The Haunting piano refrain and Arijit's mellow softness to the high octave violin and his crescendo later on, blows my mind. Shoutout to Amitabh Bhatacharya for the lyrics🔥 The song sets a somber mood with the use of Cello, violins and piano❤️❤️
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Sorry for long thread😬
💞Trailokya: “How do we dry up our craving for worldly pleasures?”
Sri Ramakrishna: “Call on the Divine Mother with a longing heart. The liquid of worldly desire dries up on seeing Her; your attachment to “lust and greed” will fully disappear. It happens at the very moment you realize, that He is your own Mother. He is not your stepmother; He is your own Mother! Be earnest and even stubborn with Her!
A boy holds onto his mother’s sari, when he asks her for money to buy a kite. Perhaps the mother is busy talking to other women, and at first she refuses outright, saying: “No, your father doesn’t want me to give you any money. I’ll ask him, when he comes. You might cause an accident by playing with a kite now”. But when the boy starts crying and refuses to leave, the mother says to her friends: “Just wait a minute, sisters. Let me pacify this boy. I’ll be right back”. Saying this, she opens her cash box with a key and throws a pice to the boy. You also must become stubborn with the Mother. She will certainly grant you Her vision.
I said the same thing to some Sikhs. They had come to the Kali temple at Dakshineswar. We talked in front of Mother Kali’s shrine, and they said: “God is all compassion”.
I said: “How is that?”
They answered: “Because, Sir, He is always looking after us. He gives us righteousness (Dharma) and wealth (Artha) – everything. He gives us food”.
I said: “When somebody has children, doesn’t he take the responsibility of feeding them? Does somebody else from the neighborhood take up the duty?””
The sub-judge: “So is He not compassionate, sir?”
Sri Ramakrishna: “Why should He not be? I only told them that He is our very own”.
("Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita" word to word translation by Sri Dharm Pal Gupta, V1, Section XII, Chapter V, “Another Visit To The Sinthi Brahmo Samaj”, 19 October 1884, pp. 284-5)
Just 12 years of age. Son of a boatman in Dhenkanal. Refused to help the British Police cross the Brahmani river. Martyred.
What courage, resolve and love for motherland!
Remembering Shaheed Baji Rout on his birthday today.
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