My world, my perspective

No feigning, it was the watershed.

To be particular, the second stanza.

सुखको इच्छा

यस्तो होस्

रत्ति कसैमा

दु:ख नहोस्।

I would have heard the song hundreds of time. But for me this was a mere song—a mellisonant piece of half philosophical and half spiritual hokum earlier, to be honest. Simple, yet hard to comprehend.

On the big day, at the time, for whatever reason, I was obsessed with harebrained ideas, see, these harbingers—my boy and his girl—showed up, showing respect to me, no matter just only to cheer up a heartsick beau, and listened to his rigmarole. Moreover, they brought me a manna from heaven.

They did what they had to…

No, that was not just etiquette; I read what they had scribbled. Intuition. Inner inspiration. A very popular song written by Durga Lal Shrestha and sung by Aani Chhoying Dolma. (Is Nhoo Bajracharya the composer/musician?) it was!

Cliché, I would have said had it been some other time. But man, when I reached the second stanza, I realised the meaning it was pregnant with. Not only philosophical and spiritual it was, but also it was practically awe inspiring.

I don’t know how my facial expression was that time. However, I still bear in my mind the free-flow throughout the body that I felt. Honestly, it was not just another experience. I was in tears, and I heaved a deep sigh.

I told them, the friends with who there is no selfishness, the spur-of-the-moment decision that I made in the wake of the inspiration. They okayed…

“You are relieved from all bonds, if there were any,” said I.

In clear words.

Overcoming all craving, affliction and aversion.

And added, “Free like a bird now.”

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सुखको इच्छा

यस्तो होस्

रत्ति कसैमा

दु:ख नहोस्।

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…Unending joys,

countless achievements and

everlasting happiness,

for a special person like you

deserves only the

best things in life.

Have a very

Happy Birthday

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Yes, buddies, I deserve only the best things in life. Thanks!