Prasanthi Update - Neti Yashoda Karanam Subbamma

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Sent by a Dear Sai Brother from Prasanthi Nilayam : Neti Yashoda Karanam Subbamma: It is not a story untold. It is not a description of an unknown. Yet it had a great impact on the minds of the audiance and captured the heart of our

Sweet Lord. The portrayal of the story of karanam Subbamma by the children from Mahaboobnagar district was a phenomena by itself. The theme of the dance-drama was the relation between yashodha and Karanam subbamma. The story began with the scene of Akrura coming to visit Krishna to take him to the kingdom of Kamsa. In the dialogues that follow, yashodha is made to understand that she is not the mother of krishna and that

krishna is not an ordinary human, but the divine incarnation. With Krishna revealing his identity to yashodha, He also promises her that his relation with her as mother and child will not be taken away and that he will bless with one more such opportunity in the kaliyuga when He is born as Sathya Sai. The scene now shifts to Parthi village where karanam subbamma is lovingly feeding Sathya and his friends and she is always immersed in his thoughts. In the later scene, she declares that all her property wil be written in the name of Sathya for His work. She prays to him that when the last moment comes, He shud be with her and feed her the tulasi water such that she will reach His Feet. When the time comes for her departure, Swami is not in town and when doctors declare her dead, people comment that sathya has not kept his promise! Well, we all know that Swami did go there and revived her, fed her and made her leave in peace. The major highlights of this program was the wonderful telugu dialogues. Full marks to the script writer(s) and music. Digitally recorded tracks was pleasing to the ears. Clarity was the hallmark of the program. Acting, well, no words to describe. The cute young Sathya captured eveyones attention. The girl who acted as subbamma was crying in the end. She was so much involved in the role she played. Another nice thing was that instead of really showing the scene of Karanam Subbamma lying on her death bed, the scene was just narrated, to avoid making everyone become emotional!

Towards the end, a big portrait of Subbamma was displayed. The entire program was well organized with good settings. The dances inbetween were good with colourful costumes. The program brought back

memories of those beautiful days in Puttaparthi. Subbamma was truely yashoda of those days! Swami came down and spent time with the children. Gave them some gifts of love and also group photographs.The mahaboobnagar people had arranged for distribution of tricycles, computers, sewing machines, etc, for some deserved people. This was announced before this program commenced and swami blessed those. Om Sai Ram