Spgm 099 - Her Foster Mother Spoke Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

"My Kannagi the beautiful,
She ever remained faithful,
Despite Madhavi another woman
She lived with her Kovalan."

"Kannagi's left her sweet home,
She went to forest with him.
Oh King, I'm her foster mother,
All these years I cared her."

7. Her friend spoke

"She didn't tell her own mother,
And nor her foster and my mother.
She went with him to keep up chastity.
Oh king, with her I was friendly."

8. Devandhi spoke

"I never had any God child
And had a fiery dream wild
What mistake I committed?
Why her life Kannagi demitted."

9. Servant maid cried and said

"The goldsmith, the cheat,
For the sake of an anklet,
He fixed Kovalan in a theft,
And got him killed just."

"His father Masathuvan,
He took renunciation,
O'er the news of his death
After donating all his wealth."

10. Another friend cried

"How much did she suffer,
For the death of her lover,
Also for the others' blame
That brought on her shame? "

"Under the Bodhi tree's shade
There all the monks lived.
Madhavi took renunciation first.
Her daughter, Manimegali next."

11. Cried for Ayyai

"While Ayyai's mother died,
For Kannagi's fate she cried,
Saying that she failed to protect them
Since Kavundhi Adgal entrusted them."

12. Senguttuvan's surprise

It was a surprise to Senguttuvan,
To see a woman from the Heaven.
From the sky she was descending
With a divine face soft looking.

13. Kannagi spoke

"The Southern King Pandian,
He's a harmless person,
Now a guest in Indra's Heaven.
I'm like a daughter of his own."

"This Tiruchengunru is a place,
Where Lord Murugan plays,
And I can't forget this place.
Often you all come to my place."

14. Come, let us sing

"Oh Vanchi Citizens, come here.
Neighboring Citizens, come here.
Shepherd girls, you also come here.
Let us all sing about her."

"The woman who burnt the city
With the power of her chastity,
And the king died out of pity,
Let us all sing about her."

"She's like a daughter of Pandian,
Now settled with him in the Heaven.
‘Pandian shall die, if justice is broken, '
She made this rule, let us sing about her."

"It's our king, who praised her,
The goddess who came here,
The Pandian's god-daughter,
Let us all sing about her."

15. The shepherds spoke

"We say she's our Cheran's daughter,
But she says she's Pandian's daughter.
Kannagi is now goddess, no matter.
Let us all sing about her."