Spgm 085 - The Fate Of The Kings Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

What happened to the King Pandian,
It pricked the feelings of Senguttuvan.
Out of his sadness he began to say,
What he felt in this way.

"For kings like us this is a lesson.
Before such bad news reach anyone,
The news of our death shall go first,
To prove that we're honest and just."

"Born in a family good and royal,
To safeguard the interest of all,
To see that no curse befall
The king has a definite role."

"There should be no fear
And it'll be horrible to hear
That there's no fall of rain
‘Cause of king's bad reign."

This way Senguttavan said.
He fell very much sad.
For the Pandian who died
As a result of his misdeed.

WHO IS THE WONDERFUL PERSON?

The king asked the queen
"Both died for noble reason,
Who's great? The queen
Or the other woman? "

NEEDED WIFE'S PRAISE

The Cheran's queen heard and said,
"For Pandian's queen, who died
‘Cause of her love for the husband.
Heavenly pleasures to get she was bound."

"Let us worship this chaste woman,
Who walked up to our dominion."
The King agreed with her views.
He asked the poets for the ways.

WHERE FROM TO BRING THE STONE?

The poets said, "Let us bring
The stones from the upper wing
Of the Himalaya Mountain,
Not from the Pothiya Mountain."

"Let us immerse these stones
In the holy River Ganges once
And in the holy River Cauvery then,
To sanctify each and every stone."

KING CHERAN SUGGESTED

The king asked, "Why not stones,
All from the Pothiya Mountain,
And dip in Cauvery as laid down
In our age old tradition? "

CHERAN'S OATH

"The king of Himalaya Mountain
Will he not give us stone
For an idol to this ideal woman,
Who's now a goddess in the Heaven? "

"If he doesn't give the stones,
My life becomes useless then.
We'll get them at any cost,
Even if we should fight."

THE SWORD OF VANCHI

King Cheran said:

"With us anyone dares to fight
We shall show our might.
At our Vanchi boundary
We'll have definite victory."

"Our city Vanchi is one,
That'll never bow down.
But garland my victory-sword,
You'll now take my word."