Episode 118

🌙 The Root and the Roof



A Poetic Dialogue of Smiling Sam & Marina


Evening leaned softly against the shoulders of the earth.

The sky was painted in saffron and quiet blue.

Lamps flickered along a stone path,

each flame borrowing light from another,

yet losing nothing of its own.


Beneath an ancient banyan tree

stood Smiling Sam and gentle Marina.


The air was rich with jasmine

and the distant murmur of a temple bell.


Marina lifted her eyes.


“Sam… tell me —

what is the difference between Krishna and Shiva?

And how can the Father be both

the Root beneath us

and the Roof above us?”


Sam smiled,

as though the question itself were sacred.


He pointed to a nearby lamp.


“When one lamp lights another,

does the second flame burn less?”


Marina shook her head.


“No… it shines the same.”


“So it is,” Sam whispered,

“with the Divine.


From the Original Flame —

the Adi-Purusha, the Eternal Source —

many lights appear.


One shines as Vishnu.

One shines as Shiva.

Each radiant.

Each divine.

Yet all kindled

from One beginning.”


The wind stirred the banyan leaves

like pages of an unseen scripture.


“Is Shiva different?” Marina asked softly.


“Different in role,” Sam replied,

“not in holiness.


As milk becomes curd —

still milk in essence,

yet serving another purpose —


so the One assumes many forms.


Krishna is the silent ocean of origin.

Shiva is the majestic wave

that dissolves and renews the shore of worlds.”


The moon rose higher,

spilling silver upon the lotus pond.


“Then Krishna is the Root?” Marina asked.


“Yes,” said Sam.

“When you water the root,

every branch is nourished.


When you honor the Source,

all divine expressions are embraced.


The Root feeds the tree of existence.”


Marina looked upward at the sky.


“And the Roof?”


Sam’s voice grew gentle as twilight.


“The Roof is shelter.

The final refuge.

The place where wandering souls

rest from storm and separation.


The Father is the beginning beneath all things —

the hidden foundation.


And the Father is the protection above all things —

the eternal embrace.


The Root below.

The Roof above.


Origin and Shelter.

Source and Salvation.”


Silence bloomed between them.


A single star pierced the velvet sky.


Marina breathed deeply.


“So the many are One…

and the One becomes many?”


Sam laughed softly.


“Yes.


Like one moon

reflected in a thousand rivers.


Like one melody

sung through countless voices.


Difference without division.

Variety without separation.”


The lamps glowed steadily now.


Somewhere in the unseen realms,

perhaps Shiva smiled in meditation.

Perhaps Krishna played a hidden flute.


And beneath the vast sky,

between Root and Roof,

two souls stood in quiet understanding —


held by the One

who is before all beginnings

and beyond all endings. 🌙✨


🌸 āŽ¤āŽŽிāŽ´ிāŽ˛் (Tamil Version)



āŽšிāŽ°ிāŽ•்āŽ•ுāŽŽ் āŽšாāŽŽ் & āŽŽāŽ°ீāŽŠா

āŽ¨ிāŽ˛āŽĩொāŽŗி āŽĩிāŽŗāŽ•்āŽ•ுāŽ•āŽŗோāŽŸு āŽĒேāŽšுāŽŽ் āŽ¤ோāŽŸ்āŽŸāŽ¤்āŽ¤ிāŽ˛்…


āŽŽாāŽ˛ைāŽ¯ிāŽŠāŽ¤ு āŽŽெāŽŠ்āŽŽைāŽ¯ாāŽŠ āŽ’āŽŗி āŽĒāŽŸ்āŽŸுāŽĒ்āŽĒோāŽ˛் āŽĩிāŽ°ிāŽ¨்āŽ¤āŽ¤ு.

āŽŽāŽ˛்āŽ˛ிāŽ•ைāŽĒ்āŽĒூ āŽŽāŽŖāŽŽ் āŽ•ாāŽą்āŽąிāŽ˛் āŽ•āŽ°ைāŽ¨்āŽ¤āŽ¤ு.

