From the Corner of Her Eye

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Ambe, Ninte Kadaaksham Tarename!

 

18 May 2006 – Kaimanam, Trivandrum, Kerala

 

Amma reached her ashram in Kaimanam, Trivandum at 3:00 pm. She was greeted

by hundreds of devotees who were busy making the final preparations for the

Brahmasthanam Festival that will begin there tonight and will finish up

Monday morning.

 

Amma's room is on the ashram's first floor, a balcony level overlooking

the main temple. Upon Amma's arrival in Trivandrum, it is a tradition for

her to walk upstairs and shower flower petals upon the devotees gathered

below. This year's visit was no exception. The devotees chanted "Om

Amriteswaryai Namah" and reached out for Amma like baby birds crying for

what the mother has brought back to the nest.

 

It was a rather intimate crowd, so most of the people standing below could

see Amma very easily. But Amma was not satisfied with her view of them. So

Amma bent down, lowering her head to the railing so as to be able to see the

few people standing outside of her line of sight. Such a simple gesture. So

spontaneous. A gaze so full of love it brought tears to all the eyes it

reached.

 

In the temple, the devotee prays for the god's kadaaksham1, who says prayers

go unanswered?

 

The temple doors open and the devotee unburdens his heart. For how many

lifetimes we must have prayed for a god we could not only see but also

touch.

 

—Kannadi

 

1 Kadaaksham literally means "a look from the corner of the eye." In a Hindu

temple (especially Siva and Devi temples), the idol faces, and looks,

straight ahead, and one does not stand directly before it. Thus, eye to eye

contact can only come from God blessing one with his kadaaksham.

http://www.amritapuri.org/amma/2006/605katasham.php

 

 

 

 

 

 

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