Its Ugadi today - 2025 already !

Dear blog,

I won't be posting much, but when I do, those posts will really matter to me.

So, this new year, below is a thought that struck a chord with me. I discovered this gem yesterday. The meaning is something I instantly fell in love with. Just jotting it down here to treasure it.

hukus bukus telli wann che kus

onum batta lodum deag

shwaas kich kich waangmayam

Brahmi charas puane chhokum

Brahmish batanye tekhis tyakha.

Itkayne ne Itkayne

Tse Kus Be Kus Teli Wan su Kus

Moh Batuk Logum Deg

Shwas Khich Khich Wang-mayam

Bhruman daras Poyun chokum

Tekis Takya bane Tyuk.

The Hukus Bukus is one of the most popular songs of the Pandits of Kashmir.The message of this poem is rooted in the spiritual tradition of Kashmir.

It is said that the tones produced by the arrangement of words in this poem as well as its rhythm has a calming effect for infants and toddlers of all times.

Tse Kus Be Kus Teli Wan su Kus = Who are you and who am I, then tell us who is he the creator that permeates through both you and I

Moh Batuk Logum Deg = Each day I feed my senses/body with the food of worldly attachment and material love (Moh = attachment)

Shwas Khich Khich Wang-mayam = For when the breath that I take in reaches the point of complete purification (Shwas = Breath)

Bhruman daras Poyun chokum = It feels like my mind is bathing in the water of divine love (Bhruman = nerve center in the human brain, poyun = water)

Tekis Takya bane Tyuk = Then I know I am like that sandal wood which is pasted for divine fragrance symbolic of universal divinity. I realize that I am, indeed, divine (Tyuk = Tika applied on the forehead)

Find this song on Youtube