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00:00In Dhanapalayam, a Tamil film called Gnanaparavai was shot by Yagavamani.
00:09Shivaji played the character of Yagavamani.
00:13At that time, Yagavamani and I had no connection.
00:16He had told me to bring T.N.Soundararajan to sing for Shivaji.
00:23When M.S. Vishwanathan was in the hospital, he was seeing me every day.
00:28I went to Vijaya Prasad Studio.
00:35They asked me to sing.
00:38I couldn't sing. My hands were shaking.
00:41They took me to the studio.
00:44They played the song.
00:46They asked me to sing it.
00:49I sang it.
00:51He taught me the song.
00:53I sang the song.
01:00He praised me.
01:02I came out of the studio.
01:06They asked me to sing.
01:09When I came out of the studio,
01:11Sundaram, the director of the film, gave me Yagavamani's film.
01:16He asked me to keep it in my pocket.
01:18He told me that I would see Yagavamani tomorrow.
01:21He told me that I would sing the same song tomorrow.
01:25I was frustrated.
01:30The next day, I went to meet V.S. Sundararajan.
01:37He was in the hospital.
01:39There was a room with a bench and chairs.
01:44He asked me to sit there.
01:47He would come now.
01:49I sat on the bench with my assistant.
01:53My hands were shaking.
01:56I saw Yagavamani for the first time.
01:59He was an old man.
02:02He was wearing a shirt and a cigarette in his hand.
02:07He was smoking a cigarette.
02:09He asked me if I couldn't sing.
02:15I spoke in his voice.
02:18If you listen to his voice, you will remember M.R. Radha.
02:21His voice was like that.
02:23My hands were shaking.
02:26He looked at me.
02:28He asked me to go in 10 minutes.
02:30He asked me to sing the song tomorrow.
02:32I said yes.
02:34He asked me to sit on the bench.
02:42I sat on the bench and he sat on a chair.
02:45If a man does Dharma, he will live forever.
02:48If he does Dharma, he will live forever.
02:51Those who do Dharma are great.
02:53Those who don't do Dharma are fools.
02:56They will be born again and again.
03:00He asked me if I knew how to do Dharma.
03:04I said yes.
03:07The fire, water and soil on earth is produced by a tree.
03:17When a seed tree grows, it gives leaves and flowers.
03:26It gives honey to the flowers.
03:29When it knows that there is honey, it takes it.
03:33It builds a nest.
03:35When a man comes, he tries to build a nest on his wife's head.
03:40Can he build a nest?
03:43Can he build a nest?
03:45Others don't want to do Dharma.
03:48He walks around under a tree in the sun and comes in the shade.
03:51The tree takes the honey from him and gives him life.
03:57After that, it gives fruits.
04:00They take it home and eat it.
04:04It gives fruits and eats it.
04:07It does Dharma till the end.
04:10This man has not done any Dharma.
04:13If he had built a honeycomb, he would have broken it and taken the honey.
04:19He has not done Dharma.
04:21He is committing sins.
04:23He is committing sins.
04:25This tree...
04:27He dies in the end.
04:29He dies without any use.
04:31The honey that he eats...
04:36This man does not use it.
04:38He dies.
04:40The tree falls down.
04:42He still does Dharma.
04:44Your house turns into a bench.
04:46Your house turns into a chair.
04:48You should understand how a tree does Dharma.
04:52He said that to me.
04:54I said, I am running a trust.
04:56I am doing Dharma.
04:58I deposited all the money that I had in Bhakti Pada.
05:02In 1972, I started a trust in the name of my elder son Balasubramaniam.
05:09It was called T.S. Balasubramaniam Memorial Dharma Trust.
05:13I deposited all the money that I had in Bhakti Pada.
05:16I am doing Dharma for Rs. 75,000 a year.
05:19Since 1972.
05:21What a great Dharma Sadi!
05:23I said, you are not yet born.
05:25You are going to become a Siddha Purushan.
05:27I said that to him.
05:29He said, come.
05:31He said, get up.
05:33He got up and took me to his Ashram.
05:36The pictures of the Siddhas were kept in a room.
05:39The pictures were kept on top.
05:41He took me to the door of the Ashram.
05:44There was a big well nearby.
05:47The Arasa tree, Ala tree and Vepa tree grew together.
05:51He took my hand and walked away.
05:53He looked at the birds above.
05:55He said, there are different kinds of birds sitting there.
05:58He said, there is a great artist in the birds.
06:01He said, praise him.
06:03He said that.
06:04All the birds were circling around him three times.
06:08He said, circle around and sit.
06:11He said, they have accepted you.
06:13They have accepted you as a great artist.
06:15Come, come inside.
06:17He asked his wife to get a bucket of water from the well.
06:22He poured it on a wall.
06:24There was a pot inside.
06:26He took it and looked inside.
06:28There was a lot of things inside.
06:30It was not like a well.
06:32He said that it was like a well.
06:34But there was a lot of dirt.
06:36He mixed it with water.
06:38He took out a mirror and hit it on his face three times.
06:42As soon as he hit it, he prostrated and stood.
06:45He drank it.
06:47He mixed it with water.
06:49It was like a mountain water.
06:51I drank it three times.
06:55He poured it on my feet.
06:57He said, come inside and sit.
06:59He was sitting in that corner.
07:02I was sitting in this corner.
07:04As soon as I sat,
07:06Valamburi Janaprakash wrote about him.
07:09About Agama.
07:11It was such a big book.
07:13I gave it to a boy and asked him to read it.
07:16I read it.
07:18It was in Tamil.
07:20But I could not understand the words in it.
07:23It was like a heaven.
07:25I did not understand the meaning of Tamil.
07:27I said, I did not understand.
07:29Is that so?
07:31He said, come.
07:33I got up and gave the book to him.
07:36I gave it to him and stood.
07:38I asked many people to come and read it.
07:41But no one came.
07:43He said, do you not understand?
07:46I said, my legs are shaking.
07:48He said, you are just standing.
07:50I shook my hands.
07:52It was normal.
07:54My legs were not shaking.
07:56It was good.
07:58I sang a Murugan song.
08:00I fell at his feet.
08:02No matter how many times I look at you,
08:05Your form is here today.
08:09I sang in this voice.
08:11My whole body is shaking.
08:14Is it good?
08:16Go and sing tomorrow.
08:18I came.
08:20I went to the M.C.I.
08:22and sat down.
08:24I said, let us sing.
08:26He taught me and I sang.
08:28I was surprised.
08:30You came the day before and suffered.
08:32You sang like this.
08:35He said, you are going to be a Siddha Purushan.
08:38He wished you well.
08:40I also went and came.
08:42He also said that.
08:44Sir, the first song that TMS sang,
08:49It is similar to how my body is now.
08:54Now I can act that easily.
08:58The second song that he sang,
09:00He sang it for the old Shivaji.
09:02It does not suit us now.
09:04That is what he said.
09:06The first song that he sang,
09:08You all listened to that song in the film, Gnanaparvai.
09:12O wise woman who does not have a God,
09:16O wise woman who knows everything,
09:19In the film, he sings like this.
09:22Like that,
09:24It is because of the blessings of a Yagava,
09:29Even at this age,
09:31I am doing concerts and singing.
09:34He is such a great person.
09:36That is why,
09:38I am always worshipping him.
09:40Muruga Perumal is in my heart.
09:43In that path,
09:45Yagava is living.
09:47I am in that belief.