Mmgl Part 020-002 - Kanchanan's Confusion

More confused was Kanchanan. "She goes behind a strange man. Not accepting any words of praise, But giving him proper advice." "Perhaps, he may be her lover So, she wants to stay here." Like this he mistook her And became angry with her. He watched their movement, In his vengeful excitement, Hiding himself in a safe corner, Like cobra releasing its anger. UDAYAKUMARAN'S MADNESS The prince paid no heed To whatever she said. To him she so appeared As his girl to be loved. He thought, "Here she came In Kayachandigai's name, Carrying a small bowl, And giving beggars dole." "She's still up in my mind. Now a way I should find, To catch her at midnight When none will be at sight." Stung by the Cupid's arrow, With madness and sorrow He started toward his palace Waiting for the night's chase. HE CAME AT NIGHT The town was asleep by midnight. He started alone as he thought. As a tiger hunting an elephant, He slowly reached that spot. Like a cobra entered its hideout, He entered the temple gate. The applied sandalwood paste It gave good smell from his chest. KANCHANAN DID THE MURDER Before the prince's arrival there, Kanchanan was hiding there. "For her sake the prince is here." Thus he expressed his fear. He followed behind the prince And cut his shoulder into piece. At one stroke of his sword. The prince fell down dead. THE DEITY STATUE CAUTIONED Into the temple Kanchanan entered To catch Kayachandigai by hand, And take her sky-way to his abode, But in the middle he was stopped. The statue said, "Don't proceed. She's Manimegalai indeed. She took this shape Just for her to escape." KAYACHANDIGAI'S END The statue continued: "It was this Manimegalai Who cured your Kayachandigai From her hunger disease, After the twelve years." "The trespassers returned never As Goddess Durga came to devour Those who crossed the Vindhya Mountain That was her protected jurisdiction." "When your wife tried to cross She wasn't allowed to pass. The Goddess swallowed her So, this is the end of her." THE FRUIT OF THE FATE The statue further continued: "Oh Kanchanan, feel not for that. It's the hands of the fate, That played its defined part And the prince's life it ate." "But still for your action You'll face its reaction. For the crime you've done Behind you it'll run." Kanchanan heard this and flew. The reaction part he well knew. Not only had he lost his wife, But it ended in his gloomy life