Spgm 053 - Visiting The Town Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

(Kovalan kept Kownthi Adigal
and Kannagi at a place in Mudhoor.
He then went around Madurai City
to see important places and came
back to them.)

MADURAI WOKE UP

At the outskirts, there were
Lakes filled with water,
Flower gardens and fertile fields
Full of harvesting crop yields.

The birds got up early
And made sounds lovely.
The grand sun opened the buds
Of the lotus o'er the water beds.

The undaunted ever victorious king
He got up from bed early morning.
With him the Madurai City woke up,
The day's challenges to take up.

THE MORNING DRUMS SOUNDED

The temple conchs sounded,
And the drums-beats echoed,
To indicate the arrival of the sun,
As usual, early in the morn.

These sounds reverberated on the sky,
From the temples of Shiva with His third eye,
Of Thirumal with His flag Garuda flying high,
Of Balaraman with His victory-plough.

Of Murugan with His cock bird flag
And of the temple of the royal king,
Like a morning alarm to wake up
The sleeping city they sounded up.

UNDER YOUR SAFE CUSTODY

"Kownthi Adigal was in meditation.
Kovalan praised for her dedication,
And told, "My life suffer degradation,
As I'm now in a state of deprivation."

"Thru' forests to a land unknown,
Kannagi had to walk on sharp stones.
I've fallen down to this disgrace,
But I pray now for your grace."

"I'll go and explain my position,
To get rich traders' compassion.
Till I search for an accommodation.
Can you give her you protection? "

DON'T WORRY. GO AHEAD.

Kownthi Adigal replied,
"This is the truth implied,
When some past deeds are bad,
The present period turns sad."

"Strong is the hand of fate.
Never has it failed to act.
So, give up your hate
For your awful state."

"Do the reckless men
Care and tend to listen
To all the advices given
By the elderly wise men? "

"When their bad deeds burn
Their fingers in turn,
They begin to mourn,
And a lesson they learn."

"A wise learned person
Never fails in his action.
The fate may be a reason
But he knows it as one."

"The pinching pains of death,
Don't they occur after every birth?
The pain how a mother bears
When a child she delivers? "

"The Cupid's arrow shot
Does it not make one hot?
So also a husband to mourn,
When leaving his wife alone."

"For an avowed single person,
A solitary path having chosen,
He never has this kind of pain
Nor he's affected by anyone."

"A madman after women,
And a voracious glutton,
Both ends in severe pain,
Not in an endless gain."

"This kind of untold misery
Forward the dead past carry
As one's mental torture,
To the present and future."

"To the forest he left.
Sita, his wife he lost.
For this he did worry.
This is Lord Rama's story."

"To the forest he left.
Damayanthi, his wife he lost.
For this he had to worry.
This is King Nala's Story."

"But you aren't like them,
As your wife like a gem,
She's so attached to you,
That she's always with you."

"At Madurai find a place
To live there with all grace.
Come back soon with success
And make good all the losses."