Spgm 078 - The Kingdom's Temple Door Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

The king inquired for its reason.
And found the boy in prison
O'er a false complaint foisted
By some jealous men frustrated.

VARTHIGAN GOT PRIZES

The king found no justice
He ordered for the boy's release.
He donated Varthigan sufficient land.
He also gave several gifts in his hand.

The temple doors opened
When justice was restored.
Every one was happy,
To see the Almighty.

THE ANNOUNCER'S DRUM BEAT

The king further ordered,
"Let the prison be opened
To release those imprisoned
On such false charges framed."

He ordered the announcer,
To drumbeat and tell this news
He sat on the back of an elephant
He told this wherever he went

THERE LIES THE OLD SAYING

Madurai Deity continued:

"Oh you innocent Kannagi,
It's sure to happen in Adi
Month on the Ashtami
Krishna Paksham day."

"It happened on a Friday,
Fire was to burn that day
Which was pre-written,
And this you must listen."

THE NEWS OF PAST LIFE

The Deity told Kannagi:

"In the Kalinga Kingdom
And Singapuram Kingdom.
Two powerful kings ruled,
Vasu and Kumaran named."

"One day a Kalinga's trader
In Singapuram he tried to enter
In his last life your husband
Barathan, was a palace guard."

"Barathan killed this trader,
As a spy of the invader.
Before the king he blamed
On a false charge he framed."

"As a consequence in this birth,
He faced this similar death.
The curse of the trader's wife,
It had taken out his life."