A Microcosm's Prayer(Slokha) -44 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)

130 Shiva's androgynous form, thee
The half occupant.Thee, His half
Inseparable from Him, thou'rt
So called Kanthardha vigraha

Beyond cause and effect thee who's
Above all reasoning, thee who's
Unique in thy sort art so called
Karya karana nirmuktha

In close union with Shiva, thee
Who creates..in surges many
Universes, so art thee called
Kama keli tharangitha

Thee who wears burnished and lustrous
Gold ear ornaments, so'rt thee called
Kanath kanaka thadanga
Albeit formless, thee who can take

Form to form many as a sport
So art greatly known by the name
Leela vigraha dharini
Thee who's not confined to be born

Who's not in the cycle of birth
Art so called Ajha.Nor in the
Cycle of death too thee who's not
So'rt called Kshayavinirmuktha

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


131 Alluring and enthralling is
Thy beauty.Beautiful thee so'rt
Known as Mugdha.Who's atonce pleased
To bless Her bhaktas, so'rt thee called

Kshipra prasadhini.By those
Who vision thee inwardly in
Their heart and mind, thou art adored
So'rt thee aptly known by the name

Anthar mukha samaradhya
Who's worshipped outwardly also
By means of pooja and chanting
So is aptly known by the name

Bahir mukha sudurlabha
Rig, yajur and sama vedas
Thee who's the three-fold vedas so'rt
Thrayee.Virtue, wealth and desire

Thee who is in them, so art called
Trivarga nilaya.Thee who's
In all three-grouped facts, so'rt thee called
Thristha.Who's in the sixth chakra

Tripura of Srichakra, so's
Known as Tripura malini
Free of all sickness, thou'rt healthy
So art known as Niramaya

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


132 The Support to all is thee who
Needs no support to Herself, so'rt
Niralamba.Within thyself
Thee who's enjoying art so called

Swatma rama.Thee the sweet pour
Of Sahasrara chakra so'rt
Sudha sruthi.Thee who saves all
From life's mire and thee who protects

All from striving life art so called
Samsara panga nirmagna
samuddharana panditha
Such art thee, merciful 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
Naamaas861-880

* 861 * Kanthatha vigraha - She who is half of her husband (kantha)
* 862 * Karya karana nirmuktha - She who is beyond the action and the cause
* 863 * Kama keli tharangitha - She who is the waves of the sea of the play of the God
* 864 * Kanath kanaka thadanga - She who wears the glittering golden ear studs
* 865 * Leela vigraha dharini - She who assumes several forms as play
* 866 * Ajha - She who does not have birth
* 867 * Kshaya nirmuktha - She who does not have death
* 868 * Gubdha - She who is beautiful
* 869 * Ksipra prasadhini - She who is pleased quickly
* 870 * Anthar mukha samaradhya - She who is worshipped by internal thoughts
* 871 * Bahir mukha sudurlabha - She who can be attained by external prayers
* 872 * Thrayee - 'She who is of the form of three Vedas viz Rik, yajur and sama'
* 873 * Trivarga nilaya - 'She who is in three aspects of self, assets and pleasure'
* 874 * Thristha - She who is in three
* 875 * Tripura malini - She who is in tripura the sixth section of Srichakra
* 876 * Niramaya - She who is without diseases
* 877 * Niralamba - She who does not need another birth
* 878 * Swatma rama - She who enjoys within herself
* 879 * Sudha sruthi - She who is the rain of nectar
* 880 * Samsara panga nirmagna samuddharana panditha - She who is capable of saving people
who drown in the mud of day today life