Mmgl Part 006-003 - Sambapathi Spoke Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

"There's nothing like ghost
That haunts life to eat.
His ignorance only put out
His life and he lost it."

"It isn't the ghost's act,
But his ill fate that did it.
So, give up your thought
That his life ghost ate, "

MOTHER'S PRAYER

"I pray his life be restored.
My life you take instead.
He can help my husband,
Who's helpless and blind."

NONE CAN GIVE LIFE

Goddess Sambapathi heard her,
And felt sympathy for her.
She said, "After one's death
One can have only rebirth."

"In this do you've any doubt?
To bring the reborn to this spot
And relive your pain
I can do but in vain."

"So, you worry not.
Some doing things rot
They may even like to say
"Murder is a virtue anyway."

"It's their utter ignorance,
When they say this sentence,
"Give up one life
To restore another life."

"Thousands of world kings
Sleep in their graves.
Will they not be alive
When such life-exchange thrive? "

MOTHER'S BOLDNESS

"The good four Vedas,
Doesn't it say, "All Devas
They give whatever boons
To the well read Brahmins."

"You're the greatest goddess.
My wish if you don't bless
I'll give up my life here.
I don't have any fear."

SAMBAPATHI CONSOLES

"If the Chief Lord of Fate,
Or any other gods here state
That life they can give,
Then I can also give."

"What a fool you're!
Here see my power.
I'll call all the gods
And other demigods."

"Oh, Gods in the Heaven,
The Moon and the Sun,
Devas, Asuras and men,
To my words you listen! "

"This Chakravalam Zone
Are you not held in!
This is her worry main.
Give back her son."

To the Goddess's call,
There appeared soon all
The gods from the heaven
And saw the dead son,

To the sad mother they told,
The same what Goddess told,
That they have no power
Back her son to restore.

The mother realized then.
On the pyre she burnt her son.
Leaving her erstwhile lament,
With her husband she went.

THE IMPORTANCE OF CHAKRAVALAM

Surrounded by the sea, Chakravalam,
Amidst mountains, it was calm.
Centered around Meru Mountain,
It was situated near peaks seven.

Four different big islands,
Two thousand small islands,
They were in their respective places.
Thus they made its importance.

Generation after generation,
What were all in the tradition,
It took the people in ideal ways.
It taught them of the life-values.

THE GRAVE YARD ZONE

The goddess said:

"Beyond the four walls' outside
Of this popular graveyard,
This Chakravalam is situated.
As graveyard zone it's also called.

REACHED MANIPALLAVAM

After narrating the background,
About the burial ground,
With no ego at her heart,
The goddess said at last.

"There's no permanent pain,
Nor any permanent gain
In this world of life,
Mixed with joy and strife."

It was then almost midnight.
Into deep sleep Sudamadhi went.
The goddess left her there.
Manimegalai she took care.

She carried her sky-way
Towards the southern way,
At a Manipallavam Island
Left the girl in that land.

Thus the goddess took care,
Of Manimegalai's welfare,
Ensuring the safety of her;
She disappeared thereafter,