0072.Abhirami Andhadhi Slogan 70 Poem by rajagopal. h..

To Excel in Music

Tamil Transliteration

Kann kalikkumbadi kandu kondaen kadambhadaviyil
Pann kalikkum kural veenaiyum kaiyum bhayodharamum
Mann kalikkum pachchai vannamum aaghi madhangarkulap
Penngalirr thondriya emmperumaatithan peerazhagae

Translation

Voice that delights the tunes while
Hands honouring the veena,
Chest orchestrating glorious breasts
Complexion green fascinating the earth!
Ye! conglomeration of beauty rare
Adoring the lady offshoot of Mathanghar clan
Perceived thy pageantry, great spectacle rare
A splendid display gratifying my eyes!


Simple Meaning

To the delight of my eyes I perceived Abhirami who has a voice that delights the tunes, who has veena in her hands, who has wonderful breasts, who is green complexioned which is loved by earth, who has been born among the clan of Mathanghar and who is beauty personified.

Commentary:

Nelson Mandela quotes:

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous? ' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

To play big we need to be associated with something bigger; Abhirami the beauty queen who is the biggest can deliver anything for Her child.

I read an article from Egyptology which shows a Goddess similar to Abhirami, called Hathor who is beautiful with an instrument implying sexual overtones who blessed and who helped many mortals to get rid of problems:
Hathor was a goddess of many things, from the celestial to the alcoholic! She was a celestial goddess, The Mistress of Heaven. A goddess of love, music and beauty as the Goddess of Love, Cheerfulness, Music and Dance. She was known as the Mother of Mothers and the Celestial Nurse who presided over women, fertility, children and childbirth.
Her name is translated as 'House of Horus', which may be a reference to her as the embodiment of the sky in her role of the Celestial Cow, being that which surrounds the decidedly sky-oriented hawk-deity, Horus, when he takes wing. If Horus was the god associated with the living king, Hathor was the god associated with the living queen.

She was also known as the Mistress of Life, the Great Wild Cow, the Golden One, the Mistress of Turquoise, Lady of Iunet (Dendera) , Mistress of Qis, Lady to the Limit (of the Universe) , Lady of Punt, the Mistress of the Desert, Lady of the Southern Sycamore... and many other names, besides. She was also the goddess of the third month of the Egyptian calendars, know in Greek times as Hethara.
An interesting story involving Hathor - all the more interesting because it is very similar to the Japanese tale of the sun goddess who leaves the company of the gods to sulk - is the story of Ra's temper tantrum. Baba a predynastic baboon god, taunted Ra who stood for Set becoming ruler rather than Horus, 'Your shrine is empty! ' With that, Ra stormed off to be alone - presumably this is a story about a solar eclipse - and refused to join the other gods. Realising that they'd gone too far, the others sent Baba away, but still Ra refused to stop sulking. Finally, Hathor decided on a plan. She went into Ra's presence and stood before him and started to dance and strip, revealing her nakedness and lewdly showing him her private parts. The dance caused Ra to laugh, forget his hurt feelings and he once again rejoined the gods.

Another interesting thing about Hathor is found in one particular Egyptian tale - when the hero of the story was born, the 'Seven Hathors', disguised as seven young women, appeared and announced his fate. They seemed to be linked with not only fortune telling, but to being questioners of the soul on its way to the Land of the West. These goddesses were worshiped in seven cities: Waset (Thebes) , Iunu (On, Heliopolis) , Aphroditopolis, Sinai, Momemphis, Herakleopolis, and Keset. They may have been linked to the Pleiades in later times, but this is debated. Hathor herself was known as 'Lady of Stars' and 'Sovereign of Stars' and linked to Sirius (the goddess Sopdet) . The day that Sirius rose (originally on the first day of the first month, known as Thuthi by Greek times) was a festive occasion to the followers of Hathor - it was the day they celebrated her birth. By Greek times, she was the goddess of Hethara, the third month of the Egyptian calendar.

Generally, Hathor was pictured as a woman with cow's horns with the sun between them (giving her the title of 'Golden One') , or as a beautiful woman with cow's ears, or a cow wearing the sun disk between her horns, or even as a lioness or a lion-headed woman showing her destructive side. It was only in later Egyptian history that she was shown as a woman with the head of a cow.
She often is seen carrying a sistrum, an ancient musical instrument played by the priestesses. The sistrum usually had the face of Hathor where the handle adjoins the rest of the instrument. This particular instrument was thought to have sexual overtones, relating to fertility. Hathor has a rather odd title, 'Hand of God'. This might be related to how the handle of the sistrum is held, just as the relationship of the loop ajoined to the handle (the naos) might be related to her title of 'Lady of the Vulva'!
Hathor was also known as the 'Great Menat'. The menat, a necklace with a special counterweight, is not actually jewelry - it is a musical instrument sacred to Hathor! The counter piece is similar to the fertility dolls found in ancient tombs, while the beaded necklace was believed to represent the womb. It was held in the hand and rattled to convey the blessing of the goddess.

Hathor was also the 'Lady of Greenstone and Malachite' and 'Lady of Lapis-Lazuli', presiding over these materials as well as being a goddess of the fringes where they were mined. (Malachite is a banded light and dark green semi-precious stone that was ground up and mixed with eye make up. Lapis-lazuli adorned many pieces of ancient Egyptian jewelry. This fits in well with Hathor's role of a goddess of beauty.) She was a goddess of the west, and a goddess of Punt and Sinai and so was a goddess of far off places. This is perhaps why she was also known as the 'Lady to the Limit' - the Egyptians believed her to be a goddess who ruled over the known universe!

So I would like to insist that my Mother Abhirami can show Herself in any form but the ultimate lifeline for Her is Her child in distress.


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