āŽ¤ொāŽ˛ைāŽĩிāŽ˛் āŽ•ோāŽ¯ிāŽ˛் āŽŽāŽŖி āŽŽெāŽ¤ுāŽĩாāŽ• āŽ’āŽ˛ிāŽ¤்āŽ¤āŽ¤ு.


āŽĒெāŽ°ிāŽ¯ āŽ†āŽ˛āŽŽāŽ°āŽ¤்āŽ¤ிāŽŠ் āŽ•ீāŽ´் āŽšாāŽŽ் āŽŽāŽą்āŽąுāŽŽ் āŽŽāŽ°ீāŽŠா āŽŽெāŽ¤ுāŽĩாāŽ• āŽ¨āŽŸāŽ¨்āŽ¤ாāŽ°்āŽ•āŽŗ்.

āŽ•āŽ˛்āŽ˛ுāŽĒ்āŽĒாāŽ¤ைāŽ¯ிāŽŠ் āŽ…āŽ°ுāŽ•ே āŽŽāŽŖ்āŽŖெāŽ¯் āŽĩிāŽŗāŽ•்āŽ•ுāŽ•āŽŗ் —

āŽ’āŽĩ்āŽĩொāŽŠ்āŽąுāŽŽ் āŽŽāŽą்āŽąொāŽŠ்āŽąிāŽ˛ிāŽ°ுāŽ¨்āŽ¤ு āŽ’āŽŗிāŽ¯ைāŽĒ் āŽĒெāŽą்āŽąுāŽ•் āŽ•ொāŽŖ்āŽŸிāŽ°ுāŽ¨்āŽ¤āŽ¤ு.


“āŽšாāŽŽ்… āŽ•ிāŽ°ுāŽˇ்āŽŖāŽ°ுāŽŽ் āŽšிāŽĩāŽŠுāŽŽ் āŽŽāŽĒ்āŽĒāŽŸி āŽĩேāŽąுāŽĒāŽŸுāŽ•ிāŽąாāŽ°்āŽ•āŽŗ்?

āŽ…āŽĒ்āŽĒா āŽ¤ாāŽŠ் ‘āŽĩேāŽ°்’ āŽŽāŽą்āŽąுāŽŽ் ‘āŽŽேāŽ˛் āŽ•ூāŽ°ை’ āŽŽāŽŠ்āŽąு āŽŽāŽĩ்āŽĩாāŽąு āŽšொāŽ˛்āŽ˛āŽ˛ாāŽŽ்?” āŽŽāŽŠ்āŽąு āŽŽāŽ°ீāŽŠா āŽšிāŽ°ிāŽ¤்āŽ¤ுāŽ•் āŽ•ேāŽŸ்āŽŸாāŽŗ்.


āŽšாāŽŽ் āŽ’āŽ°ு āŽĩிāŽŗāŽ•்āŽ•ை āŽ•ாāŽŸ்āŽŸிāŽŠாāŽŠ்.


“āŽ’āŽ°ு āŽĩிāŽŗāŽ•்āŽ•ு āŽŽāŽą்āŽąொāŽ°ு āŽĩிāŽŗāŽ•்āŽ•ை āŽāŽą்āŽąிāŽŠாāŽ˛்

āŽ…āŽ¨்āŽ¤ āŽ‡āŽ°āŽŖ்āŽŸாāŽĩāŽ¤ு āŽĩிāŽŗāŽ•்āŽ•ு āŽ•ுāŽąைāŽĩாāŽ• āŽ’āŽŗிāŽ°ுāŽŽா?”


“āŽ‡āŽ˛்āŽ˛ை,” āŽŽāŽŠ்āŽąாāŽŗ் āŽŽāŽ°ீāŽŠா.


