Mmgl Part 024-002 - Allow Me To Take Her Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

Chitrapathi requested:

"Oh queen, I know this
That Manimegala Goddess
She'll save my granddaughter,
So, allow me to take her."

SHE'LL BE WITH ME

The queen said, "Listen,
She left your profession
As the trade prostitution
Is the one in five forbidden."

"They're, drinking wine,
Lust for women
Telling lies, commit
Murder or theft"

"So, she'll stay with me
Here she'll serve me.
Never will she go with you.
Nor will stay with you."

MADHAVI AND ARAVANA

Madhavi was deeply worried,
About Manimegalai when she heard.
At the feet of Aravana she fell down.
She prayed him to save the situation.

WITH RESPECTS WELCOMED

The queen and her maids
Manimegalai they welcomed
And their respects they paid
To the sage, who just arrived.

WASHED THE FEET

The queen gave him proper seat.
She then arranged to wash his feet,
She did this as a mark of respect,
To be shown to a sage on visit.

WELCOME ADDRESS

The queen said:

"You're welcome here
After lapse of many years.
Many more years, Oh Sage,
I wish you despite your old age."

IS IT NATURAL?

The sage said:

"Oh queen, I'm like the setting sun.
In this world all those born
They'll be old and die one day
This is quite natural, so to say."

THOSE WHO KNEW SELF-CONROL

"Action, feeling, dislike, ignorance,
Touch, smell, Thirst, appearance,
Attachment, birth, five senses,
Results of good or bad deeds, "

"These twelve qualities take one
To the ultimate stage of Nirvana.
Those who don't understand this,
They're exposed to miseries."

IGNORANCE

"What does ignorance mean?
He's an adamant person,
Who believes not what's seen,
But believes what's unseen."

"He'll argue that hare's horn
Many of them he has seen."
Thus he exposes his ignorance.
By sticking to such nonsense."

BIRTH AND RESULT OF DEEDS

"Up, down and middle,
Of these three worlds,
The intelligent world
It remains manifold."

"It has six separate divisions,
Earth-people, Brahma, Devas,
Hell-people, animals, and ghosts,
Besides good and bad deeds"

"To suffer birth one takes,
Or to enjoy the fruit of deeds.
If deed is good its result is good.
If deed is bad its result is bad."

BAD DEEDS

"In that what's birth after bad deeds?
Murder, theft, lust, the three bad deeds
They appear in all the weak bodies.
Leading them to four kinds of offences."

"Telling lies, back biting, harsh words,
Besides these, the last one useless words
Followed by ‘desire, anger and intoxication, '
Thus bad deeds arise on these ten occasions."

GOOD DEEDS

What all free from the ten bad deeds.
They're really good deeds.
One should build good character.
Do charity and respect any elder."

DO GOOD DEEDS

"Oh queen and all others
Do good deeds always."
Good advice the sage gave
He got up and took leave."

ANNOUNCEMENTBY MANIMEGALAI

Manimegalai stood up and said,
"Oh queen, Chitrapathi and maids,
Don't forget what Aravana Adigal said.
Follow and get benefited by his words."

"If I continue to stay in this town,
The people here may point me as one
Who caused the death of king's son
So, I will go to the land of Aaputhiran."

"Then at Manipallavam I'll stay,
And respects to the Lord's seat I'll pay.
To all the Vanchi's chaste women,
Be assured, I shall care everyone."

"You'll ever be in my heart.
And don't feel on your part
That I'll face troubles there
If I leave alone from here."

Manimegalai worshiped them
And then took leave of them
From a dancing girl to ascetic
Her activities were hectic.

WENT TO SEVAGAM

The day's hot sun was setting.
Manimegalai also was moving.
She went to the temple of Sambapathi,
And she worshiped the stone deity.

She flew on the way to Heaven
And settled in a flower garden
Outside the land of Lord Indran
And met there Sage Dharmasavagan

For sometime she took rest.
Then she touched the Sage's feet.
She asked for the name of the town.
And also the ruler of the town.

THE SAGE TOLD

The Sage said, "This is Nagas town.
The king's name is Punyarasan.
From the day he was born
In this country there's good rain."

"The land and the trees
They give their riches.
There're no mental worries
Here for any kind of lives."