Prayer to Kothanoor Kalai magal
By
Smt.Soundara
Kailasam
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
(Koothanur which is in the village of Poonthotam in THiruvarur
district of Tamil Nadu
has a great temple which is dedicated to Goddess Saraswathi on the banks of river Arasalaru. It is perhaps the only temple in
India where the main deity is
Goddess Saraswathi. She has a pretty
three eyed form sitting with one leg
folded in the Yogasana patern. Anothere speciality is that she
does not hold a Veena in her hands.She is seated on a wg hite lotus , holding
a book made of palm leaves and An Akshamala(Rosary) in her hands,. It is believed that she grants knowledge , intelligence and welfare to all her devotees. Thousands of people come to her
temple to start Aksharabhyasa(to start
learning) to this temple . Others come here
with mentally retarded children and pray the goddess to
make them alright. Normally devotes buy pens and get it worshipped before her and take
them back home to be used by their
children.
The poet who
wrote this prayer is Smt.Soundara
Kailasam who is a great
poetess and n mother in law of the former home minister P.Chidambaram
.She passed away in 2010 at the age
of 83.)
1.Nan mugan konda
naavile veethiruppai,
Vaan pugazh Kamban
chonna vaakile oli padaippai
,
Then thamizh
koothan cheitha chirantha nar kovil kolvai ,
Menmaigal kodi choozha
vizhainthu nee varamum eevai.
1.You would sit on the toungue of the
four headed Brahma ,
You would create
light in the words of Kamban, whose fame rose up to the sky,
You would make your own the temple built by
the honey like poet Otta Koothan,
And surrounded by crores of greatness , you would also
willingly give boons.
2.Perum kavi Otta
koothan perinai thangi nirkkum,
Arum pathi
athanil thangi arivoli yengum
nalgum,
Karumbinai otha
engal kalaimagal thaane , Unnai,
Virumbiye
vanagukindrom , vethigal tharuvai Amma.
2.Oh sugarcane
like daughter of arts who
lives ,
In the great town having the name of the h great poet Otta koothan,
We salute you
willingly , please grant
us victories.
3.Arikari yendre othi
arasalaar yezhil kuvikka,
Viri viri yendre
nitham vilaivinai nilam virikka,
Yeri yeri yendru
makkal irulinai yerithirukka,
SAi sari yendru kaakum
Saraswathi thaye Pothri.
3,With Arasal river making sounds ari kari and piling up of prettiness,
With fields
spreading and spreading and
increasing yields ,
With people repeating burn , burn and destroying the darkness ,
Oh mother
Saraswathi who protects us
chanting “yes, yes” , I salute you.
4.Karangalil
kalasam vedam kavin jepa malayodu ,
Nirambiya jnana
muthirai nerthiyai vilakkam katta,
Aravinda malarin mele
arul mukham kizhakku nokka.
Karum jada
mudiyum thangi karunayodu amarmthiruppai.
4,Holding a pot ,
pretty rosary and,
Showing
properly the complete seal of wisdom ,
Along with jet
black hair you would be sitting,
On the lotus flower
showing great mercy.
5.Nal vithai
vadanamaga , naan marai karangalaaga,
Chollidum yen yezhuthu
thulangidum kankalaaka,
Melliya keerthangal
vilangidum thanangalaaka,
Nallara
smrithi undran nadu
vayirenavum kondaai.
5.With good knowledge as her face , with the four Vedas as her hands,
With the letters and numbers that we say as her shining eyes,
With the sweet songs becoming
her breasts ,
And the Vedas which teach Dharma as her
belly.
6,Bhoothalam
poththi cheyyum puranangal ,
ithihasangal ,
Padangalaka
kondu parellam bhavani povaai,
Geethangal
isaikkum yaazhai kilarthidum
omkarathil,
Nadangal thamai
parappi nallulakanaithum aalvai,
6.Making the epics and works of literature praised,
By all the world as your legs you would move around the world,
And after
spreading the musical notes on the sound Om,
Which arises from the
Yaazh singing songs, you
would rule the world.
7.Kachapi yenum
veenai kalippudan isaithiruppai,
NIchayam un nenjil
ninaippavar vaazvil nitham,
Achamum azhivum
indri , aathralum arivumyeithi ,
Ucha nan
nilayai yetta ulagathu
nee arulvai Vani.
