Mmgl Part 025-001 - Reached Manipallavam With Aaputhiran Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

(When Punyarasan asked, Manimegalai said that
the bowl in her hand belonged to him. She told
him to worship the Manipallavam seat and think
about his previous life. He started by ship. She
went sky-way. Both reached Manipallavam. The
Island Deity told him about his previous life and
asked Manimegalai to go to Vanchi, as the Pugar
Town was swallowed by the sea. Manimegalai
and Punyarasan after speaking about the truth
and virtue left for Vanchi.)

THE KING'S ARRIVAL

With his close relatives Punyarasan
Came and visited the flower garden.
The holy feet of Sage Dharmasavagan
He worshiped him with devotion.

About the virtues' divisions,
The sins' qualities and aversions,
Things which are unstable,
And those which are stable,

The nature of miseries,
And the places of lives,
Where they go after death,
Ignorance with no faith,

How to tackle them with ease?
How to attain Buddha's peace?
About all these spiritual things
The Sage explained the king.

WHO IS SHE?

The sage asked:

"Who's this woman so beautiful?
Keeping in her hand a beggar's bowl,
But listening to the matters spiritual,
Her eyes showing no lust or evil."

THE BODYGUARD SAID

With due respect to his king,
The bodyguard started telling:
"In this island there's none
Equal to this young woman."

"Once I went to Pugar Town
To have friendship with Killi Valavan,
Thru' the Sage Aravana I learnt
On this young woman's talent."

"On my return I also told you.
The same woman is now before you."
Like this Manimegalai got introduced,
Before the sage when she was produced.

COME TO MANIPALLAVAM

Manimegalai said, "It's your bowl,
That has become now my bowl.
Since you have become so rich,
About it you don't matter much."

"Even if you know not last birth,
Don't you know your present birth
That you're born to a cow
But what you're doing now? "

"You'll not learn any life principle,
Till you visit Manipallavam temple.
So, please go to this place
To find peace and solace."

REACHED MANIPALLAVAM

She flew up in the clear sky.
Before the sunset in western sky,
She came down near the seashore
And walked around Manipallavam floor.

WORSHIPED THE SEAT

Manimegalai saw Buddha's seat
And she went around Lord's feet.
She had a vision of her previous life.
By his mercy in her present life.

REMEMBERED THE SAGE'S SPEECH

"At Kayankarai River bank
You told men of every rank
To get rid of bad habits,
And get into good habits."

"You told that a saint will come
To deliver every one of them,
Who follow his virtuous path
On the Lord who have faith."

THE POWER OF BUDDHA'S SEAT

"I and my husband heard,
Carefully what you said,
And then you told us
Also something else"

"Before Buddha appeared,
This seat Lord Indran installed.
I asked you why this seat
It reminded me of the life lost."

"None can take that seat
Barring the Buddha's feet.
Indran gave power to this seat
To tell about one's life past."

"Thru' you I learnt my past.
I now live my old life lost.
This is what I feel on this day."
She praised and prayed this way.

MOTHER'S WORDS OBEYED

From the flower garden,
The king went to his town.
A sage was his father,
And a cow was his mother.

In an egg shell he was,
Inside the cow when he was.
Later he became a king
In place of a childless king.

Thru' his foster mother
He had a chance to hear
But he felt bad for this
Unnatural history of his.