A Microcosm's Prayer(Slokha) -24 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)

70 Thee who has beautiful eye brows
That bring in auspiciousness well
Art so known by the name Subru
Thou art so splendorous, wondrous

Gorgeous and gracious, so Mother,
Thou art known by name Shobhana
Thee who's the leader of devas
Art so called Sura Nayika

Kalakanta thy spouse Shiva
As killed Darukasura so
Thou art known as Kala kanti
Thee who's radiant and lustrous

So art known as Kanthi mathi
Thou art the cause of emotions
Thou art the emotions in all
Thee who fructifies all karma

So art thee known as Kshobhini
As much as thee the vast Expanse
So much the subtle form also
So thou art Sukshma roopini

Thou art like the hard diamond
A gem hard to explore and find
Thou art strong and adamantine
So art thee called vajreshvari

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


71 Those Bhaktas of Vama marga
Thee the Goddess to them.Thy spouse
Vamadeva, His close bonding
That Shiva hath thee on his left

Thee art so called Vamadevi
How can thee, the All Powerful
The creatrix of all and whole
Ever grow senile with old age

Thee who remains for ever young
Art so greatly known by the name
Vayovastha vivarjitha
Thou art the deity of Siddhas

So art thee called Sidheswari
Deity of the Srichakra and
The mantra of Srichakra..thee
Art so known as Sidha vidya

The Mother who protects Siddhas
So art thee called Sidha matha
Thou art renowned well known.So called
Yasaswini.The Vishuddha,

The sixteen petalled Lotus is
Where thee dwell with the sacred name
Vishudhichakra Nilaya
Such a divine Mother thou art!

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


72 Thee who's rosy in complexion
Known so as Aarakthavarna
As thee hath lotuslike three eyes
Thou art known as Trilochana

Khatvangam, a club and a skull
A weapon thine.So art thee called
Khatwangadhi praharana
Thee who has one unique face, so's

Vadanaika samavita
Thee who adores Payasannam
A sweetened 'rice and milk' pudding
So called Payasanna priya

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

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Note: Translation by Mr.P.R Ramachander
Naamaas461-480

* 461 * Subru - She who has beautiful eyelids
* 462 * Shobhana - She who brings good things
* 463 * Sura Nayika - She who is the leader of devas
* 464 * Kala kanti - She who is the consort of he who killed the god of death
* 465 * Kanthi mathi - She who has ethereal luster
* 466 * Kshobhini - She who creates high emotions or She who gets agitated
* 467 * Sukshma roopini - She who has a micro stature
* 468 * Vajreshwari - She who is Vajreswari (lord of diamonds) who occupies jalandhara peetha
* 469 * Vamadevi - She who is the consort of Vama deva
* 470 * Vayovastha vivarjitha - She who does not change with age
* 471 * Sidheswari - She who is the goddess of Siddhas (saints with super natural powers)
* 472 * Sidha vidya - She who is personification of pancha dasa manthra which is called siddha vidya
* 473 * Sidha matha - She who is the mother of Siddhas
* 474 * Yasawini - She who is famous
* 475 * Vishudhichakra Nilaya - She who is in sixteen petalled lotus


* 476 * Aarakthavarni - She who is slightly red
* 477 * Trilochana - She who has three eyes
* 478 * Khadwangadhi prakarana - She who has arms like the sword
* 479 * Vadanaika samavidha - She who has one face
* 480 * Payasanna priya - She who likes sweet rice (Payasam)