7.Playing your Veena Kachapi , you would remain happy,
And definitely in the
heart of those who remember
you daily ,
You would remove fear and destruction and create capability and wisdom,
And Oh Vani you
would bless them to reach great good positions.
8.Kayyile
thaangukindra
kamandaluthulla neerai,
Poyyaru dharbai pullal
punithamai thelithu , theemai,
Cheithidum
pagaivar veezha cheithu nee indha
vayyam,
Uyvura
arulkindaraai , un kazhal
Saranam devi.
8.After
sprinkiling auspicious water in
the sacred water pot ,
Using the Durba
grass which cuts off all lies , you
would,
Make fall the enemies
who do evil and you are ,
Ruling the entire earth so that it would improve , Oh Goddess I surrender at
your feet.
9.Akilathu mandirangal anaithukkum neeye annai ,
Magimai cher
iymbathu ondru akharangal,
Thakavura kothu
minnum japa mani maalai
kondai,
MIga unnai vanangukindrom , menmaikal cherppai
Abirami.
9.You are the mother to all chants of the entire world,
OhGoddess who
holds the rosary , which is
made,
By properly using the fifty one alphabets
as beads ,
We are saluting you greatly , Oh Abirami
please add more greatness.
10.Daarani sarath
kalathil thayunai thozhuthale ,
Saaaradai
yena vilangi saaramam arivai eevaai,
Seeruyar kalagal
thanthu nikazh kalai magal nee yendrum ,
Perarivaliyai
kandu pirangum bharathiyum aavai.
10.Oh Darani ,
by saluting you
mother in the autumn(Sarad),
You would shine in the name of Sarada and so
please give me essence of wisdom,
You are always
the daughter of arts who gave I us the very great arts,
And you would
also become Bharathi who showers on us
the great light of wisdom.
11.Ulagelaam pothrum vannam , oru thani koil konde <
Kalaimagal unai
kana kanakila bhakthar kootam,
Alai kadal poale Kothan
Azhagu nalloril koodum,
Vilai yilathendrum
ulla vithaye vendi nirkkum.
11.You have occupied a separate temple , which is praised by the world,
In the pretty
city of Otta Koothan where the crowd of innumerable devotees,
Come like a ocean
with waves to see you who is the
Goddess of arts
Requesting you to
grant them , the gift of invaluable
knowledge.
12.Ulmanam
nindru nenjam urugiye
vananguvorkku,
Nannayam kodi
kodi naalum nee
vazhangukindrai ,
Chinna oar magavum
pesi chezhumkalai thiranil onga,
Annai nee
anbinaale arul vizhi nookukindrai.
12.To those who stand
and salute you with a melted
mind,
You grant them good things and luck in crores and crores,
And when a small child
talked and became great in all
arts ,
You as mother look
at him with great love with your
merciful eyes.
13.Andru nee koothanukkum
, arut kave vaanarukkum,
Nandrarul
cheithathe poi nadiya
yengalukkum,
Yindru arul puriya
vendi , iru karam koopukindrom,
Kandrena karuthi
yemmai kathida varuvai thaaye.
13. At that time
in the past you gave your grace
,
To poet Otta Koothan and
the divine great poet,
And we salute you with folded hands so
that ,
You consider us as
your calves , shower your grace on us,
And oh mother , please come to protect us.
14.Thinniya mei
jnanathin chinnamai olirukindra ,
Venniram undran
meni melolir udayum venmai,
Yenniye Balaa unnai
“iym, kleem sau” yendru odhi,
Nannuvor thamakku
jnanam nayanthu nee tharuvai.
14.Your white
form shines as the
symbol,
Of the very
great true knowledge and your dress is also white.
Thinking like this Oh Bala , oh mother
you would give ,
Divine wisdom to those
who tell “Iym, kleem , Sau “ and approach you.
15.”Hamsa hamsaya Vidmahe
parama hamsaya Dheemahi
,
THanno hamsa
prachodhayaath santhatham “,
ivvarothi ,
Annaye
unathu thooya adi malar
vanangukindrom,
Ponnoli
parappi vaazhum punniyam vazhangu thaye.
15.”Let me meditate
on her who is like swan riding on a swan
,
Oh Divine
swan give me higher intellect
,
And illuminate my
mind in the form of swan always,”
After chanting this
, oh mother we would salute your pure feet,
And Oh mother
give us the blessing to live spreading the golden night.
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