RAJYALAKSHMI and SPB

 

V. S. Rajyalakshmi, M.Sc.

The huge fan of the music maestro SPB

Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam

Born on June 4, 1946 in Konetammapeta, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh

Left on  September 25, 2020 at Chennai

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V.S. రాజ్యలక్ష్మి  ( V. S. Rajyalakshmi )
పెరుందురై- ( Perundurai )
Ph: 9190549420

25-09-2023  ( the day of the 3rd Death Anniversary of SPB )

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Not a day passes for Rajyalakshmi without enjoying a video of a musical concert of SPB.

            She is such a lover of music that she
 sold her only gold chain, while studying M.Sc. in Visakhapatnam, in 1965,  to buy a radiogram which is still with her, half-a-century later.  The photo of the radiogram is below, and the "Love Story" about this radiogram is in the  links below :  

(1)  https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2020/04/rama-prasad-and-radiogram.html   

(2)    https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2017/04/my-love-story-good-old-days_30.html

 

Long ago, we sang the dirge of these outdated big-sized gadgets. The youngsters of today would not have seen those disks and gadgets since they are relics of the past. 

The good old times :  click on  https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2017/04/my-love-story-good-old-days_30.html

An  EDITORIAL  in  TNIE

            The newspaper report above gives a brief information about SPB.  Detailed documentation will be in the form of books, audios and videos.  

            We are very unhappy with the loss of the iconic music giant.  We are equally unhappy with the "Modern Medicine" which could not save him.  Nine months on, we are still groping in the dark corridors of COVID-19 treatment protocols.  It is unfortunate that SPB got this at this point of time when there is no sure and safe way of treatment. He was in the hands of the high-tech medicine right from the very beginning of the mild symptoms.  He walked into the hospital almost as a normal person.  He said he was feeling fine and that the doctors advised him to take rest and medicines at home.  In his video clip, he said he was getting admitted into the hospital just to be away from callers, to ensure rest and safety from infection.  Then 52 days passed by,  but couldn't come out alive.  The doctors said that the singer 'remained pleasant, patient and determined through his 52 days of hospitalisation'. Read the following report:  --  T. Rama Prasad

            Tears dripped down when Rajyalakshmi heard the sad news.  She never saw him in real life.  That's the attachment that SPB had cemented himself to music lovers all over the world.  That's the influence of fine arts which overrides many other merits.  For example, the internationally eminent nuclear scientist and the former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission, Sekhar Babu died of COVID-19 more or less at the same time when SPB departed.  For most of the people it is just a passing news.  It didn't evoke a huge emotional response outside his circle of kith and kin.

This demonstrates the connectivity between mind and music.  Music is DIVINE.  SPB is DIVINE.  Eternal.  Immortal.  Immortalised by the world record of his voice box -- 40,000 and more of songs which would be at the click of a finger for ever,  thanks to the digital technology.

                                       --  T. Rama Prasad

Some of the POEMS written on the music maestro

Hereunder is one of the poems of Mrs. V. S. Rajyalakshmi, M.Sc., Perundurai on the legendary BALU which is published on 27.09.2022 in the "Metro Udayam Telugu Daily" newspaper.

See below:  an ingeniously designed picture of SPB made up of letters (Telugu) of the titles of his songs !  Magnify and read.

சென்னையில் தீவிர சிகிச்சைப் பிரிவில் தன் உடலில் பல இடங்களில் பலதரப்பட்ட கருவிகள் பொருத்தப்பட்டுஉறக்கத்தில் இருந்தார் எஸ்பிபி. திடீரென்று முழிப்புத் தட்டியது. தன்னைப் பற்றியும் தற்போதைய நிலைமையைப்பற்றியும் உடனே தெளிவடைந்தார். அந்த சமயத்தில் அவரெதிரே மிகுந்த பிரகாசமான ஓர் உருவம் தோன்றியது. வந்திருப்பது அந்த இறைவனே என்பதை அறிந்தார். கை கூப்பினார். ஒரு சில நிமிடங்கள் அமைதியாகக் கரைந்தன.

 

“மகனே என்னிடம் ஏதாவது பேசத் தோன்றவில்லையா உனக்கு?”

 

இல்லை என்று தலையசைத்தார் எஸ்பிபி. 

 

“எனக்கு ஏன் இந்த நிலைமை என்று கேட்பாயோ?” 

