Mmgl Part 028-002 - Saw Masathuvan Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

She went to Masathuvan,
The father of Kovalan,
Who took renunciation
For his self purification.

She one by one explained,
What in the past happened?
How she got the bowl,
That gave food to the people.

How the Savaga's King,
He received blessing,
Thru' the food he ate,
That changed his fate.

A world ruler he became.
To the Holy Seat he came.
How his past-life-vision came to him,
How the Island deity consoled him.

How Cauveripoompattinam,
It went into the sea bottom,
Aravana Adigal, Sudamadhi,
And Madhavi came to Vanchi.

Savaga's King left the island
And reached safely his land.
As a sage she went to leaders
Of different religious faiths.

She came to Aravana Adigal
To hear Buddha's principle
Of Dharma, the best faith
Among all other faiths.

THE RENUNCIATION OF MASATHUVAN

"You're a realized pure soul
To see you with this bowl
What good deeds I did? "
Happily Masathuvan said.

"Kovalan, your father
Kannagi, your mother
Their misdeeds burnt
Madurai City, the great."

"He also miserably died.
Then I slowly understood,
Family life is but an illusion.
I came to this conclusion."

"Wealth and body never
In this world stay forever.
O'er this, I can claim how
I follow Buddha's love? "

"To realize the truth,
In the righteous path,
I started doing penance
With all my reverence."

"This Vanchi Town
The most popular one
Why I chose this one,
I'll tell, you listen."

THE SAGES' ARRIVAL

King Kudakkoch Cheraladha Cheran,
He went upto Himalayas and won.
He was staying in this garden,
Once with all his kith and kin."

"A few Buddhist Sages went
To the Lanka's ‘Samanolli' Mount
And on their way back came down
To meet the king in the garden."

WELCOME AND PREACHING

"The king rose up to greet
And he fell down at their feet.
He gave them respectable seat,
And also nice food to eat."

"The sages were well pleased.
Buddha Dharma they preached.
The king felt it a fortune,
Their moral advice to listen."

THE FOREFATHER OF KOVALAN

"Before nine generation,
A forefather of Kovalan,
Who was another Kovalan,
He lived in this Town."

"He was too close to the king.
What sages said, he was listening.
He was immensely pleased.
The futility of life he realized.

"All his wealth he gave in charity.
To the poor, who lived in poverty.
He then chose to renounce.
He started doing penance."

BUDDHA MONASTERY

"Lord Buddha's Monastery here,
The rich or poor, it'll hear,
Their appeal and prayer,
And give relief to the sufferer."

"Our Cauveripoompattinam,
It's under a spell of doom,
So, it'll sink, the sages said.
That was what we all heard."

"Their message cleared my mind.
This place then, I was able to find.
With the Lord's mercy and grace
I stay here with some mental peace."

KNEW THE NEXT BIRTH

"Oh, Manimegalai, your faith
It's going on the righteous path,
By the force of my ill fate,
I went to Madurai for what? "

"To hear about your father by then
He has already reached the heaven,
By virtue of his past good deeds,
Until the fruit of his actions lasts."

"He'll again take his birth
On this mundane earth
To study Buddha's faith
And follow the Lord's path."

"He'll stay with Kannagi
In the holy place Kabilai
And hearing daily Lord's message
He'll attain Nirvana at the last stage"

"Like this the great sages said
After their advice I decided
That I should also listen
And learn Buddha's every lesson."