastaavatkriiDaasaktaH
taruNastaavattaruNiisaktaH .
vR^iddhastaavachchintaasaktaH
pare brahmaNi ko.api na saktaH .. 7..




The childhood is lost by attachment to playfulness . Youth is lost by attachment to woman . Old age passes away by thinking over many things . But there is hardly anyone who wants to be lost in parabrahman.

kaate kaantaa kaste putraH
saMsaaro.ayamatiiva vichitraH .
kasya tvaM kaH kuta aayaataH
tattvaM chintaya tadiha bhraataH .. 8..




Who is your wife ? Who is your son ? Strange is this samsaara, the world. Of whom are you ? From where have you come ? Brother, ponder over these truths.

satsaN^gatve nissN^gatvaM
nissaN^gatve nirmohatvam.h .
nirmohatve nishchalatattvaM
nishchalatattve jiivanmuktiH .. 9..




From satsanga, company of good people, comes non-attachment, from non-attachment comes freedom from delusion, which leads to self-settledness . From self-settledness comes Jiivan muktii.

vayasigate kaH kaamavikaaraH
shushhke niire kaH kaasaaraH .
kshiiNevitte kaH parivaaraH
GYaate tattve kaH saMsaaraH .. 10..




What good is lust when youth has fled ? What use is a lake which has no water ? Where are the relatives when wealth is gone ? Where is samsaara, the world, when the Truth is known ?

maa kuru dhana jana yauvana garvaM
harati nimeshhaatkaalaH sarvam.h .
maayaamayamidamakhilaM hitvaa
brahmapadaM tvaM pravisha viditvaa .. 11..




Do not boast of wealth, friends, and youth . Each one of these are destroyed within a minute by time . Free yourself from the illusion of the world of Maya and attain the timeless Truth.

dinayaaminyau saayaM praataH
shishiravasantau punaraayaataH .
kaalaH kriiDati gachchhatyaayuH
tadapi na muJNchatyaashaavaayuH .. 12..




Daylight and darkness, dusk and dawn, winter and springtime come and go . Time plays and life ebbs away . But the storm of desire never leaves.

dvaadashamaJNjarikaabhirasheshhaH
kathito vaiyaakaraNasyaishhaH .
upadesho bhuudvidyaanipuNaiH
shriimachchhankarabhagavachchharaNaiH .. 12a ..




This bouquet of twelve verses was imparted to a grammarian by the all-knowing Shankara, adored as the bhagavadpada.

kaate kaantaa dhana gatachintaa
vaatula kiM tava naasti niyantaa .
trijagati sajjanasaM gatiraikaa
bhavati bhavaarNavataraNe naukaa .. 13..




Oh mad man ! Why this engrossment in thoughts of wealth ? Is there no one to guide you ? There is only one thing in three worlds that can save you from the ocean of samsaara, get into the boat of satsanga, company of good people, quickly. Stanza attributed to Padmapada.

jaTilo muNDii luJNchhitakeshaH
kaashhaayaambarabahukR^itaveshhaH .
pashyannapi chana pashyati muuDhaH
udaranimittaM bahukR^itaveshhaH .. 14..




There are many who go with matted locks, many who have clean shaven heads, many whose hairs have been plucked out; some are clothed in orange, yet others in various colors --- all just for a livelihood . Seeing truth revealed before them, still the foolish ones see it not. Stanza attributed to Totakacharya.

aN^gaM galitaM palitaM muNDaM
dashanavihiinaM jataM tuNDam.h .
vR^iddho yaati gR^ihiitvaa daNDaM
tadapi na muJNchatyaashaapiNDam.h .. 15..




Strength has left the old man's body; his head has become bald, his gums toothless and leaning on crutches . Even then the attachment is strong and he clings firmly to fruitless desires. Stanza attributed to Hastamalaka.

agre vahniH pR^ishhThebhaanuH
raatrau chubukasamarpitajaanuH .
karatalabhikshastarutalavaasaH
tadapi na muJNchatyaashaapaashaH .. 16..




