Koel.

This is a verse from Gita,in which Gopala says


Yad-yad vibhuti mat sattvam,
Srimad urjitameva ca,
Tad- tad eva vagaccha tvam,
Mama tejo msa -sambhavam.

Whatever ,is endowed with extraordinary glory, Attractiveness and vigour,
Know all that to be born of,
A fragment of My power.

Shelly a romantic poet of 18 th cent England has observed in his poem Skylark ---
'The sweetest songs tells the saddest thoughts'. He must have known first hand . He treated his successive wives so abominably and gave them so much sorrow ,that when they sang as an out let to their sad thoughts , it was sweet music to his ears.

Late at night I heard Lata's old Hindi film songs. The sweet voice , the pathos and longing in the love songs and lullaby's, that indefinable quality in her voice that truly sets her apart from other singers seems to testify that poets observation. She never married and therefore it follows that she never bore a child . The two most momentous events to all women in general.Her voice is tinged with a sad resignation . Events that are normal to ordinary millions were unattainable, to one endowed with a extraordinary voice. This has sweetened her god given gift further.

The rendition of Bhaja govindam and other Bhakthi songs and and clear pronunciation and presentation of Vishnu sahasarnamam and very many other complicated Sanskrit slokas and classical Carnatic songs and ragaas,with a astonishing energy , emanating from so fragile a form , the clarity of mind , the depth of devotion, of Smt M.S. Subbalakshmi is unparalleled.

M.S Subbhalakshmi amma was denied the pleasures of motherhood. One event that makes a woman feel whole. Her god given gift of golden voice , is highly emotive and spiritually stirring. May be due to the under current of sorrow, of the denial of one singular event that is taken as a matter of course by millions of women with average and below average abilities .