Spgm 097 - The Unstable Body Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

Madalan continued:

"Fifty years are o'er,
Since you took o'er,
As a king of this vast land,
Which you did expand."

"You went all these days,
In the material ways,
Fighting wars for days,
Not in the spiritual ways."

"A victor you may be,
And your flag may be
Flying high in Himalayas,
Causing Aryans heavy losses."

"May be, under your fair rule,
The people are calm and cool.
May be, you've taken o'er
Defeating Yavanas in the war."

"May be, you destroyed many forts,
With your hard work and best efforts.
May be, you did religious sacrifices.
But all these achievements are fictitious."

"Know this body is unstable.
The riches and fame are unstable.
See the fate of Aryan kings now.
They're subordinates to you how? "

"The youth remains not so forever.
Can an old become youth? Never.
From this you may understand
Nothing permanently stands."

THE NATURE OF LIFE

Madalan further continued:

"The soul that goes to the heaven,
Back it may come as human.
An animal may be born as a man
As animal, a man may be born."

"So, the life doesn't remain
In the same body one,
But in different bodies it's born.
On its actions it depends upon."

I AM UNABLE TO BEAR

"I'm not approaching you,
For any favors from you,
I'm unable to bear the superior souls
Which follow the path of general souls."

DO SACRIFICE

"Now you do sacrifice,
Under Brahmin's guidance,
As laid down in Vedas.
My request is this."

"Tomorrow I'll do good,
If one says, it's no good,
As his life may disappear
At that particular hour."

"This is the last day of mine,
Who can say? Surely none.
So, do the religious rite.
Now is the time right."

PERMISSION FOR THE RITE

King Senguttuvan gave permission
To start the sacrifice function
By the qualified Brahmins,
As suggested by Madalan.

ARYA KINGS WERE RELEASED

From the prison he sent
And the Arya kings went
To the guests mansion
Till the religious function.

He ordered the Jailors, "Open,
The gates of the prison,
To their places send them.
No more royalty from them."

THE THREE WERE MADE TO UNDERSTAND

"For the women to maintain chastity,
The kings should rule with integrity.
Better to die when justice has failed.
On Kannagi's role model Senguttuvan hailed.

MAY GOD BLESS

"The power of her chastity
Burnt the Madurai City.
Thereafter under a neem tree
She stood in a good country.

To build a temple for her,
Everyone worked for her,
Also went the southern king
A Himalayan stone to bring.

This statue on the due date
Was installed after a rite
And a religious sacrifice.
May God bless us! "