Behold there lies the man who sits warming up his body with the fire in front and the sun at the back; at night he curls up the body to keep out of the cold; he eats his beggar's food from the bowl of his hand and sleeps beneath the tree . Still in his heart, he is a wretched puppet at the hands of passions. Stanza attributed to Subodha.

kurute gaN^gaasaagaragamanaM
vrataparipaalanamathavaa daanam.h .
GYaanavihinaH sarvamatena
muktiM na bhajati janmashatena .. 17..




One may go to Gangasagar, observe fasts, and give away riches in charity ! Yet, devoid of jnana, nothing can give mukthi even at the end of a hundred births. Stanza attributed to vaartikakaara.

sura ma.ndira taru muula nivaasaH
shayyaa bhuutala majinaM vaasaH .
sarva parigraha bhoga tyaagaH
kasya sukhaM na karoti viraagaH .. 18..




Take your residence in a temple or below a tree, wear the
deerskin for the dress, and sleep with mother earth as your
bed . Give up all attachments and renounce all comforts . Blessed
with such vairgya, could any fail to be content ?
Stanza attributed to nityaananda.

yogarato vaabhogaratovaa
saN^garato vaa saN^gaviihinaH .
yasya brahmaNi ramate chittaM
nandati nandati nandatyeva .. 19..




One may take delight in yoga or bhoga, may have attachment or detachment . But only he whose mind steadily delights in Brahman enjoys bliss, no one else . Stanza attributed to anandagiriH.

bhagavad.h giitaa kiJNchidadhiitaa
gaN^gaa jalalava kaNikaapiitaa .
sakR^idapi yena muraari samarchaa
kriyate tasya yamena na charchaa .. 20..




Let a man read but a little from giitaa, drink just a drop of water from the ganges, worship but once muraari . He then will have no altercation with Yama . Stanza attributed to dRiDhabhakta.

punarapi jananaM punarapi maraNaM
punarapi jananii jaThare shayanam.h .
iha saMsaare bahudustaare
kR^ipayaa.apaare paahi muraare .. 21..




Born again, death again, again to stay in the mother's womb ! It is indeed hard to cross this boundless ocean of samsaara . Oh Murari ! Redeem me through Thy mercy. Stanza attributed to nityanaatha.

rathyaa charpaTa virachita kanthaH
puNyaapuNya vivarjita panthaH .
yogii yoganiyojita chitto
ramate baalonmattavadeva .. 22..




There is no shortage of clothing for a monk so long as there are rags cast off the road . Freed from vices and virtues, onward he wanders . One who lives in communion with god enjoys bliss, pure and uncontaminated, like a child and as an intoxicated. Stanza attributed to nityanaatha.

kastvaM ko.ahaM kuta aayaataH
kaa me jananii ko me taataH .
iti paribhaavaya sarvamasaaram.h
vishvaM tyaktvaa svapna vichaaram.h .. 23..




Who are you ? Who am I ? From where do I come ? Who is my mother, who is my father ? Ponder thus, look at everything as essenceless and give up the world as an idle dream. Stanza attributed to surendra.

tvayi mayi chaanyatraiko vishhNuH
vyarthaM kupyasi mayyasahishhNuH .
bhava samachittaH sarvatra tvaM
vaaJNchhasyachiraadyadi vishhNutvam.h .. 24..




In me, in you and in everything, none but the same Vishnu dwells . Your anger and impatience is meaningless . If you wish to attain the status of Vishnu, have samabhaava, equanimity, always. Stanza attributed to medhaatithira.

shatrau mitre putre bandhau
maa kuru yatnaM vigrahasandhau .
sarvasminnapi pashyaatmaanaM
sarvatrotsR^ija bhedaaGYaanam.h .. 25..




