in memoriam: 123 jayanthi, 21.12.2002

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Sri Muruganar: Decad of Melting

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Handsome one, in this slave's eyes

The only festive hero, son of the noble

Alagamma, ploughman whose mere glance

Ploughs down the inmost heart

Of noblest devotees, deathless Venkata,

Youth unageing through the ages,

For you I melt, in you to fuse my heart.

 

God, who is the clarity of pure,

True Awareness, offspring

Of glorious Sundara, pride of this servant,

Protector, victorious one whose glance

Turned to ashes the god of spring,

Venkata immaculate, sorrow-free,

Who shares his Being with Awareness,

For you I melt, in you to fuse my heart.

 

Me, who lived in love with earth,

You caught and held to your flowery Feet.

Venkata, whom the gods of heaven

Adore and whom the Vedas hymn,

Lord of Parasakti, the green peacock

Singing melodious songs of longing,

For you I melt, in you to fuse my heart.

 

Friend beloved, learning's sweetest fruit,

Lord of the lovely Lady Awareness,

Rare mountain herb that cured my madness,

Venkata, praised by the gods of heaven,

Lord of the Vedas, you whose qualities

The highest marvel at,

For you I melt, in you to fuse my heart.

 

Great one who forgives all faults,

Whose tresses hold the crescent moon,

To my sad plaint you graciously

Lent ear and, merely opening

Your forehead eye, destroyed at once

All the past karmas of this slave,

Venkata who bent as a bow

The golden Meru,

For you I melt, in you to fuse my heart.