 

இல்லை என்று மீண்டும் தலையசைத்தார். “எனக்கு மட்டும் இந்த அளவு குரல்வளம் தந்தாய். கோடிக்கணக்கானரசிகர்களைத் தந்தாய். பலபேரின் வாழ்க்கையில் மாற்றத்தை உணரவைக்கும் திறமையைத் தந்தாய். இதெல்லாம்எனக்கு மட்டும் ஏன் என்று நான் கேட்டேனா? அதுபோலத்தான் இதையும் நான் ஏற்றுக் கொண்டிருக்கிறேன். ஏதோஎன் வினைப்பயன் கழிந்து கொண்டிருப்பதாக நினைத்துக் கொள்கிறேன்”

 

இறைவன் முகத்தில் புன்னகை. “உன்னை ஏன் எல்லோருக்கும் பிடித்திருக்கிறது தெரியுமா?” 

 

“என் பாடல்கள். அதனை அவ்வளவு அருமையாக வடிவமைத்துக் கொடுத்த இசையமைப்பாளர்களுக்கும்பாடலாசிரியர்களுக்கும் மிக்க நன்றி”

 

“பாடல்கள் மட்டுமா?” 

 

வேறு என்ன என்பதுபோல் பார்த்தார் எஸ்பிபி.

 

“நீ உண்மையான மனிதத்துவம் அறிந்த மனிதன். எந்த ஒரு சிறிய ஆத்மாவையும் மதிப்பவன்”

 

இரு கைகளையும் கூப்பினார் பாலு. 

 

“புகழின் உச்சியை அடைந்தாலும் அது உன் தலைக்கேறாது பார்த்துக்கொண்டாய். உன் நெருங்கிய நண்பன்உன்னைக் காயப்படுத்திய போதும், அடுத்த மேடையிலேயே அவனைப் போற்றியவன் நீ. பெரியவர்களை மதிப்பதிலும்இளையவர்களை ஊக்குவிப்பதிலும் உனக்கு நிகரில்லை”

 

மீண்டும் இரு கைகளையும் கூப்பினார் பாலு. 

 

“அதனால்தான் எல்லோரும் தங்களில் உன்னைப் பார்க்கிறார்கள் உன்னில் தங்களைப் பார்க்கிறார்கள்”

 

“போதும் பெருமானே. இதுவெல்லாம் நீ கொடுத்ததன்றோ?” 

 

“அப்படிச் சொல்லிவிட முடியாது, நீ வளர்த்துக் கொண்டது. பலபேர் பாலுவைப்போல் ஆகவேண்டும் என்று கனவுகாண்கிறார்கள். எல்லோரும் உன்னைப்போல் பாடி விட முடியுமா என்ன? ஆனால் எல்லோரும் உன் மனிதகுணங்களைப் பேண முடியும்”

 

“அந்த வகையில் என் ரசிகர்கள் மனதில் நான் ஒரு சிறு மாற்றத்தைக் கொண்டு வந்திருக்கிறேன் என்றால் எனக்குமகிழ்ச்சியே. ஐயனே, இன்று நீங்கள் வந்திருக்கும் நோக்கம்?”

 

“உன் முடிவைத் தீர்மானிக்கும் அதிகாரத்தை உனக்கு அளிக்கவே இங்கு வந்திருக்கிறேன்”

 

“புரியவில்லையே…”

 

“இப்பொழுது உன் உடலும் மனமும் எப்படி இருக்கின்றன?” 

 

“மனம் அதே போல் தான். உடல்தான் சுகமில்லை. இதோ இத்தனை கருவிகள் மூலமாக என் உயிர்ஓடிக்கொண்டிருகிறது. முன்னை விடத் தேறி வருவதாக மருத்துவர்கள் கூறியிருக்கிறார்கள்”

 

இறைவன் புன்னகை மாறாமல் கேட்டுக்கொண்டிருந்தார். எஸ்பிபி தொடரட்டும் என்று காத்திருந்தார். 

 

“ஒரு சந்தேகம் கேட்கலாமா?” 

 

“கேட்பாயாக”

 

“என் தொண்டையில் துளையிட்டு சுவாசக்கருவி பொருத்தி இருக்கிறார்கள். நாளை நான் குணமடைந்த பின் மீண்டும்முன்புபோல் பாட இயலுமா?” 

 

“சில மாதங்கள் கழித்து நன்றாகப்பேச முடியும். உன் நுரையீரல் மிகவும் பாதிப்படைந்துள்ளது. முன்புபோல் பாடஇயலாது என்பதுதான் உண்மை”

 

இதைக் கேட்டவுடன் பாலுவின் கண்களில் தாரைதாரையாக்க் கண்ணீர் வழிந்தது. அதை எதிர்பார்த்து இறைவன்அமைதி காத்து இருந்தான். தன்னை ஆசுவாசப்படுத்திக் கொண்ட பாலு பின்னர் கேட்டார், “எனக்கு நுரையீரல் மாற்றுஅறுவை சிகிச்சை செய்வதற்கு ஏற்பாடு செய்கிறார்கள். அது செய்து முடிந்தால் நான் பாட முடியுமா?” 

