Mmgl Part 013-001 - Aaputhiran's Ability Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

(Aravana Adigal told the story
of Aaputhiran to Manimegalai.
The story limits itself with his
getting the bowl as told by
Aravana Adigal.)

SON OF SALI

Aravana Adigal spoke:

"To the story of Aaputhiran,
You may now like to listen.
At Kasi there was a Brahmin.
His name was Abanjigan"

"His wife, Sali, was known
As a very chaste woman.
She had a bath in south sea.
She returned from the sea."

"She had labor pain on the way.
And it was getting dark that day.
She delivered a child in darkness
And left it there merciless."

A COW FED MILK

"A cow from the herd
This child's cry it heard.
For seven days, its milk it fed.
Its best attention it paid."

ILAMBHOOTHI TOOK IT

"In the Vayanangkodu town
A Veda reciting Brahmin
Its loud cry he heard
Tears for it he shed."

"He gave it to his wife,
Who took best care of its life
They adopted it as their own.
Happy they were with a son."

THE CHILD GREW

"We got a beautiful son.
A progeny God gave us one."
They expressed their joy
And brought up this boy."

"Even before the thread
Put on his chest as sacred,
In Veda recital he excelled.
In which he was initiated."

SAW KILLING SACRIFICE

"Once, he went to a Brahmin's house.
There he saw a flesh-sacrifice-place.
Its horns were decorated with flowers.
There breathless it stood in fears."

"A deer tried to escape the arrow
But it was caught in a trap narrow.
Like this, with a rope the cow was tied,
While in fright aloud it cried."

"He saw its pathetic plight.
He felt, it wasn't right
To kill the innocent animal.
He shed tears all the while."

KIDNAPPED THE COW

"He vowed to kidnap it
By the same midnight
And take it far away
To end its misery."

"At midnight he took it
And far away he left.
A sharp stone route
He crossed and went."

THE BRAHMIN'S WRATH

"All the Brahmins went
With security men to hunt.
They caught hold of him
And the cow with him."

"They cross examined him.
They tied and beat him.
They expelled him then
As an outcast Brahmin."

COW'S ACTION

"The boy was wriggling with pains.
It saw and pricked with its horns
All the torturing Brahmins in protest
And it ran away into the forest."

AAPUTHIRAN'S QUERY

Aaputhiran queried them.
"Why do you cause harm
To any innocent animal
And kill them at your will? "

"A cow eats only grass,
But its milk it gives us
From the day of our birth,
Till the time of our death."

"Oh you Brahmins, be kind.
Tell me what is in your mind?
Let me know what its cause is?
You recite the ancient Vedas."