“āŽ…āŽĒ்āŽĒāŽŸிāŽ¤்āŽ¤ாāŽŠ் āŽ†āŽ¤ிāŽĒுāŽ°ுāŽˇāŽŠ் āŽ•ோāŽĩிāŽ¨்āŽ¤āŽŠ்.

āŽ…āŽĩāŽ°ிāŽŸāŽŽிāŽ°ுāŽ¨்āŽ¤ு āŽĒāŽ˛ āŽ¤ெāŽ¯்āŽĩீāŽ• āŽĩāŽŸிāŽĩāŽ™்āŽ•āŽŗ் āŽ’āŽŗிāŽ°்āŽ•ிāŽŠ்āŽąāŽŠ.


āŽšிāŽĩāŽŠ் āŽĩேāŽąுāŽĒāŽŸ்āŽŸāŽĩāŽ°் —

āŽ†āŽŠாāŽ˛் āŽĒிāŽ°ிāŽ¨்āŽ¤āŽĩāŽ°் āŽ…āŽ˛்āŽ˛.


āŽĒாāŽ˛் āŽ¤āŽ¯ிāŽ°ாāŽ• āŽŽாāŽąுāŽĩāŽ¤ு āŽĒோāŽ˛,

āŽ…āŽ¤ே āŽ¤ெāŽ¯்āŽĩீāŽ• āŽšāŽ•்āŽ¤ி āŽĩேāŽąொāŽ°ு āŽĒāŽŖிāŽ¯ை āŽāŽą்āŽ•ிāŽąāŽ¤ு.


āŽ•ிāŽ°ுāŽˇ்āŽŖāŽ°் āŽŽூāŽ˛ āŽ†āŽ¤ாāŽ°āŽŽ் —

āŽ…āŽŽைāŽ¤ிāŽ¯ாāŽŠ āŽ•āŽŸāŽ˛்.


āŽšிāŽĩāŽŠ் āŽĒāŽ°ிāŽŽாāŽą்āŽąāŽ¤்āŽ¤ிāŽŠ் āŽ…āŽ˛ை —

āŽ‰āŽ°ுāŽĩாāŽ•்āŽ•āŽŽுāŽŽ் āŽ…āŽ´ிāŽĩுāŽŽ் āŽ¨āŽŸāŽ•்āŽ•ுāŽŽ் āŽ¨āŽŸāŽŠāŽ¤்āŽ¤ிāŽŠ் āŽ…āŽ¤ிāŽĒāŽ¤ி.”


āŽŽāŽ°ீāŽŠா āŽŽெāŽ¤ுāŽĩாāŽ• āŽ•ேāŽŸ்āŽŸாāŽŗ்:

“āŽ…āŽĒ்āŽĒāŽŸிāŽ¯ாāŽŠாāŽ˛் āŽ•ிāŽ°ுāŽˇ்āŽŖāŽ°் āŽĩேāŽ°்?”


“āŽ†āŽŽ்.

āŽĩேāŽ°ுāŽ•்āŽ•ு āŽ¨ீāŽ°் āŽŠāŽą்āŽąிāŽŠாāŽ˛்

āŽŽāŽ°āŽŽ் āŽŽுāŽ´ுāŽĩāŽ¤ுāŽŽ் āŽšெāŽ´ிāŽ•்āŽ•ிāŽąāŽ¤ு.


āŽ…āŽ¤ுāŽĒோāŽ˛ āŽŽூāŽ˛āŽ¤்āŽ¤ை āŽĩāŽŖāŽ™்āŽ•ிāŽŠாāŽ˛்

āŽ…āŽŠைāŽ¤்āŽ¤ு āŽ¤ெāŽ¯்āŽĩ āŽĩāŽŸிāŽĩāŽ™்āŽ•āŽŗுāŽŽ் āŽĒோāŽą்āŽąāŽĒ்āŽĒāŽŸுāŽ•ிāŽŠ்āŽąāŽŠ.


