Mmgl Part 023-001 - Released From The Prison Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

(The king sent Vasanthavai to console
the queen, who was highly depressed
over her son's death. But the queen
became very hot with Manimegalai.
The queen kept Manimegalai with her
and ill treated her, but the latter didn't
mind it. The queen regretted later and
Manimegalai led her in the virtuous
Path. The queen appreciated and
became submissive finally.)

VASANTHAVAI BLESSED

Vasanthavai was an old woman,
She was treated as a senior person
In the royal family to give advice
In family matters of importance.

She was a well learned person.
She used to console anyone
In their distress or pain,
On any such occasion.

The king sent her to the queen,
To relieve her mental pain,
O'er the death of her son,
And she did her best then.

She didn't fall at queen's feet
Nor o'er the loss she wept.
She paid her respects as a routine,
And then blessed the queen.

VASANTHAVAI TOLD

Vasanthavai told, "Oh queen,
In the royal family once born,
To die of old age or disease,
It's considered a disgrace."

"The noble death is one,
That one dies in the fight to win,
But the death of your son,
Is it praise worthy one? "

"The king is for the people.
So, keep not your face painful
Before him when he has to rule
And has many problems to tackle."

THE QUEEN'S VENGENCE

The queen didn't show outside,
But she kept her feelings inside.
She wanted to reap vengeance
And to the king gave her advice.

"Oh dear, our son was unfit
On the royal throne to sit,
As he loved a holy woman
Which act is forbidden."

"She gave up her family life
And chose an ascetic life.
So, to keep her in prison
It'll become another sin."

RELEASE FROM PRISON

The King told the queen:

"The righteous path those who take
The true subjects, they all make.
Now you've understood this,
So, better give her release."

FREEDOM AND DRUG

The queen replied:

"With me she can stay,
Or outside can go away,
Now she can do anyway.
None stands in her way."

The queen took her,
To the inner chamber,
And silently gave her
A drug to madden her.

But it didn't affect her,
As she knew her future,
And she was quite normal
Despite queen's act cruel.

It was the queen's intention,
To make her a mad woman,
On the roads to get her beaten,
And avenge the death of her son.

TRY TO SPOIL

"Then the queen called,
A young man uneducated,
And said, "Tell the public
You molested this ascetic."

For this, gold coins he took
And he went inside to look,
But Manimegalai took manhood
When a mantra she chanted.

The young man was panicky
As it became a mockery.
He suspected the queen,
How inside she kept a man? "

He ran out of the country
Saying, "The queen's cruelty
I've now understood well,
It's nothing but next to hell."

KEPT HER IN STARVATION

"Why should I keep her alive
When she let my son die, "
The queen gave her no food
And in a room kept her closed.

The mantra to forget hunger
Manimegalai chanted there.
She remained safe and sound.
This the queen then found.

SURPRISE AND PRAISE

The queen saw this surprise.
She became quite nervous.
She said, "For what I've done
You must give me pardon."

"In my distress o'er my son,
I gave you this intensive pain.
You're no ordinary woman,
But a realized holy woman."