All Men are mortal.
Swami Deshikatmananda was a man.
So he died last night
In Bangalore, in a hospital
O yes, he was taken good care of,
A very good care indeed,
Extensively and intensively at the end
Humans are subject to disease
Swami Deshikatmananda was a human
So, they say, he became the subject of a condition
going by the name of a kind, caring man
from a time long back, from Old Bavaria
by name Alois Alzheimer
Human beings are like me and you
Ordinary; doing what we like
Conversing, caring, bragging, nagging
But doing a bit extra at times;
Some more and some less often
His was a little more on the more side
He was a monk like me - but
sure, did more services than me,
He wrote aptly, spoke sufficiently
Led with lesser indiscretions
No he didn't write poetry
But no thank you,
he would rather not write like this one
Alzheimer found it but did not get it;
Charles Heston got it; Ronald Reagan had it;
Our Swami too had it.
I don't know if his vain self would have savoured it
But the fact is he was a firm 'no, no' about films
`Film or TV shows for the boys?',
'Those in his keep, of the Home he managed?'
`Ramayana and such may do but no further;
Thats an Order'
`Did he take up big works?'
Yes, you bet.
`How did he do them?'
`Oh, yes. Very well, indeed.'
'Are you sure? Everything hunky dory?'
Oh, come on!
He was a human, we said.
A frail human, like you and me
God Bless him
So he died last night
In Bangalore, in a hospital
O yes, he was taken good care of,
A very good care indeed,
Extensively and intensively at the end
Humans are subject to disease
Swami Deshikatmananda was a human
So, they say, he became the subject of a condition
going by the name of a kind, caring man
from a time long back, from Old Bavaria
by name Alois Alzheimer
Human beings are like me and you
Ordinary; doing what we like
Conversing, caring, bragging, nagging
But doing a bit extra at times;
Some more and some less often
His was a little more on the more side
He was a monk like me - but
sure, did more services than me,
He wrote aptly, spoke sufficiently
Led with lesser indiscretions
No he didn't write poetry
But no thank you,
he would rather not write like this one
Alzheimer found it but did not get it;
Charles Heston got it; Ronald Reagan had it;
Our Swami too had it.
I don't know if his vain self would have savoured it
But the fact is he was a firm 'no, no' about films
`Film or TV shows for the boys?',
'Those in his keep, of the Home he managed?'
`Ramayana and such may do but no further;
Thats an Order'
`Did he take up big works?'
Yes, you bet.
`How did he do them?'
`Oh, yes. Very well, indeed.'
'Are you sure? Everything hunky dory?'
Oh, come on!
He was a human, we said.
A frail human, like you and me
God Bless him
For official obituary go here :
http://www.belurmath.org/news_archives/category/news-of-the-month/2012/february-2012/
We are sorry to announce the passing away of ... our brother-monk ..
Other links :
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/159442.php
http://www.belurmath.org/news_archives/category/news-of-the-month/2012/february-2012/
We are sorry to announce the passing away of ... our brother-monk ..
Swami Deshikatmananda ji (Achyuta Maharaj) expired on 21 February at 8.30 pm at Ulsoor centre. He was 67 and had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for a couple of years. An initiated disciple of Swami Vireshwaranandaji, he joined the Order in 1973 at Chennai Math and had Sannyasa from his Guru in 1983. Besides his joining centre, he served at Belur Math and Coimbatore Mission, Kankhal (for a few months during Kumbha Mela, 1998) and Delhi centres as an assistant and Chennai Students’ Home as head. He had been staying under medical care at Hyderabad and Ulsoor centres for the last two years. The Swami was hardworking and devoted, simple and genial by nature.
Other links :
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/159442.php