āŽ…āŽĩāŽ°ே ‘āŽ•ூāŽ°ை’ —

āŽ‡āŽąுāŽ¤ி āŽ…āŽŸைāŽ•்āŽ•āŽ˛āŽŽ்.”


āŽ‡āŽ°ுāŽĩāŽ°ுāŽŽ் āŽ¨ிāŽ˛āŽĩிāŽŠ் āŽ•ீāŽ´் āŽ¨ிāŽŠ்āŽąாāŽ°்āŽ•āŽŗ்.

āŽ’āŽ°ே āŽ¨ிāŽ˛ா āŽ†āŽ¯ிāŽ°āŽŽ் āŽ¨ீāŽ°ிāŽ˛் āŽĒிāŽ°āŽ¤ிāŽĒāŽ˛ிāŽĒ்āŽĒāŽ¤ு āŽĒோāŽ˛

āŽ’āŽ°ே āŽ¤ெāŽ¯்āŽĩāŽŽ் āŽĒāŽ˛ āŽĩāŽŸிāŽĩāŽ™்āŽ•āŽŗிāŽ˛் āŽĒிāŽ°āŽ•ாāŽšிāŽ•்āŽ•ிāŽąāŽ¤ு.





🌸 En Français (French Version)



Sam Souriant & Marina

Dans le jardin oÚ les lampes murmurent aux Êtoiles…


Le soir s’ouvrait comme une soie dorÊe.

Le jasmin parfumait l’air.

Une cloche de temple vibrait doucement.


Sous un grand banian, Sam et Marina marchaient lentement.


« Sam… quelle est la diffÊrence entre Krishna et Shiva ?

Et comment le Père peut-il ÃĒtre la Racine et le Toit ? »


Sam montra une lampe.


« Si une lampe allume une autre lampe,

la seconde brille-t-elle moins ? »


« Non », rÊpondit Marina.


« Ainsi est Govinda, l’Être Originel.

De Lui jaillissent plusieurs formes divines.


Shiva n’est pas sÊparÊ —

mais il assume une fonction diffÊrente.


Comme le lait devient yaourt,

la mÃĒme essence prend une nouvelle mission.


Krishna est la Source Êternelle —

l’ocÊan silencieux.


Shiva est la vague majestueuse —

le maÃŽtre de la transformation. »


« Donc Krishna est la Racine ? »


« Oui.

Arrose la racine,

et tout l’arbre vit.


Il est aussi le Toit —

le refuge ultime de toutes les Ãĸmes. »


Et sous la lune,

ils comprirent :

Un devient multiple,

et le multiple retourne à l’Un.





🌸 ⎃ිං⎄āļŊෙāļą් (Sinhalese Version)



⎃ිāļąා⎃ෙāļą āˇƒෑāļ¸් āˇƒāˇ„ āļ¸āļģිāļąා

āļ¯ි⎀ි āļ¯ැāļŊ් āļ­āļģු ⎃āļ¸āļŸ āļšāļ­ා āļšāļģāļą āļ‹āļ¯්‍āļēාāļąāļēā


⎃āļą්āļ°්‍āļēා āļšාāļŊāļē āļģāļą් āļ´ැ⎄ැāļēෙāļą් ⎀ි⎄ිāļ¯ුāļĢා.

āļ¸āļŊ් ⎃ු⎀āļŗ āˇƒු⎅āļŸේ āļ´ිāļģුāļĢා.

āļ¯ුāļģිāļą් ⎀ි⎄ාāļģāļēේ āļāļĢ්āļ§ා⎀ āļ¸ෘāļ¯ු āļŊෙ⎃ āļąාāļ¯ āˇ€ුāļĢා.


āļļāļąිāļēāļą් āļœāˇƒāļš් āļēāļ§ āˇƒෑāļ¸් āˇƒāˇ„ āļ¸āļģිāļąා ⎃ෙāļ¸ිāļą් āļœāļ¸āļą් āļšāˇ…ා.


