My Mother, Pappykutty Saraswati Amma.

Yesterday was Amma's birthday, she would have been 68. God bless her gentle soul. Here is a prayer she would often recite and ironically is symbolic of her life:

"Oottamayulloru Ettumanoorennu kettitteyulloo jnan poyittilla !
Pokenam avidekkay, kanenam Bhagavane,ennurach-anpodu yatrayayi.
Kunnum malakalum, kundum kuzhikalum, vrukshangal-onnum thanalum-illa;
Vellam kutiyanjittullam thalarunnu, deham thalarnitha veenitunnu,
Kaasum kayyililla, kattum thanal-illa,aarum thunayilla ee vazhikku;
Ingine chellumbol valiya kulam kandu, valiya kulathil kulichu vannu.
Ponnum kotimaram, ratna kotikkoora, azhaka`-thazhikutam kanaay vannu;
Mandapam thannil irikkunna yakshikku,azha-kaasum patta`da kazhcha vachu;
Hara-Hara nadhante thirunatayil chennu, thaanu-veenu-anpodu kumbidunnen.
Valiya vilakkile` mashiyetuth-anpodu, kannum-ezhuthi kai kooppidunnen.
ottamayulloru Ettumanoorappa, Pottee jnan nin-paadam kumbidunnen ! "