Spgm 098 - The Blessings And Praises Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

(Kannagi's image goddess was sanctified.
Senguttuvan came. Many subordinate kings
came and paid their royalty. Devandhi and
others came to Kannagi's temple and cried.
Kannagi appeared with her heavenly body.
She blessed Senguttuvan and others.)

1. Came to Vanchi

From the cape Kumari in the south,
Upto the Himalayas in the north,
King Neduncheraladhan spread
Tamil language during his period.

His wife from the dynasty of Cholan
She gave birth to Senguttuvan,
Who won the war with Cheran,
And he captured territories northern.

The Ganges River he crossed,
And those lands he possessed.
Angry by nature, kings he defeated
In Vanchi's throne, he was seated.

2. Aryan Kings from north told

A princess selected one of the kings,
Among the northern Aryan Kings.
In their presence she garlanded him,
And then she happily married him.

At that time, some kings told,
"When a southern king got hold
On lands up to Himalaya Mountain,
Where have we gone then? "

These words Senguttuvan heard.
To fight them he sent a word.
This was how the war started,
O'er what those kings stated.

3. He won the northerners

All the Aryan kings he had won.
They were defeated one by one.
O'er their heads, he loaded the stone.
In holy Ganges, he dipped this stone.

His anger then slowly came down.
A Goddess he made out of the stone.
He got this Goddess installed then.
Royalties from the north he did gain.

4. The brief story of Kannagi

From the Kannagi's eyes
Fell some drops of tears.
Her hairs unkempt black
Covered to hide her back.

Her husband Kovalan died,
As the goldsmith had lied,
Later, the king also died,
When he lost his pride.

Kovalan's father Masathuvan,
He heard this thru' Madalan,
He took the renunciation
His wife died of his separation.

Kannagi's servant maid,
Another her dear friend,
And the holy Devandhi
To Madurai went the three.

They heard the tragic story
And in a state of worry
They went to Ayyai
The daughter of Madhari.

With Ayyai, they climbed the hill
And saw Kannagi's image in the temple.
They praised King Senguttuvan.
And told him what was known.

5. Devandhi spoke

"This stone Kannagi was born
In the Himalayas Mountain,
After her bath In the Ganges
She now stands before us."

"Oh King, I'm her dear friend,
Now seeing her at this end
In this shape an idol of her,
I've my great love for her."