A Microcosm's Prayer(Slokha) -7 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Slokha, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The slokha, 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 slokha 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)
19 Thee who dispels fear from our hearts
Thee who grows courage in our hearts
Married to Sambu the Shiva
Thee who is by name Sambhavi

Those special autumnal nine days
Those nine days of Sarad rutu
On the eighth day of those nine days
Thee who's worshipped as Sarada

Mother of wisdom, Sambhavi
Thee whom yogis like to vision
The all in all power Sarva
Thee His consort, who's Sarvani

The bestower of happiness
Thee, our Mother of all in all
As is married to Sankara
So is who known as Sankari

Thou art the Power of Powers
Thou art the Powers of Power
Thou art the Power of Vishnu
Thou art the Power of Lakshmi

Bestower of wealth of good deeds
Thee the good deeds, thee the good wealth
Giver of the riches and life
Thee who's Srikari, our Mother

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


20 Wholly devout to Sankara
Virtuous thee who is Sadvi
Autumnal moon of a clear sky
Thee who has such a pleasant face

Thee the child of Sathodaran
Thee who birthed the whole lot and aged
Still thee with slender youthful waist
Thee who is so Sathodari

Thee who is peace-personified
Thine calm persona that does it
Our mire settles down to vanish
Thou art our linchpin oh Mother

Thou art the Support to the whole
But thyself to thee the Support
Thee who is so Niradhara
Thee who is Niranjana too

Free of illusion, ignorance
Thou art free of mayamala
Thou art so happy for ever
So thou art called Niranjana

Thee create and creating still
To that beautiful art of work
Not attached, not boasting, thou art
Mother, thee who is Nirlepa

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


21 Free of faults and flaws and defects
Thee who is known as Nirmala
Immortal, eternal thou art
Thee who is so known as Nithya

Thee who's boundless so is formless
So art thou called Nirakara
Strong thee who's not diverged, disturbed
Thee who's so called Nirakula

Who's beyond any ilk of traits
So art thou known as Nirguna
Boundless thee indivisible
So is thee known as Nishkala

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
Naamaas121-140



* 121 * Bhayapaha - She who removes fear
* 122 * Sambhavya - She who is married to Shambhu
* 123 * Saradharadya - She who is to be worshipped during Navarathri celebrated during autumn
* 124 * Sarvani - She who is the consort of Lord Shiva in the form of Sarvar
* 125 * Sarmadhayini - She who gives pleasures
* 126 * Sankari - She who is the consort of Sankara
* 127 * Sreekari - She who gives all forms of wealth and happiness
* 128 * Sadhwi - She who is eternally devoted to her husband
* 129 * Sarat chandra nibhanana - She who has the face like moon in the autumn
* 130 * Satho dhari - She who has a thin belly
* 131 * Santhimathi - She who is peace personified
* 132 * Niradhara - She who does not need any support to herself
* 133 * Niranjana - She who is devoid of any blemishes or scars
* 134 * Nirlepa - She who does not have any attachment
* 135 * Nirmala - She who is personification of clarity or She who is devoid of any dirt
* 136 * Nithya - She who is permanently stable
* 137 * Nirakara - She who does not have any shape
* 138 * Nirakula - She who cannot be attained by confused people
* 139 * Nirguna - She who is beyond any characteristics
* 140 * Nishkala - She who is not divided