Thursday, November 24, 2016

Kadalnalam

My daughter roams the earth reciting, "Imade this earth.
I am the earth and the ocean; it was I who took the earth it was I who lifted the earth; it was I who swallowed the earth"
Has the lord possessed her? O people, how can I make you understand?

My daughter recites, "I cannot be understood.
I am that understanding. I generate understanding"
has the understanding Lord descended on her?
O understanding people what can I say?

The things my possessed daughter says! "All the earth is me! 
All the sky is me; all the fire is me.
/all the air is me; all the ocean is me"
has the all seeing Lord entered her?
O witness of the world what shall i say?

The things my red lipped daughter does! All that is done is me;
All that remains undone is me; All that has been done is also me;
I enjoy the fruit f all action; motivation too is me.
Has the lotus eyed God gotten her? fair people of the world what can I say?

unfailing I rule over the earth, my daughter says, then
unfailingly i lifted the mountain, killed the asuras,
Then showing my might, protected the five, The ocean too was churned by me."
has the ocean hued Lord taken her? O severe people of the world what can I say?

My vel eyed daughter prates "Iam the chief of the cowherd clan,
It was I who grazed the calves. it was i who lifted the mountain,
It was I who protected the cattle. It was I who killed the seven bulls"
has the lord of celestials possessed her? O severe people what can I say?

The things my fond daughter prates "I have no friends she says,
Then all are my friends, and it is I who make bonds, 
It is also I who break bonds, the bonds between friends too is me.
Has the peerless  lord possessed her? O friendly people of the world what can I say?

The things my tender sapling says! speak ye of three eyed Lord?
He is me; the four headed lord is me, the celestials too are me.
The lord of celestials is me, the sages too are but me?
has the cloud hued lord taken her? O talkative people of the world what can I say?

My wicked tender daughter prates, "I have no wickedness of any kind.
I am the wickedness of deeds, I am also the redeemer of wickedness. 
I am the doer of wicked deeds, I am the destroyer of wicked Lanka"
has the Garuda riding Lord gotten her? O wicked people of the earth what can I say?

My beautiful coiffured daughter raves, "Beautiful heaven is me.
the ugly hell too is me, the effulgent liberation is me,
The beautiful souls are all me, the beautiful first cause too is me."
Has the cloud hued Lord taken her? O beautiful people of the world what can I say?

This decad of the garland of thousand choicest tamil songs
by fertile Valudi kingdom (Pandya) Kurugur's satakopan
Addresses the lord who is consort of Sri, Bhu and Nila.
Those who can sing it will serve his devotees with great wealth.

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