A Microcosm's Prayer(Slokha) - 1

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) 1 Divine Mother, thou art dazzling Dazzling so huge that I can't hold Mother of mothers all and whole Pray, me a droplet rise my size Divine Mother, thou art in all Thou art in all florae, faunae In this tiny droplet too so Rise my size within me, I watch Divine Mother, thou art this grass That rose, this tree, that snake this cow That child, this man, that lad, this lass Divine Mother thou art me too Divine Mother, thou art this earth That sky, this wind, that fire, this rain What not, sun and moon and stars all Thou art our Queen divine Mother Divine Mother, thy purity Proven when thee rose from the fire Root of Knowledge, Truth of Wisdom To help Devas, slayed the demon Oh, thou art our divine Mother Thou art all creations' empress Thee the destroyer of evil Bravest empress on a lion-throne Namaste Mother namaste Divine Mother, unto thy feet This tiny droplet surrenders Rise my size within me, I watch 2 Far and wide thousand times larger Than the rising sun thee glitter Thy four arms symbolizing thine Powers and forms in and out whole Binding us thine pasa with love Setting us right thine angusha Ruling our mind thine bow of cane Oh sweet our Mother Namaste Thee, who has five flower-arrows Ruling o'er our might of senses Thee roseate who makes all drown In Her glory of crimson sea Thee who is fragrant adorned with Flowers champaka, ashoka Punnaga and sowgandhika Namaste oh our sweet Mother Thee who wears a glittering crown Dazzling with padmaraga gems Of heavenly precious stones Oh, ardent Mother namaste Thee who has a crescent forehead Like that of a semi-grown moon A bright crescent on its eighth day Splendid oh our divine mother Namaste Mother namaste Divine Mother, unto thy feet This tiny droplet surrenders Rise my size within me, I watch 3 Like the blemished moon more ardent Thee who has sindhoor look alike Thee who has a lovable face Where Cupid adores to reside Thy beautiful eyebrows there make Ornate garlands to cupid's house Like swimming fish in a cool pool Oh, thou sparkling eyes on thy face Like Champaka bud just blooming In surpassing glory thy nose More in surpassing gleam there Than the above stars thy nose-screw 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 ============== Note: - Translation by P.R.Ramachander Namaas 1-20 1 * Srimatha - Mother who gives immeasurable wealth who removes all sorrows and gives only happiness. -indicates also her role of creation * 2 * Sri maharajni - She who is the empress who takes care of the universe- indicates her role of protection * 3 * Sri math simasaneshwari - She who sits on the throne of lions-indicates her role of destruction * 4 * Chidagni Kunda Sambootha - She who rose from the fire of knowledge and is the ultimate truth * 5 * Deva karya samudhyatha - She who is interested in helping devas * 6 * Udyath bhanu sahasrabha - She who glitters like thousand rising suns * 7 * Chadur bahu samanvidha - She who has four arms * 8 * Ragha Swaroopa pasadya - She who has love for all in the form of rope(pasa) - She has this in one of her left hands * 9 * Krodhakarankusojwala - She who glitters and has anger in the form of Anghusa - in one of her right hands. * 10 * Mano Rupeshu Kodanda - She who has the bow of sweet cane which is her mind- in one of her left hands * 11 * Pancha than mathra sayaka - 'She who has five bows of touch, smell, hearing, taste and sight' * 12 * Nijaruna prabha poora majjath brahmanda mandala - She who makes all the universe immerse in her red colour which is like the sun in the dawn * 13 * Champakasoka - punnaga-sowgandhika- lasath kacha - 'She who wears in her hair flowers like Champaka, Punnaga and Sowgandhika' * 14 * Kuru vinda mani - sreni-kanath kotira manditha - She whose crown glitters with rows of inlaid precious stones (Padmaraga stones) * 15 * Ashtami chandra vibhraja - dhalika sthala shobhitha - She who has a beautiful forehead like the half moon (visible on eighth day from new moon) * 16 * Muka chandra kalankabha mriganabhi viseshaka - She who has the thilaka(dot) of Musk in her forehead which is like the black shadow in the moon * 17 * Vadana smara mangalya griha thorana chillaka - She who has beautiful eyelids which look like the ornaments to her face which is like cupids home * 18 * Vakthra lakshmi -parivaha-chalan meenabha lochana - She who has beautiful eyes which look like fish in the pond of her face * 19 * Nava champaka -pushpabha-nasa dhanda virajitha - She who has nose like freshly opened flowers of Champaka * 20 * Thara kanthi thiraskari nasabharana bhasura - She who has a nose ring which shines more than the star