A Microcosm's Prayer(Slokha) -15 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Sloka, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The sloka, meaning 'song', although metric, is not considered poetic.
It functions more as the equivalent to Western prose with lines and meter and
is often used in narratives or epics.

The defining features of the sloka are:
stanzaic, written in any number of couplets made up of 2 hemistiches.
The hemistiches can be broken into 4 lines or padas creating quatrains,4 lines or padas
syllabic, either 2 lines of 16 syllables each or 4 hemistiches of 8 syllables each.
metric, alternate hemistiches of trochaic and iambic patterns.

The following verses are my own work, a prayer, based on the great slokha 'Lalitha Sahasranamam'
where the meaningful thousand names of Adi Para Sakthi(primordial cosmic Energy)
are narrated.These verses are not literal or exact translation of the slokha.But I referred to
the translation of the great slokha by Mr.P. R. Ramachander

(Please read the previous parts of this series before reading this)




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Note: Translation by Mr.P.R Ramachander
Naamaas281-300
43 Every glance thine when thee flash on
Thee create the whole creation
Every closing when thy eyes shut
Thee destroy all the created

So is thy powerful great name
Unmesha nimishotpanna
vipanna bhuvanavali
Thou thousands of heads and faces

Thou art aptly known by the name
Sahasra sirsha vadana
Thousands of eyes thine all around
Thou art so called Sahasrakshi

Thousands of feet thine in all move
Thou art so called Sahasrapath
Tiny worm to great Brahma all
Thee the Mother, so art thee called

Aabrahmakeeda janani
The classes and stages of life
And the order ordained by thee
Aptly thou art known by the name

Varnashrama vidhayini
Whatever the vedas command
It is thy command.Thou art so
Nijangna roopa nigama

Namaste Mother namaste
Divine Mother, unto thy feet
This tiny droplet surrenders
Rise my size within me, I watch


44 Thee who is the cause of karma
Thee who makes the whole reap and eat
Good or bad, the fruit of karma
Thee who's so known by that great name

Punyapunya phala pradha
As Vedamatha prostrates thee
It's the dust of thy holy feet
Stuck on her forehead as sindoor

So art thee known by the great name
Sruthi seemantha sindhoori
kritha padabjha dhoolika
The pearl in the shell of Vedas

It's thee the essence of vedas
So art thee known by the great name
Sakalagama sandoha
shukthi samputa maukthika

Dharma, artha, kama, moksha
Thee who bestows those four values
Thou art Purashartha pradha
Complete thee so is called Purna

Who enjoys all pleasures and bliss
Aptly thee is called Bhogini
Who presides o'er the universe
So art thee Bhuvaneshwari

Namaste Mother namaste
Divine Mother, unto thy feet
This tiny droplet surrenders
Rise my size within me, I watch


45 The Mother of the universe
Thou art so known as Ambika
Eternal without start and end
Thou art Anadhinidhana

Hari, Brahma and Indra pray
So art thee known by the great name
Hari brahmendra sevitha
Thee who is like Narayana

So's Narayani.Thou art sound
Thou art Nadaroopa.Thee who's
Without form or name, so art thee
Nama roopa vivarjitha

Ho ho, divine our sweet Mother
Thou art beautiful the bestest
Thou art our brave queen the bestest
Thou art our Wisdom the bestest

Thou art our Strength sole the bestest
The Support for mind the bestest
The Support for life the bestest
Thou art all Force the mightiest

So to thee Mother, namaste
The Power of all, namaste
The causer of all, namaste
Creatrix of all, namaste

Namaste Mother namaste
Divine Mother, unto thy feet
This tiny droplet surrenders
Rise my size within me, I watch


* 281 * Unmesha nimishotpanna vipanna bhuvanavali - She who creates and destroys the universe
by opening and closing of her eye lids
* 282 * Sahasra seersha vadana - She who has thousands of faces and heads
* 283 * Saharakshi - She who has thousands of eyes
* 284 * Sahasra path - She who has thousands of feet
* 285 * Aabrahma keeda janani - She has created all beings from worm to Lord Brahma
* 286 * Varnashrama vidhayini - She who created the four fold division of society
* 287 * Nijangna roopa nigama - She who gave orders which are based on Vedas
* 288 * Punyapunya phala pradha - She who gives compensation for sins and good deeds
* 289 * Sruthi seemantha sindhoori kritha padabjha dhooliga - She whose dust from her lotus feet
is the sindhoora fills up in the parting of the hair of the Vedic mother
* 290 * Sakalagama sandoha shukthi samputa maukthika - She who is like the pearl in the pearl
holding shell of Vedas
* 291 * Purashartha pradha - 'She who gives us the purusharthas of Charity, assets, joy and moksha'
* 292 * Poorna - She who is complete
* 293 * Bhogini - She who enjoys pleasures
* 294 * Bhuvaneshwari - She who is the Goddess presiding over the universe
* 295 * Ambika - She who is the mother of the world

* 296 * Anadhi nidhana - She who does not have either end or beginning
* 297 * Hari brahmendra sevitha - 'She who is served by Gods like Vishnu, Indra and Brahma'
* 298 * Naarayani - She who is like Narayana
* 299 * Naada roopa - She who is the shape of music (sound)
* 300 * Nama roopa vivarjitha - She who does not have either name or shape