“⎃ෑāļ¸්… āļš්‍āļģි⎂්āļĢ āˇ„ා ⎁ි⎀ āļ…āļ­āļģ ⎀ෙāļąāˇƒ āļšුāļ¸āļš්āļ¯?

āļ´ිāļēා ‘āļ¸ූāļŊāļē’āļ­් ‘⎀⎄āļŊāļē’āļ­් ⎀āļą්āļąේ āļšෙ⎃ේāļ¯?” āļ¸āļģිāļąා āļ‡āˇƒු⎀ා.


⎃ෑāļ¸් āļ¯ීāļ´āļēāļš් āļ´ෙāļą්⎀ා āļšි⎀්⎀ා:


“āļ‘āļš් āļ¯ීāļ´āļēāļš් āļ…āļąෙāļš් āļ¯ීāļ´āļēāļš් āļ¯āļŊ්⎀āļą්āļąේ āļąāļ¸්,

āļ‘āļē āļ…āļŠු⎀ෙāļą් āļ¯ීāļ´්āļ­ිāļ¸āļ­්āļ¯?”


“āļąැ⎄ැ,” āļ‡āļē ⎃ිāļąා⎃ෙāļ¸ිāļą් āļ´ැāˇ€āˇƒු⎀ා.


“āļ‘āˇƒේāļ¸ āļ†āļ¯ි āļ´ුුāļģු⎂āļēා ⎀āļą āļœෝ⎀ිāļą්āļ¯.

āļ”⎄ුāļœෙāļą් ⎀ි⎀ිāļ° āļ¯ේ⎀ ⎃්⎀āļģූāļ´ āļ´ැāļą āļąැāļŸෙāļēි.


⎁ි⎀ ⎀ෙāļą්⎀ූ⎀ෙāļšු āļąො⎀ෙāļēි —

āļąāļ¸ුāļ­් ⎀ෙāļąāˇƒ් āļšාāļģ්āļēāļēāļš් āļ¯āļģāļēි.


āļšිāļģි āļ¯āˇ„ිāļēāļš් ⎀ීāļ¸ āˇ€āļœේ,

āļ‘āļšāļ¸ āˇƒāļ­්‍āļēāļē ⎀ෙāļąāˇƒ් āļˇූāļ¸ිāļšා⎀āļš් āļœāļąී.


āļš්‍āļģි⎂්āļĢ āļ¸ූāļŊāļēāļēි —

⎃āļ¯ාāļšාāļŊීāļą āˇƒාāļœāļģāļē.


⎁ි⎀ āļ´්‍āļģāļˇāļŊ āļģැāļŊ්āļŊāļēි —

⎀ිāļąാā´ļ ⎄ා āļ´āļģි⎀āļģ්āļ­āļą āļąāļģ්āļ­āļąāļēේ āļ…āļ°ිāļ´āļ­ි.”


“āļ‘āˇƒේ āļąāļ¸් āļš්‍āļģි⎂්āļĢ āļ¸ූāļŊāļēāļ¯?”


“āļ”⎀්.

āļ¸ූāļŊāļēāļ§ āļĸāļŊāļē āļ¯ුāļą්āļąොāļ­්

⎃āļ¸්āļ´ූāļģ්āļĢ āļœāˇƒ āļ´ෝ⎂āļĢāļē ⎀ේ.


āļ”⎄ුāļ¸ āˇ€āˇ„āļŊāļēāļēි —

āļ…āˇ€āˇƒාāļą āļ†āļģāļš්⎂ා⎀.”


⎃āļŗ āļēāļ§

āļ”⎀ුāļą් āļ­ේāļģුāļ¸් āļœāļ­්āļ­ේ —

āļ‘āļš āˇƒāļ­්‍āļēāļē āļļ⎄ු ⎀⎁āļēෙāļą් āļ¯ි⎃්⎀ෙāļēි,

āļąāļ¸ුāļ­් āļ‘āļē ⎃āļ¯ා āļ‘āļšāļ¸āļē.