 

“அப்பொழுதும் சந்தேகமே. அந்த நுரையீரலைக் காப்பாற்றும் பொருட்டு நிறைய மருந்துகளை உட்கொள்ள வேண்டிவரும். சாதாரணமாக வெளியில் சென்றுவரக் கட்டுப்பாடுகள் இருக்கும்”

 

“அப்படியானால் நான் முன்புபோல வானம்பாடியாக வாழ முடியாதா?”

 

“என்னை மன்னித்துகொள் மகனே”

 

மீண்டும் பாலுவின் கண்களில் கண்ணீர். 

 

“முடிவு உன் கையில். இருக்க விருப்பமா, இறக்க விருப்பமா?”

 

“என்னால் பாட முடியாது என்றால் உயிர் வாழ்வதில் அர்த்தமில்லை. என்னை இப்பொழுதே அழைத்துக் கொள்”

 

இறைவனின் முகத்தில் அதே புன்னகை. “நன்றாக மீண்டுமொருமுறை யோசித்துக் கொள்”

 

“இதில் யோசிப்பதற்கு ஒன்றுமில்லை. நான் தயார்”

 

மீண்டும் பாலுவின் கண்கள் கண்ணீர் சிந்தின. 

 

“இப்பொழுது எதை நினைத்து அழுகிறாய் மகனே?” 

 

“என்னுடைய கோடிக்கணக்கான ரசிகர்கள், நான் இறந்துவிட்டேன் என்று அறிந்தால் அதிர்ச்சியடைவார்கள். அந்தவகையில் நான் அவர்களுக்குத் துன்பம் தருகிறேன். அதை நினைத்தால்….” 

 

“நீ  திடீரென்று அகால மரணம் அடைந்திருந்தால் பலரும் அதிர்ச்சியில் உயிர் விட்டிருப்பார்கள். அவர்கள் மனதையும்தயார் படுத்தும் பொருட்டுத்தான் கடந்த 40 நாட்களாக நாடகம் நடந்தது. முடிவை யாரும் எளிதாக ஏற்றுக் கொள்ளமாட்டார்கள் என்பது உண்மை. ஆனால் ஓரளவு பக்குவப்பட்டு விட்டார்கள். உன் பூத உடல் தான் இல்லாதிருக்கும்.இசையாக நீ நெஞ்சில் என்றும் நிறைந்து இருப்பாய். தமிழ் உள்ளவரை உன் புகழ் இருக்கும்”  

 

கண்ணீர் மல்க மீண்டும் கை கூப்பினார் பாலு. “பல்வேறு இடங்களில், பலதரப்பட்ட மனிதர்களின் முன் நான்பாடியிருக்கிறேன். இப்பொழுது உங்கள் முன் பாடும் வாய்ப்பை வேண்டுகிறேன் இறைவா”

 

“ஆரம்பிக்கலாம் மகனே உன் இசையை”

 

கண்கள் மூடி மனம் உருகிப் பாடத் தொடங்கியது அந்தக் குயில். அதை அணைத்தவாறு, அதனை அழைத்துகொண்டுஅதன் இசையில் மயங்கியவாறே பயணிக்க ஆரம்பித்தான் இறைவன். சன்னமாக வெகுநேரம் அந்தப் பாட்டுகேட்டுக்கொண்டேயிருந்தது.

 

‘இந்தத் தேகம் மறைந்தாலும் இசையாய் மலர்வேன்…………’

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The above article is written by the VICE-PRESIDENT  of  INDIA

        The volume of writings that rolled out of the press today (26.09.2020)  is a veritable testimony to the legendary eminence of SPB.  Notably,  it is the GOODNESS, humility, humbleness and empathy of this colossus that is highlighted.  A 'GOOD HUMAN BEING'  !!!  RIP.  --  trp

SPB  Vanam

    On October 15, 2020,  an environmental NGO of Coimbatore named SIRUTHULI made a beginning for  creation of "SPB Vanam" (SPB Garden) with 74 (his age) saplings of 74 varieties of sacred trees (Sthala Vrikshams) of the Hindu deities.  EACH TREE WOULD BE NAMED AFTER A POPULAR SONG SUNG BY SPB. The wood of this kind of trees was traditionally used to make musical instruments.  To be in tune with SPB's astrological star 'Ayiliam', the 'Champaka' variety of tree sapling was chosen to be the first one to be planted.

This is a statue sculpted by the famous sculptor  Raaj Kumar Wadayar of Kottapeta of East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh.