By Abhirama Bhattar

aNankE!-aNankukaL nNin parivaarankaL aakaiyinaal,
vaNankEn oruvarai; vaazhththukilEn nNenchil; vanchakarOdu
iNankEn; enathu unathu enRiruppaar chilar yaavarodum
piNankEn; aRivu onRu ilEn; eNnkaN nNee vaiththapEr aLiyE!...81

Goddess mine,
Bow I will not before other Gods,
For they are only in thine employ,
Nor I will praise these gods in my mind.
Move I will not with people, who deceive,
But will never ever quarrel,
With those great ones,
Who do not say mine and thine,
I, Oh mother, with wisdom small,
For mine eyes are but thine light.

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aLi aar kamalaththil aaraNankE! akilaaNdamum nNin
oLiyaaka nNinRa oLir thirumEniyai uLLuthoRum,
kaLi Aki, anthakkaraNankaL vimmi, karaipuraNdu
veLiyaayvidin, eNGNGanE maRappEn, nNin virakinaiyE?...82

Light of thine glittering body,
Lights the entire universe without fail,
Oh, beauty who sits on lotus red,
Thought of thee in penance deep,
Makes my mind leap,
And drowns it in happiness great,
How can I forget ever your grace.

viravum pudhu malar ittu, nNin paadha viraikkamalam
iravum pakalum iRaincha vallaar, imaiyOr evarum
paravum padhamum, ayiraavadhamum, pakeerathiyum,
uravum kulikamum, kaRpakak kaavum udaiyavarE...83

Graceful new flowers, they who shower,
At thine holy feet,
Day and night,
Would be worshipped by gods,
And for sure,
The Iravatha, the elephant of gods,
The holy Ganges of the sky,
The powerful Vajrayudha of Indra,
Karpaga, the wish-giving tree,
Will they forever have.

udaiyaaLai, olku chempattudaiyaaLai, oLirmathich cheNY
chadaiyaaLai, vanchakar nenchu adaiyaaLai, thayanku nNuN nNool
idaiyaaLai, enkaL pemmaan idaiyaaLai, iNGku ennai inip
padaiyaaLai, unkaLaiyum padaiyaavaNNam paarththirumE...84

Having all that she wishes fulfilled,
Clothed in red silk fine,
Glittering crowning glory on her head,
She never reaches the ones who deceive.
She who has narrow hips like thread,
She who is the left part of our Lord,
She who makes me never to be born again,
Should be worshipped by you,
So that no more birth you see.

paarkkum thichaithoRum paachaankuchamum, panich chiRai vaNdu
aarkkum pudhumalar ainthum, karumbum, en allal ellaam
theerkkum thiripuraiyaaL thiru mEniyum, chiRRidaiyum,
vaark kunkuma mulaiyum, mulaimEl muththu maalaiyumE...85

Saw I, in all the sides,
And I saw her hands with the Pasangusa,
I saw those five arrows made of flower,
Followed by bees,
I saw the bow made of sweet cane,
I saw the Goddess Of Tripura,
Who puts an end to my sufferings great,
I saw her narrow hips,
I saw her covered breasts,
Applied with saffron,
And I saw her garland of pearls.

maal ayan thEda, maRai thEda, vaanavar thEda nNinRa
kaalaiyum, choodakak kaiyaiyum, koNdu--kathiththa kappu
vElai veNG kaalan eNnmEl vidumpOthu, veLi nNil kaNdaay
paalaiyum thEnaiyum paakaiyum pOlum paNimozhiyE!...86

Pearl studded feet thine,
And graceful hands thine
Which are searched by Vishnu my God,
Which are searched by Brahma the creator,
And which are searched by Vedas that are holy,
Show them to me and save,
When the God of death,
Drives his three pronged spear at me,
Oh goddess great,
Who has milk, honey and sweet syrup like words.

:mozhikkum ninaivukkum ettaatha nNin thirumoorththam, eNnthan
vizhikkum vinaikkum veLinNinRathaal,--vizhiyaal madhanai
azhikkum thalaivaa, azhiyaa virathaththai aNdam ellaam
pazhikkumpadi, oru paakam koNdu aaLum paraaparaiyE!...87

Words and thoughts can never describe,
Thine holy form, mother mine,
But how come I see you in a simple form,
Oh Goddess, who made Lord Shiva,
Who burnt the God of love with his sight,
Look at thee with love
And give thee half his side,
You are my forever refuge.

param enRu unai adainthEn, thamiyEnum; un paththarukkuL
'tharam anRu ivan' enRu thaLLath thakaathu--thariyalardham
puram anRu eriyap poruppuvil vaankiya, pOthil ayan
chiram onRu cheRRa, kaiyaan idap paakam chiRanthavaLE!...88

Refuge seeking I came to thee,
So I request thee mother,
Never ever compare me with thine devotees great,
And send me away from thee,
Who is the consort of He,
Who made Meru Mountain his bow,
And cut one head of Brahma,
To burn the city of Tripura,
And gave you his left to glorify.

chiRakkum kamalath thiruvE! nNiNnchEvadi chenni vaikkath
thuRakkam tharuma nNin thuNaivarum nNeeyum, thuriyam aRRa
uRakkam thara vandhu, udampOdu uyir uRavu aRRu aRivu
maRakkum pozhuthu, en munnE varal vENdum varunthiyumE...89

Glorious lotus like you are,
And grant salvation to those,
Who keep their head,
on your holy feet,
Oh mother mine,
Do come with thine Lord,
In whose left side you are,
When I breath my last,
And give me boons so that I am not sad.

varunthaavakai, en manaththaamaraiyinil vandhu pukunthu,
irunthaaL, pazhaiya iruppidamaaka; ini enakkup
porunthaathu oru poruL illai--viN mEvum pulavarukku
virunthaaka vElai marunthaanathai nNalkum melliyalE!...90

Sadness to prevent in me,
She entered the lotus of my mind,
So that none of the joy giving things,
Are required by me in this world from now on,
My mother Abhirami,
Who helped the Devas of Heaven get
The nectar they got from the sea of milk,
She who is pretty and thin.

(To be continued)

(Translated by P R Ramachander)
(Transliteration into English by Vasanthi Ramesh)
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