Mmgl Part 012 - 001 - Worshipked Aravana Adigal Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

(Manimegalai, Madhavi and
Sudamadhi met Aravana Adigal
And worshiped him. Manimegalai
told him all those events pertaining
to her. He told the previous life
history of Sudamadhi and Madhavi
and taught all the virtues to them.)

WORSHIPED ARAVANA ADIGAL

With Madhavi and Sudamadhi,
To the ashram went Manimegalai,
To worship Aravana Adigal,
And on his lotus feet to fall.

With grey hair an old man,
Spoke clearly in a soft tone.
He was Aravana Adigal
Highly revered by all.

She worshiped him
And prayed to him
Her mind was at peace
When she saw his grace.

TOLD ABOUT EXPERIENCE

In the past all that happened
To Aravana Adigal she told.
"Sudamadhi took me to the garden.
There to meet me, came Raghulan."

"Goddess Manimegala took me.
In Manipallavam Island she kept me.
In that place I saw Buddha's seat,
And then I came to know my past."

"I was in my previous life,
This visitor Raghulan's wife.
Tara and Veera, my past sisters
They're now Madhavi and Sudamadhi."

WORSHIPED AND TOLD

She then told, "Three Mantras I got
From Manimegala at Buddha's seat.
Then thru' the Goddess of the island
Amudhasurabhi, the divine bowl I had."

SAW DUCHAYAN

Aravana Adigal heard
What all she said.
He blessed her
For her good future.

He told her, "To Buddha's seat
For worshiping his lotus feet,
I used to go there quite often.
There I saw once King Duchayan.

DUCHAYAN SAID

"Unhappy I found his face.
I asked him for its cause.
He started narrating his story,
And how he was in worry."

"A mad elephant ran one day.
It trampled his wife, Veera, on its way.
On hearing the death of Veera,
Also died his second wife Tara."

"I told him not to worry,
As it was their destiny,
That took them away,
In a miserable way."

CONTINUED TELLING

"After your last death
You've taken rebirth
And as stage dancers
You're now here."

Though Adigal told it
He didn't sit quiet.
He continued telling,
Whatever he was feeling.

THE WAY THE LIVES GO

"In the act of dharma
The first Lord was Buddha.
As a head, the world he led
About virtues many he said."

"All his preaching spread
In the world far and wide,
The virtuous path is full of thorns.
The evil path is free from thorns."

"The people have the easier choice.
So, virtue suffers with no voice.
Just like the red hot sun,
In the snow fog, it's hidden."

"What can't be seen by us,
It can't be deemed as useless.
The truth can't directly be seen,
But it is realized thru' saintly person."