A Microcosm's Prayer(Slokha) -12 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Slokha, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The slokha, meaning 'song', although metric, is not considered poetic.
It functions more as the equivalent to Western prose with lines and meter and
is often used in narratives or epics.

The defining features of the slokha are:
stanzaic, written in any number of couplets made up of 2 hemistiches.
The hemistiches can be broken into 4 lines or padas creating quatrains,4 lines or padas
syllabic, either 2 lines of 16 syllables each or 4 hemistiches of 8 syllables each.
metric, alternate hemistiches of trochaic and iambic patterns.

The following verses are my own work, a prayer, based on the great slokha 'Lalitha Sahasranamam'
where the meaningful thousand names of Adi Para Sakthi(primordial cosmic Energy)
are narrated.These verses are not literal or exact translation of the slokha.But I referred to
the translation of the great slokha by Mr.P. R. Ramachander

(Please read the previous parts of this series before reading this)

34 Thee who's wondrously valorous
Thee who fought and killed asuras
Thee who's so called Mahaveerya
Thee who has valorous Power

With much efficacious power
Thee who is exceedingly strong
Thee who's so called Mahabala
Thee who is the womb of Wisdom

Who's all Wisdom and Intellect
Thee who's so called Mahabhuddhi
Thee who's the Power of Siddhis
Who can win highest attainments

Who is so called Mahasiddhi
Thee who's worshipped by yogis, who's
The adept at yoga, so'rt called
Mahayogeswareswari

Adept at mystic formulae
Thou art so called Mahatantra
Thou art the sole trenchant mantra
Thou art the greatest Srividya

So art thee called Mahamantra
Thou art the greatest Srichakra
Design of thine power-abode
So thou art called Mahayantra

Namaste Mother namaste
Divine Mother, unto thy feet
This tiny droplet surrenders
Rise my size within me, I watch


35 Seated high on the Truth of truths
Seated great in thy Bhaktas' hearts
Thou art so called Mahasana
Worshiped by great sacrifices

Like yagas done by devas thou'rt
Mahayaga kramaradhya
Thee who's the deity adored much
So thou art known by that great name

MahaBhairavapoojitha
Who's worshipped by Bhairava so's
Maheswara Mahakalpa
Mahathandava Sakshini

At the time of creation's end
Maheswara's fierce cosmic dance
Of a destructive performance..
Thou art the witness of His play

So art thee known by that great name
Mahakamesamahishi
Queen of the great Kameswara
Gracious queen of the three cities

Mahatripurasundari
With sixty four oblations, thee
Worshipped.so thou art well known as
Chatushshashtyupacharadya

Namaste Mother namaste
Divine Mother, unto thy feet
This tiny droplet surrenders
Rise my size within me, I watch

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36 Chathushashti kalamayi
Who's the form of sixtyfour arts
Mahachatushshasti Koti
Yogini Ganasevita

As Yoginis sixtyfour crores
Attend on thee, thou art so named
As Manu enjoyed Srividya
So art thee called Manuvidya

As Moon too adored Srividya
So art thee called Chandravidya
Seated in moon's zone so art called
Chandra mandala Madhyaga

Oh thee, divine our sweet Mother
Thou art beautiful the bestest
Thou art our brave queen the bestest
Thou art our Wisdom the bestest

Thou art our Strength sole the bestest
The Support for mind the bestest
The Support for life the bestest
Thou art all Force the mightiest

So to thee Mother, namaste
The Power of all, namaste
The causer of all, namaste
Creatrix of all, namaste

Namaste Mother namaste
Divine Mother, unto thy feet
This tiny droplet surrenders
Rise my size within me, I watch

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Note: Translation by Mr.P.R Ramachander
Naamaas221-240

* 221 * Maha veerya - She who has great valour
* 222 * Maha bala - She who is very strong
* 223 * Maha bhudhi - She who is very intelligent
* 224 * Maha sidhi - She who has great super natural powers
* 225 * Maha yogeswareswari - She who is goddess of great yogis
* 226 * Mahathanthra - She who has the greatest Thantra sasthras
* 227 * Mahamanthra - She who has the greatest manthras
* 228 * Mahayanthra - She who has the greatest yanthras
* 229 * Mahasana - She who has the greatest seat
* 230 * Maha yaga kramaradhya - She who should be worshipped by performing great sacrifices
(Bhavana yaga and Chidagni Kunda yaga)
* 231 * Maha bhairava poojitha - She who is being worshipped by the great Bhairava
* 232 * Maheswara Mahakalpa Maha thandava sakshini - She who will be the witness to the great dance
to be performed by the great lord at the end of the worlds
* 233 * Maha kamesha mahishi - She who is the prime consort of the great Kameshwara
* 234 * Maha tripura sundari - She who is the beauty of the three great cities
* 235 * Chatustatyupacharadya - She who should be worshipped with sixty four offerings
* 236 * Chathu sashti kala mayi - She who has sixty four sections
* 237 * Maha Chathusashti kodi yogini gana sevitha - She who is being worshipped by the
sixty four crore yoginis in the nine different charkas
* 238 * Manu Vidya - She who is personification of Sri Vidya as expounded by Manu
* 239 * Chandra Vidya - She who is personification of Sri Vidya as expounded by Moon
* 240 * Chandra mandala Madhyaga - She who is in the center of the universe around the moon