A Microcosm's Prayer(Slokha) -50 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Sloka, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The sloka, 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 sloka 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)

148 Thee who is knowledge and the known
Is so greatly known by the name
Gnana gneya swaroopini
Thee who's the form of uterus

Is so called Yonimudhra.Thee
Who's the Goddess of three khandas
Viz. soma, surya, and agni
Is so known as Trikhandesi

Who's the form of the three gunas
Thee's so called Triguna.Mother,
Thee is for the whole creation
So's called Amba.The trikona

Where in the centre Mother thee
Dwells in Srichakra, so's thee called
Trikonaga.Thee who's sinless
So's called Anaga.Thee who has

Amazing history of deeds
Facilitative and useful
So's called Adbutha charithra
Thee who grants us our wishes and

Thee who grants our wishes fulfilled
So's thee greatly known by the name
Vanchithartha pradayini
To our sweet Mother namaste

Namaste Mother namaste
Divine Mother, unto thy feet
This tiny droplet surrenders
Rise my size within me, I watch


149 Staunch faith and arduous practice
Of spiritual discipline
That helps us reaching thee, thee's so
Abhyasathisaya gnatha

Whose form transcends all the six paths
Of worshipping Her, thee's so called
Shadadwatheetha roopini
Thy unconditional mercy..

Thee's so greatly known by the name
Avyaja karuna moorhy
And whose mercy dispels the dark
Ignorance, so is thee known as

Agnana dwantha deepika
Regardless of age and caste, thee
Whom even children and cowherds
Worship, is so greatly known as

Abala gopa vidhitha
Whose laws never go wrong and whose
Command is never disobeyed
Thee's so greatly known by the name

Sarvanullangya sasana
Who dwells in Srichakra, so's
Sri chakra raja nilaya
Oh our sweet Mother, namaste

Namaste Mother namaste
Divine Mother, unto thy feet
This tiny droplet surrenders
Rise my size within me, I watch


150 Who's the queen of Tripura, thee's
Sri math thripura sundari
Who Herself is Shiva, so's called
Sri shivaa.Who is in oneness

Of Shiva and Sakti, so's thee
Shiva shakthaikya roopini
Who is graciously elegant
A sportive creational Queen

Merciful Mother to the whole
Thee's so called Lalithambika
To thee, our sweet Mother of all
This tiny droplet surrenders

Ho ho, 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

Tiny of sins huge mine, thee to
Rise huge to slay sins huge mine
Me, absolved from woes, be blessed
Oh dear Mother, beg thy pardon

Divine Mother, unto thy feet
This tiny droplet surrenders
Rise my size within me, I watch
Namaste Mother namaste
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Note: Translation by Mr.P.R Ramachander
Naamaas981-1000

* 981 * Gnana gneya swaroopini - She who is what is thought and the thought
* 982 * Yoni mudhra - She who shows the symbol of pleasure
* 983 * Trikhandesi - 'She who is the lord of three zones of fire, moon and sun'
* 984 * Triguna - She who is three characters
* 985 * Amba - She who is the mother
* 986 * Trikonaga - She who has attained at all vertices of a triangle
* 987 * Anaga - She who is not neared by sin
* 988 * Adbutha charithra - She who has a wonderful history
* 989 * Vanchithartha pradayini - She who gives what is desired
* 990 * Abhyasathisaya gnatha - She who can be realized by constant practice
* 991 * Shaddwatheetha roopini - She who supersedes the six methods of prayers
* 992 * Avyaja karuna moorhy - She who shows mercy without reason
* 993 * Agnana dwantha deepika - She who is the lamp that drives away ignorance
* 994 * Abala gopa vidhitha - She who is worshipped by all right from children and cowherds
* 995 * Sarvan ullangya sasana - She whose orders can never be disobeyed
* 996 * Sri chakra raja nilaya - She who lives in Srichakra
* 997 * Sri math thripura sundari - The beautiful goddess of wealth who is consort of the Lord of Tripura
* 998 * Sri shivaa - She who is the eternal peace
* 999 * Shiva shakthaikya roopini - She who is unification of Shiva and Shakthi
* 1000 * Lalithambika - The easily approachable mother.