Waste not your efforts to win the love of or to fight against friend and foe, children and relatives . See yourself in everyone and give up all feelings of duality completely. Stanza attributed to medhaatithira.

kaamaM krodhaM lobhaM mohaM
tyaktvaa.atmaanaM bhaavaya ko.aham.h .
aatmaGYaana vihiinaa muuDhaaH
te pachyante narakaniguuDhaaH .. 26..




Give up lust, anger, infatuation, and greed . Ponder over your real nature . Fools are they who are blind to the Self . Cast into hell, they suffer there endlessly. Stanza attributed to bhaarativamsha.

geyaM giitaa naama sahasraM
dhyeyaM shriipati ruupamajasram.h .
neyaM sajjana saN^ge chittaM
deyaM diinajanaaya cha vittam.h .. 27..




Regularly recite from the Gita, meditate on Vishnu in your heart, and chant His thousand glories . Take delight to be with the noble and the holy . Distribute your wealth in charity to the poor and the needy. Stanza attributed to sumatir.

sukhataH kriyate raamaabhogaH
pashchaaddhanta shariire rogaH .
yadyapi loke maraNaM sharaNaM
tadapi na muJNchati paapaacharaNam.h .. 28..




He who yields to lust for pleasure leaves his body a prey to disease . Though death brings an end to everything, man does not give-up the sinful path.

arthamanarthaM bhaavaya nityaM
naastitataH sukhaleshaH satyam.h .
putraadapi dhana bhaajaaM bhiitiH
sarvatraishhaa vihiaa riitiH .. 29..




Wealth is not welfare, truly there is no joy in it . Reflect thus at all times . A rich man fears even his own son . This is the way of wealth everywhere.

praaNaayaamaM pratyaahaaraM
nityaanitya vivekavichaaram.h .
jaapyasameta samaadhividhaanaM
kurvavadhaanaM mahadavadhaanam.h .. 30..




Regulate the praaNa-s, life forces, remain unaffected by external influences and discriminate between the real and the fleeting . Chant the holy name of God and silence the turbulent mind . Perform these with care, with extreme care.

gurucharaNaambuja nirbhara bhakataH
saMsaaraadachiraadbhava muktaH .
sendriyamaanasa niyamaadevaM
drakshyasi nija hR^idayasthaM devam.h .. 31..




Oh devotee of the lotus feet of the Guru ! May thou be soon free from Samsara . Through disciplined senses and controlled mind, thou shalt come to experience the indwelling Lord of your heart !

muuDhaH kashchana vaiyaakaraNo
DukR^iJNkaraNaadhyayana dhuriNaH .
shriimachchhamkara bhagavachchhishhyai
bodhita aasichchhodhitakaraNaH .. 32..




Thus a silly grammarian lost in rules cleansed of his narrow vision and shown the Light by Shankara's apostles.

bhajagovindaM bhajagovindaM
govindaM bhajamuuDhamate .
naamasmaraNaadanyamupaayaM
nahi pashyaamo bhavataraNe .. 33..




Worship Govinda, worship Govinda, worship Govinda, Oh fool ! Other than chanting the Lord's names, there is no other way to cross the life's ocean.

My Ho-hum Life

"Enough of it.. thats fine." I feel like saying these words every now and then these days. Just because I feel soo tiresome. Lots to learn and lots to do. Learning by doing is not always true. Still holding on to be cheerful and alive. The same old hospital, same old work. Its been almost one year that I joined here. May be its because I am approaching the end of PGY-1 year, I feel dampened. And thats the reason I don't have any posts.

Meanwhile, I also have so many questions propping up. One clear cut question out of those like the essence of it is 'what next?'. Do people back home need help? Now? In future? (People getting service and goods for lower price would not appreciate the value of them. Apart from the few people who cannot really afford, people at higher economic strata try to exploit the services.)Or do I end up giving my services to people who don't need it?(Places where any economics doesn't work and only ergonomics do, would be an ideal place.) Can I stand alone with competition who wants business?
What about our social segregation factor - The caste?

What kind of specialty would be the best to go back home? In the first line, does it require a specialty? What would be the investment?