A Microcosm's Prayer(Slokha) -27 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Sloka, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The sloka, 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 sloka 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)

79 At the glabella as thee dwell
In the two petalled lotus that's
Agna chakra, thou'rt so known as
Agna chakrabja nilaya

Thee who is beautifully fair
Thee who is white in complexion
Art so known as Shukla varna
Who's six faced so's Shadanana

The bone marrow of the body
Thee who needily resides in
So'rt greatly called Majja samstha
Who is encircled by saktis

Like Hamsavathi so is called
By the great name Hamsavathi
-mukhya shakthi samanvitha
Who likes turmeric-rice, who's so

Haridrannaika rasika
Who's the form of Hakini, so's
Hakini roopa dharini
Thee who's throned in Sahasrara

The thousand petalled lotus, so'rt
Sahasra dhala padhmastha
Who shines in all syllables, so's
Sarva varnopi shobitha

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


80 Who's an adept in weapon art
So's armed with all weapons, so is
Sarvayudha dhara.Who's in
Virility of manliness

So is called Shukla samsthitha
Thee who can vision all around
So hath faces all around, so'rt
Sarvathomukhi.Fond of food..

Who's pleased with all types, who's so called
Sarvou dhana preetha chittha
Who's the form of Yakini so's
Yakinyambha swaroopini

The 'Swaha' of fire sacrifice
Thee, that mantra and its deity
And that fire.Thou art so 'Swaha'
Oblation to Pitrus, the dead

Thee that 'Swadha'.So named Swadha
Who's ignorance and ignorant
And its deity, so's Amathi
Thou art wisdom personified

Thou art wisdom itself.So art
Medha.So Mother, who of thee
Here in me.Oh my sweet Mother,
Rise in me as Medha, I watch

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


81 The whole of cosmos and all else
It is well known, all is from thee
Out of subtle hush born Omkar
The sacred sound firstly whence

Born the vedas...thee the vedas
Brahma thee taught it to thy sons
Vedas heard and learnt thus wide spread
vedic oral tradition that..

By thy guidance.So thou'rt Sruthi
Learning and remembering is
Thee, so known by the name Smriti
Such is thy greatness dear Mother

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
Naamaas521-540

* 521 * Agna chakrabja nilaya - She who sits on the lotus called Agna chakra or the wheel of order
* 522 * Shukla varna - She who is white coloured
* 523 * Shadanana - She who has six faces
* 524 * Majja samstha - She who is in the fat surrounding the body
* 525 * Hamsavathi mukhya shakthi samanvitha - She who is surrounded by shakthis called Hamsavathi
* 526 * Hardrannaika rasika - She who likes rice mixed with turmeric powder
* 527 * Hakini roopa dharini - She who has the name 'Hakini'
* 528 * Sahasra dhala padhmastha - She who sits on thousand petalled lotus
* 529 * Sarva varnopi shobitha - She who shines in all colours
* 530 * Sarvayudha dhara - She who is armed with all weapons
* 531 * Shukla samsthitha - She who is in shukla or semen
* 532 * Sarvathomukhi - She who has faces everywhere
* 533 * Sarvou dhana preetha chittha - She who likes all types of rice
* 534 * Yakinyambha swaroopini - She who is named as 'yakini'
* 535 * Swaha - She who is personification of Swaha (the manthra chanted during fire sacrifice)
* 536 * Swadha - She who is of the form of Swadha
* 537 * Amathi - She who is ignorance
* 538 * Medha - She who is knowledge
* 539 * Sruthi - She who is Vedas
* 540 * Smrithi - She who is the guide to Vedas